As students return to class after summer break, getting back into healthy habits from the start can lead to a year of more success. Shape Your Future, a program of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Tru...

The Christian Union Station CURSING AND LYING SHOULD NOT COME OUT OF A CHRISTIAN’S MOUTH! WHEN YOU’RE TRULY BORN AGAIN THIS TYPE OF SPEAKING IS OFFENSIVE AND ABHORENT TO GOD–AS IT SHOULD BE WITH ALL “...

While living in southwest Arkansas years back, I made a hospital visit and there is nothing out of the ord inary in doing that, except it was in Plano, Texas – Baylor Medical Center to be exact. I had...

Prayer works, howevis er many people don’t see their prayers answered consistently and don’t even expect to. But, that’s contrary to the way Jesus lived His life on earth and it’s contrary to how He -...

Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” When we think of evidence, we think of things that we can see touch or hear. Police have evidence locker...

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, “to an inher...

The Christian Union Station GOD’S IN CONTROL O’ AMERICA! HE PLACES THOSE IN CHARGE AND HE REMOVES THEM AT HIS WILL! AMERICA! WE MUST RETURN TO GOD IN ALL THINGS AND ALL WAYS! WITHOUT GOD AMERICA WILL ...

As a new school year approaches and students cringe at the thought of summer vacation ending, there are those who embrace the start of school and an opportunity to help students get off on the right f...

I fell a few weeks back. Not that I do that a lot. But, on the odd occasion I do. I wi s h e d I could say it was an age thing or maybe, my knee replacem ents that caused it. I can’t though. It was a ...

Deuteronomy 28:49 “The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;” I chose this statemen...

“But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night.” “He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf a...

Wrong thinking, wrong believing and wrong speaking are the giants that defeat you. For example, with the children of Israel it wasn’t the giants in the land of Canaan that kept Israel from possessing ...

Since May 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and local and state health officials have been investigating an uptick in Cyclosporiasis c...

As the summer winds down, the Oklahoma State Department of Health is reminding families to start thinking about records they may need to have before kids go back into the classroom. “Parents and careg...

So, When Jill and I were building our house in Lequire, we went to Oklahoma City to get some vinyl plank flooring for the new house. We went to 2 or 3 places looking at many styles, colors and des ign...

That Day “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is”(Mark 13:32-33) “in a ...

An Indian Taco sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 pm. Friday, July 27, at 406 Preston Court in Vian, with all proceeds going to Vian Creek Baptist Church for those attending Indian Falls Creek church...

Last week we looked at some of the attributes of Grace. We disc ussed saving grace, Gods power for salvation. Grace as a gift, because God is good despite us. Sanctifying grace, Gods power in us for d...

1Corinthians 12:31 “But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.” Covet the best gifts, Paul tells us and the OU softball team is a wonderful example of young wome...

Pastor Mack Jackson, III and Sister Everteen Jackson will be honored with a 20th Pastoral Anniversary at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 23, at Vian’s 1st Missionary Baptist Church. The theme is “Honoring our ...