Larry Cothren says FEMA is in need of leadership and overhaul. D.G. Martin discusses The Mecklenburg Resolves and The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence as America's 250th birthday approaches.

My expectation was she wouldn’t even see my inquiry until after the competition. My granddaughter surprised me with a text while waiting for her next gymnastic station, “I am almost ...

Nezzie Hardges holds her niece Amelia Kelley, 6, while they listen to Preston Love Jr. read from his children's book "Your ...

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Why did Jesus tell people to make offerings in the Temple? Why did Paul call himself a Pharisee? The Bible’s answer might ...

A bible verse repeated by Trinity Christian Academy’s assistant coach, Dayton Sheridan, to describe the Eagles team this ...

Suffering is his way of “becoming like him (Christ) in his death” so that he “may attain the resurrection from the dead” (Philippians ... the dead.” (2 Corinthians 1:9) We see in these ...

The Gospel, according to Luke, records that on the night of Jesus’ birth an angel of the Lord appeared to shepherds keeping watch over their flocks in a field outside the Judean village of ...

Near the middle of Paul’s letter to the Philippians, he praises the Philippians for their concern for him as expressed in their sending his friend Epaphroditus to visit Paul prison, ...

Few people serve or work in isolation. Whether in the boardroom, the classroom, or the church, our work and leadership often ...

The message for this weekend looked at the idea if Jesus will return to earth a second time. Our senior pastor, Jim Burgen, covered the subject in about 30 minutes. I will not try to capture the ...

The baptism of Jesus was a part of His fulfilling all the Mosaic laws. His parents had presented Him as an infant in the ...