Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. It is hard to believe it is already here. It is that day when family and friends gather around a dining room table and feast on the frivolities of favorite foods. We eat, vis...

GOD OFFERS SECURITY, HE DOESN’T FORCE IT! OUR LORD AND SAVIOR GIVES IT TO ALL WHO WANTS SECURITY! THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO HAVE SECURITY IN ONE’S LIFE! PRAISE BE TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST! 1 John 2:1 29 ...

Food allergy is a serious and potentially life-threatening medical cond ition affect ing 33 mil l i on Amer i cans. One in every 13 children has a food allergy—that’s about 2 in every U.S. classroom. ...

Next year will be my 40th year in ministry. I started out teaching a gangly group of 7th & 8th grade boys, about 1215 of them. It did much to prepare me for future youth ministry and even pastoring so...

Kenneth and Haley Bryd of Round Mountain Community Church will host Deke and Joy Silverman at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 24, at the church. Deke will be presenting the message for the Thanksgiving service. Ev...

DEAR GOD, HELP THE U.S.A.! THERE’S MUCH EVIL IN THE LAND, BUT AS SOLOMON SAID, “THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDERNEATH THE SUN!” CHRISTIANS MUST STAND STRONG AND RESIST THE EVIL OF THIS OL’ WORLD! SATAN’S LI...

This week I’m writing my article from Swainsboro, Georgia. It is about 90 minutes or 92 miles east of Savannah. We are staying in the gymnasium of FBC Swainsboro, sleeping on cots with about 70 other ...

Kenneth and Haley Bryd of Round Mountain Community Church will host Deke and Joy Silverman at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 24, at the church. Deke will be presenting the message for the Thanksgiving service. Ev...

The Oklahoma Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program will now operate under the Office of the Attorney General. The program investigates and resolves complaints involving longterm care facilities like nursin...

ARE YOU READY TO MEET JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR, OR JUDGE? ALL KNEES WILL BOW! WE, ALL, WILL COME BEFORE JESUS CHRIST! Romans 2:1-29 1Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that j...

The Emergency Drought Committee voted to approve a new program aimed to provide emergency drought assistance to Oklahoma producers. The application period opens Nov. 12 and runs through Jan. 31, 2025....

I think back on my adventures (as I like to call them) with my friend Kevin and I wonder why I am his friend? It might be for entertainment. We certainly have had some interesting times. I think about...

DON’T LET YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED! KNOW JESUS CHRIST, KNOW ETERNAL LIFE! NO JESUS CHRIST, NO ETERNAL LIFE! I LOVE JESUS CHRIST! JESUS CHRIST IS MY LORD AND SAVIOR! PRAISE JESUS CHRIST’S HOLY NAME! Matt...

A special Veterans Day service has been planned for 11 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 10, at Vian Assembly of God church, 205 Schley St. Every veteran attending will receive a thank you gift, and a free meal wi...

Last week I told about my experience as an arsonist with my good friend Kevin down at Lequire. Well, I don’t think its arson when it is an abandoned and condemned house owned by the guy who you are he...

Lisa Ridgeway, with Armstrong Bank, in Sallisaw, recently completed the Oklahoma Bankers Association Consumer Lending School in Oklahoma City. Ridgeway was among 38 graduates of the school, which was ...

HAVE JOY IN THE LORD! RAISE JESUS CHRIST’S HOLY NAME! Philippians 4:1-23 1Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. 2I besee...

Anyone wishing to donate old or no longer used eyeglasses can do so by dropping them off at the Vian Lions Club donation box, located in front of the old Vian Town Hall on Thornton Street. The Lions w...

The Cherokee Nation is now accepting applications for its annual Elder Angel Project, which provides Christmas gifts to eligible Cherokee elders. Last year around 430 Cherokee elders were provided gif...

Recently Jill and I were recounting some of my adventures, or maybe I should say my misadventures! One of them that still makes her cringe is the “house afire” incident down in Lequire (south of Stigl...