Did you know? Americans will eat an estimated 1.42 billion chicken wings and 12.5 million pizzas today. Whether you are rooting for Kansas City or Tampa Bay, you can make sure everything in your “bowl...

Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” In the Biblical point of view, human life, in all its operations, is centered in the heart. The heart ...

The world is not overcrowded! There are many, and I mean many who’d like me/you/us to believe the world is crowded! They attempt to manipulate our thoughts to believe a lie! Of course, you know who th...

“Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us” (Ps. 62:8). Heart Shaped Prayer What does it mean to “pour out your heart before Him?” It is by prayer. ...

I awoke this morning wondering what day of the week was before me. Age must be the villain, causing me to forget the day and even the time. I ask myself where has this week gone, how did I miss yester...

Dear Editor, What is it about Vian? There’s always been something unique about our town. We aren’t the biggest or the prettiest town-it’s not anything that obvious. I believe it has something to do wi...

Dear Editor, On Feb. 8, the Vian School District will have the opportunity to vote for the bond to build a beautiful new modern high school in our town. Vian has always taken pride in the education of...

Dear Editor, It must be an exciting time in Vian! I want you all to know this school bond for a new high school has my full support. Voting YES, on Feb. 8, will show that Vian recognizes that its scho...

Dear Editor, February 8, the voters in the Vian School district have the opportunity to make possible the single most important decision in the future of our community! Myself and my family urge you t...

2Corinthians 5:10 “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.” The wo...

“…let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us… looking unto Jesus… who for the joy that was set before Him endu...

John 13:34-35 says: A new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have...

Dear Editor, My wife, Wanda Smith, and I both graduated from Vian High School in 1954. Two sons, one daughter and two of our grandchildren also graduated from Vian. We are 100 percent for the School B...

(01/25/2022) It is cold this morning, so I’m just sitting and contemplating all of the so called promises being spewed out of political mouths in Washington D.C. What a bunch of crock I hear, thinking...

“How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.” (Psalms 36:7) Lovingkindness is one of the terms in the Old Testament that ha...

Jesus Jesus came down from Heaven, dwelt among us, lived a perfect life, and was the perfect sacrifice for our sin. He was c r u c i f i e d because He was guilty of love, truth and God’s grace. He wa...

Do you know the reason for the season’s Jesus Christ! Don’t let the world throw “Happy Holidays” or “Seasons Greetings” in your face! Tell them proudly “Merry Christmas!” You/me/we are the reason Jesu...

Psalms 24:7 says: Lift up your heads, o ye gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of Glory shall come in. It’s Christmastime, for many of us, it’s a season of remembering that Je...

Good News Announcement “… the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth … to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph,…” “And behold, you will conceive in your womb an...

Daniel 5:25-28 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art wei...