By Danny Minton I recently wrote an article entitled “The Casualties of War” about our greatest war against Satan and how we should arm ourselves in the fight against the evil that he presents to the world around us. We are promised to win this war if we look to Jesus to lead us in the battles we face. However,
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By Jim Nichols The first of this year’s version of the Presidential Debates is now over. Many of us wrestled with whether we wanted to watch. Did we not know what each candidate would say? Should we even bother to spend our time on this? What we got was two candidates of whom neither seemed to be a preferable choice.
Read moreTHE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury A Texas doctor, closing out a hectic week, hoped it to be his final medical appointment. He stared at a Q-tip that was devoid of cotton at both ends. “This Q-tip must have gotten right up against 5 o’clock Friday at the factory,” he muttered. In the span of one week recently, I felt that my
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By Nancy Patrick Those of you who know me personally know that for many years I have experienced various problems with my muscular-skeletal health. It actually started twenty-five years ago when I developed a painful condition called De Quervain’s tenosynovitis requiring surgery in Lubbock. Then I realized I had carpel tunnel syndrome in both hands. On top of that, my
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By Jim Nichols “It was a dark and stormy night. The wind was blustery, and the clouds hung low. One had the impression that this was not a good night to be lost.” I have always wanted to begin writing a piece in that way, and now I can say I did. It certainly was a dark and stormy night,
Read moreBy Danny Minton In the story “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll, a conversation occurs between Alice and “The Cheshire Cat.” “Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?The Cheshire Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.Alice: I don’t much care where.The Cheshire Cat: Then it doesn’t much
Read moreTHE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury Aunt Maude, wed to my Uncle Mort since Noah’s ark went into dry dock, says that her hubby regularly encounters premonitions while in dreamland. “When he says, ‘I’ll bet you can’t guess what I dreamed last night,’ I know that soon he’ll be untangling his dreams in his workshop, not likely to be heard from
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By Loretta Fulton The only pastor Lytle South Baptist Church has known is retiring after 40 years, almost to the day. Sunday, June 28, will be the last time that Rodney Watson delivers a sermon from the church’s pulpit, at least as its full-time pastor. His first sermon came on July 1, 1984, at Temple Baptist Church, 1073 Sycamore, which
Read moreBy Marianne Wood Working for a photographer, I’ve learned some unfamiliar jargon. “A little soft” intrigues me the most, so of course, an investigation followed rumination. Here’s what I have learned and applied from this terminology. First, I consulted “Webster Britannica,” an early marriage nickname for my husband, who has very full mental files on everything from song lyrics to
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