I am sitting at my desk this morning writing my article. I just finished my calendar for the rest of the week. I looked back at the past 5-6 weeks and went wow! Two church camps, SBC in Indian apo lis...

Evening Shade will have a turkey shoot fundraiser at the Evening Shade community building on Saturday, Nov. 11, beginning at 12 noon. They will supply bullets for .22 long rifles, and 12 gauge 2 3/4 i...

He tried to take God’s place and overthrow Him. He convinced one-third of the angels to follow him and they were all kicked out of Heaven. There is no redemption for them once he fell from such a high...

Treat them that don’t like you with love! Reflect the light of Jesus Christ! Win them to the Lord! Matthew 5:43-48: 43“Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thin...

The Vian Ministerial Alliance is hosting a free community pancake breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 19, at the Vian Baptist church. Everyone is welcome!

Kathy Needham Walker will be the guest speaker at the 2 p.m. Sunday, August 20, meeting of the Sequoyah County Historical Society. The museum is located at 200 East Creek in Sallisaw. She will talk ab...

I remember starting school. It was a fun time. Not going to school but seeing all the kids I had not seen all summer. D o n ’ t mi sunderstand me. I was a good student (State and Nat ional Honor Roll)...

“Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve” (Josh. 24:14). “I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). Choice Today as was in the days of Noah, peop...

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 ...