By Jim Nichols I can remember the specific place on the street where the encounter occurred. During my third semester of college, hundreds of miles from where I grew up, I was with a classmate in the evening. He said, “Do you want to go get a Coke?” I replied, “I would like to, but I need to go home
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By Danny Minton Idioma, langue, sprache, lingua, glossa. What language do you understand? Spanish? French? German? Italian? Koine Greek? By the way, the word “language” is present for all of them in the first sentence (at least if my search was correct). I’m not fluent in any language and often even struggle to understand what people are trying to say
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By Loretta Fulton Myles Werntz was faced with a dilemma in 2020 when he was notified that his place of employment would be closing. He was a professor at Logsdon Seminary at Hardin-Simmons University when he learned that HSU would be closing the seminary. Rather than waiting for a new opportunity, he created his own. He contacted the dean of
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By Glenn Dromgoole St. James United Methodist Church kicks off the school/church year with a gospel hymnfest in August. We were privileged to be guests at the most recent one, invited by one of the members of the wonderful St. James choir, conducted by Alan Jones. The service was all music, except for a brief welcome, prayer, and scripture reading
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By Loretta Fulton Joe Almanza was imprisoned three different times for a total of 14 years, and then the miracle happened. “All my life was full of sin when Jesus found me,” he said in a testimonial at Highland Church of Christ. Almanza will give that same testimonial as guest speaker for the 60th anniversary luncheon for Christian Service Center.
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By Danny Minton I was playing golf one day with some folks, one of whom was not doing very well. You could sense that his anger was just about to reach a limit. As we “made the turn” to play the back nine holes, his score was indicating triple digits by the end of the day. On the twelfth hole,
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Tuesday, Sept. 2, is the deadline to register for the first of the First of the Fletcher Lecture Series at Hardin-Simmons University. Jim McIngvale, better known as “Mattress Mack,” will be guest speaker. McIngvale is a Houston entrepreneur who started Gallery Furniture. He will speak at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, in the Houston-Lantrip Center, 2241 Pine St. Click here
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By Loretta Fulton Dr. Steven Moore, an ACU English professor and prolific writer, will present “Brushstrokes & Verses” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, at the Grace Museum. The program is free. Light refreshments will be provided. The museum will be open free of charge to the public 5-8 p.m. (Moore also will speak at the Abilene Association of Congregations
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By Nancy Patrick On July 20, 2025, Dr. Matt Cook, my interim pastor at the time, preached a sermon that has bothered me ever since hearing it. I read the passage from Jeremiah 12 repeatedly during the sermon and have continued reading it and looking up commentary on it. I’m not sure why the topic of unfairness has troubled me
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