David foreshadows Jesus

Have you ever read or watched a good mystery? The author will incorporate elements in the beginning of the story to allude to the big reveal which happens later. This is called foreshadowing. As we take a chronological survey of the life of King David, we find he is a foreshadowing of Jesus.

Lessons in Faith: Spiritual Mirror

If we want to check out our spiritual appearance, we need to gaze into our spiritual mirror. Our spiritual appearance should be of great importance to every Christian. The Apostle Paul instructed us to examine ourselves to see if we were in the faith.

Ukraine: ‘Everyone had fear and confusion on their faces’

Anastasia Friar was back in Ukraine, her native country, to renew her visa, and her phone rang early one morning. It was from a friend. “War has started,” her friend told her. She could see an explosion and fire right next to her home.

The real deal

Perspiration ran down his dark face in little streams; occasionally they joined to form larger rivulets which plunged down his jaw and coursed beside his nose and mouth to drop in little showers from his chin.

Letters to the editor: On the events in Buffalo, New York

“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul and mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.

Letters to the editor: On school nurses

May 11 was School Nurse Appreciation Day. Established in 1972, School Nurse Day was created to recognize and celebrate the role of school nurses in this country.  There are approximately 95,000 school nurses serving students, staff and communities across the U.S.

Letters to the editor: On the National Day of Prayer

Our community joined millions of Christians across our nation on Thursday, May 5 for the National Day of Prayer. We met on our courthouse lawn at 12 noon to pray. The event would not have been successful without the participation from our ministers, laymen and volunteers.

Racism series part 5: Freedom and human dignity for all Americans

In previous letters I have attempted, as a scientist, to analyze the problem of racism in America in a systematic fashion as I have done many times before in order to solve very complex scientific problems. I made an effort, first to describe in detail what racism is and what it is not.

The real ‘Superman’ couldn’t even fly

The Superman I knew didn’t wear red briefs and blue leotards and fly around with a cape flapping in the wind. That legend lives in comic books and Hollywood. I knew the real “Superman.” We once lived next door to him in Athens. Really. Like Clark Kent, he was a newspaperman.

Thanks owed to law enforcement

Depending on how you define it, last week’s apparent double homicide in Hart County was the biggest story this community has seen in quite some time — and certainly one of the most tragic.