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Being Jesus in the World
The following story from the Stillwater News Press best illustrates what I think it means to be like Jesus in the world about us. In the end, it’s less about what you believe and more of what you do. LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Thanks to Good Samaritans who aided us at grocery store Posted: Saturday,…
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The Least of These Brothers
It was a wet and cold Oklahoma day. It had been raining the day before and the temperatures were in the 30s. The 40-year-old man stood holding a sign at the intersection of Memorial Road and May Avenue. He had been there for the past three hours asking for money. His clothes were damp and…
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If you are human–read this book!
Ken Sande’s book: The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict has meant so much to me. I have read it numerous times and am amazed at how practical and biblical it is. If you are a human–you need this book! I will not dwell upon this incident any longer. I will not bring up…
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Religion and the Liberal Bargain
In his book, The Religious Test, Damon Linker describes what he calls The Liberal Bargain. It works like this. In America, we are given a constitutional right for Freedom of Religion. In order to have this freedom, no religion can exert control over others. The moment one religion decides to use the legal process to exert control…
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Oil Sadness
I was born and raised in West Texas when oil was plentiful and jobs in the industry were common place. I was weaned on a car that got ten miles to a gallon of gas and the cost for a gallon was only 25 cents. None of us were concerned about the availability and cost…