Opinion
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Wagner: ‘Minor Prophets of the past, major problems of the present’
My latest book, “Micah, Nahum, the Turning of the Hourglass”, just went live on Amazon. We have been studying through the Minor Prophets in my adult Sunday school class for several months now, and I am producing these study books as we go. It, and to a slightly lesser extent,…
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McGill: Christians have civic duty to vote
There’s a lot of Prophetic Talk these days about the “Signs of the Times”. For this week’s Motivational Message, I’m going to be sharing some Political Thoughts on another sort of “Signs of the Times”… Everywhere you look today, you can see the Prophetic Signs of the Perilous Times telling…
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Wagner: On This One, Let’s Ignore Elon Musk
Right up front, please allow me to state, as I have done before, that I am a huge fan of Elon Musk; he is, in my view, the Michael Jordan of the applied science world. It is necessary, I suppose, in these nitpicky days, to state that my fandom of…
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McGill: Stewardship marks time allotted to us
As I ponder over and prepare for this week’s devotional thought, I’m reminded of the children’s television show, “Sesame Street”. In each episode, the character Elmo would introduce a “Word of the Day” and then that word would be referenced and explained all throughout the show with the help of…
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Mind Your Words: Why Writing Still Matters
By the time you finish reading this article, you will have read close to a thousand carefully selected words. That may not sound impressive until you consider every one of those words put on its best outfit before appearing in public. Writing, after all, is not simply about putting words…
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Word From the Word: Dealing with the ‘Thorn in the Flesh’
One of the most mysterious passages of scripture leaves us asking the question, what was the Apostle Paul’s “Thorn in the Flesh”? In II Corinthians 12:7, he called his thorn a “Messenger of Satan” but did not tell us exactly who or what that Messenger was.
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Jones: A new chapter begins for the Journal
Mark DeLap loves community journalism, loves our community and loves being able to hold a printed newspaper in his hands, scanning the pages and, perhaps, coming away with a bit of an ink smudge on his thumbs.
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A Word from the Word: God’s love is spiritual
Happy Valentine’s Day to one and all. I, for one, really enjoy this holiday. Unlike the “Ghosts and Goblins” of Halloween that provoke Haunting thoughts, this blessed celebration is marked by Happy thoughts, Holy thoughts, Humble thoughts of Love and Devotion. Everywhere we look, we see big Red Hearts, old…
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Tragedy hits home in Smith case
The phone buzzed shortly before 8:30 last Wednesday morning with a call from our son.
