We Believers have generally been too focused on and conscious of the imperfections of our lives. Repenting from our sins head-on is important and vital, but there is a whole other glorious side to our relationship with God that goes unrecognized by many.

WE ARE CO-HEIRS CONFESSING CHRIST

When we catch a glimpse of this new identity we have in Jesus Christ, we see sin to be the boring, useless, and stupid thing it really is and we turn more easily away from it. This...

It happens every year right around this time. Oklahoma's burger faithful gather in El Reno each May for their annual Burger Day. The tradition was spurred by the likes of Sid's and Robert's, both fixtures of the combo of shallot and ground round.

Every year, sure. But not this year. Why? Because of COVID.

Stupid Chinese communists robbing us of our joy again, but I digress. Okies and anyone else just love a good fried onion burger,...

Perhaps posting to this blog will get me an answer as to why it was deleted. The post asked about side effects from the flu vaccine vs. side effects from the covid vaccine. I got quite a few responses and then the thread disappeared, except for the title. One of the last posts was that a person could get a blood test from a doctor to determine if they will have a reaction to the vaccine. I did inquire as to the whereabouts of my post, but got no response. Was this a 'dissident' post and therefore...

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." - Hebrews 11:1

Faith is stronger than belief. To believe is to give intellectual assent; to have faith is to be inseparable from the object of your devotion. Belief can be changed or lost by a more persuasive argument. True faith is so much a part of the person it can only be taken by death.

REASONING VS. SILENCE


A poverty of soul must eternally torment...

Warm greetings once again, my fair readers. Time to do some Scattershooting, right here on City-Data for your reading and absorbing pleasure. Besides, I could just write fifteen different blog posts on the things about to get covered here, but then, why wait until July for the fifteenth post?

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Baseball has been back, but, boy, we've had some mighty fine pitching in the early months. In fact, four no-hitters have already been...