Opinion
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Get in the habit of praising the Lord
Research shows that it takes 66 days to break a bad habit and begin a new one. With that in mind, I want us to consider Psalm 34:1–3. “I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast…
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Wagner: Dealing With Church Hurt, Part 1
It may have been around longer, but it has only been in the last few years that I began to hear the term “church hurt.” It seems primarily to be used to describe pain that one believes has been unjustifiably inflicted on them by a church. And I know that…
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Jones: Bladen is blessed with recreation parks
I’ve spent a portion of the last week or two watching games at four Bladen County parks and began to realize how blessed we are to have such excellent facilities for a rural area.
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Walden: How will you vote on tax proposals?
The North Carolina General Assembly has been busy debating some new ideas that we will be asked to vote on. Among them are two proposals involving taxes. One would add to the state constitution a limit on the state personal income tax rate. The rate would be capped at 3.5%.…
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McGill: Whole truth sets a person free
Amongst famous movie lines, probably none is so poignant as that of An Officer and a Gentleman. In the courtroom declaration of Colonel Nathan R. Jessup (Jack Nicholson) when Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) demands the truth. Colonel Jessup emphatically informs the Lieutenant, “You Can’t Handle the Truth!” Well, in…
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Jones: You couldn’t do that in Clarkton
In 1921 you would be fined up to $5 by the Town of Clarkton if you were found to be ringing or causing to be rung any bell after “ten o’clock at night,” except as a fire alarm.
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Hood: Expand options for behavioral health
RALEIGH — Do you or someone you know suffer from mental illness? I suspect most readers will say yes. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, behavioral-health disorders affect a fifth of adults and a sixth of school-aged children in North Carolina. One in 18 of us lives with…
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Jones: Caniacs ready to raise Stanley Cup
Will the Stanley Cup return to Raleigh after a 20 year absence? We’ll find out over the next couple of weeks when the Carolina Hurricanes play the Vegas Golden Knights for the National Hockey League championship.
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McGill: God is good through our storms and thorns
This summer, at Lake Church, I’m preaching a mini-series called “The Summer I Turned Pious.” In this series of motivating messages, we are carefully examining the Epistle that Paul wrote specifically to the Church at Philippi with the clear understanding that it was, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit,…
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Jones: Internet like the little girl with the curl
Remember the children’s nursery rhyme about the little girl with a little curl right in the middle of her forehead? When she was good, she was very good indeed, but when she was bad she was horrid.
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McGill: May we be ‘Loosed and Let Go’
Six of the most Powerful and Profound words in all of the Bible are found in a rather obscure verse in John’s Gospel. These six words provide the Information Needed and the Inspiration Necessary for today’s devotional challenge.
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Wagner: Right is greater than rights
Late one frigid winter night, I received one of those heart-dropping-into-your-stomach kind of calls from my son; he had been in an accident.
