By LESLIE STRADER Sand and stars. Those are the two images – or metaphors – the Lord gave to Abraham when He plucked him out of obscurity and made a covenant with him 4,000 years ago. The first mention is in Genesis 15:5: “And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able
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By LORETTA FULTON Some Christians believe that the best way to love people who aren’t Christians is to lead them to Jesus, but a speaker at Monday’s ACU Summit sees it differently. “The whole truth is we must love everyone as we love ourselves,” Rob Sellers said in an early sessions titled “Love Your (Non-Christian) Neighbor as Yourself: Interfaith Relations
Read moreBy GRACE MITCHELL Hardin-Simmons University Dr. Scott Sharman, senior pastor at Alsbury Baptist Church in Burleson, will be guest speaker for the Cornerstone Lecture Series Tuesday-Thursday at Hardin-Simmons University. Sharman has served as the pastor of Alsbury Baptist Church since it started meeting in 1994. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Wayland Baptist University, a master’s from Southwestern Seminary and a
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Opening of the new Carl Spain Center on Race Studies and Spiritual Action at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, will highlight the annual Summit at Abilene Christian University, which will meet through noon Wednesday. The center, which will be headed by religion professor Jerry Taylor, will be located on the first floor of the Biblical Studies Building. Spain was an ACU
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The Abilene Interfaith Council will kick off the 2018-2019 year with an evening session called CEDAR Paneling. It isn’t exactly what it sounds like. CEDAR refers to Communities Engaging with Difference. And “Paneling” refers to a panel who will discuss their experiences when CEDAR met in Abilene over the summer. The public is invited to the meeting, which will begin
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By DANNY MINTON Browse the internet and you will discover several websites that list the last words of famous people of the past. Most are probably not the actual final words, but more of a final thought during their last days of life. Some are long philosophical sayings, but most are just a short quip about the end of life.
Read more“Dr. Virginia (Boyd) Connally” Lyrics by Carolyn Newman sung to “Thanks for the Memories” (With apologies to Bob Hope) Thanks for the Memories In 1912, you were born, On a fourth of December morn, Ada Virginia Hawkins, a Temple, Texas, newborn. We thank God so much! Thanks for the Memories In 1912 the news was gigantic About the sinking Titanic,
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By LORETTA FULTON At 105, Virginia Connally’s still got it–wit, intellect, grace, elegance. Connally, Abilene’s first female physician, added another first to her lengthy list of firsts Sept. 6. when she was honored as the inaugural recipient of the James B. Simmons Award given by Hardin-Simmons University. The dinner was all class–starting with Connally and family members arriving at the
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By NANCY PATRICK Abilene, Texas, a relatively quiet, safe place to live, has had a recent increase in violence. This has prompted me to ponder the causes of such unusual behavior not only in Abilene but also around the world. My dilemma relates to the apparent fear and anger felt by many people who behave badly—both verbally and physically.
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