Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. In the Book of Judges, it was a period of time when God chose specific men to keep Israel fr...

Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord vonr God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the firsi and _________ great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You...

COME BACK TO THE LORD, AMERICA! THE TIME IS NOW TO LOOK TO THE LORD IN ALL THINGS! GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST! Joel 2:1-32 1Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let al...

I am writing this article from the island of Oahu. I am staying on the west side of the island in the town of Waianae (about 30 miles west of Honolulu). Jill and I come here once a year to see our son...

Numbers 32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. Let me give you some synonyms for the word translated ‘be sure. The easiest to ...

“You have made the earth tremble; You have broken it; Heal its breaches, for if it is shaking. 7r~ (Ps. 60:2) “See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who...

ARE YOU AMONG THE WISE VIRGINS, OR AMONG THE FOOLISH VIRGINS? GOD KNOWS! YOU CAN’T PRETEND WITH THE LORD! THERE WILL BE A SEPARATION OF THE WISE VIRGINS AND THE FOOLISH VIRGINS! GOD WILL CLOSE THE DOO...

Now, I will admit I do like to go to Facebook and watch some of the reels. Some of them are totally stupid and some are pretty good. I watch to usually get a good laugh. And, every once in a while you...

Vian Baptist Church Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. For this article I am going to do something I do not normally do. I am going t...

“The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught” (Psalm 9:15). ------------- “His own iniquities entrap the wicked man, And he is caught in ...

I went to the mailbox Tuesday morning. I forgot to get the mail Monday evening, so as I took the trash to the curb for pickup, I grabbed the mail. Right on the top of the stack was a letter with big, ...

SINNING WILL NOT GET YOU TO HEAVEN! DO YOU WANT THE SMOKING, OR NON-SMOKING OF ETERNAL LIFE? KNOW JESUS CHRIST, KNOW ETERNAL LIFE! NO JESUS CHRIST, NO ETERNAL LIFE! 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 9Know ye not t...

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you -------------- richly in all wisdom...” (Col.3:16). How can His Word dwell in you? You open His Book! Let God speak to you, take it into your heart, let it become ...

The term ambivalent is defines as: having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. That describes the present state of the world about two very important topics. The topics ar...

Last Tuesday I (well, Jill and I) had a phone call from a friend from Southwest Arkansas. I had the privilege of being her Pastor for 6 ½ years and continued on and off in that role for the next 4 yea...

DON’T LET ANYTHING OR ANYONE GET IN THE WAY OF THE LORD! ALWAYS LET HIM GO BEFORE YOU AND BE WITH YOU ALWAYS! THERE IS ONLY GOD THEFATHER,GODTHESON,AND GOD THE HOLY GHOST! CLING TO HIM FOR ETERNAL LIF...

Dear Editor, Today, I learned of a tragic death in the Box Community, north of Vian. On July 31, the old Box School building by the Box Cemetery was demolished, bulldozed and burned. There was no memo...

Dear Editor, The Vian Police Department would like to give a special thanks to Blake Lyons with Cherokee Nation Public Health in donating two large cases of Narcan to help us in our fight against Fent...

ICorinthians 9:24-27 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things....

“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Take heed, watch and ~ pray; for you do not know when the time is”(Mark 13:32-33). “in a moment...