by Saron Mack It was with sadness that today I learned about the unexpected death of my friend Kevin. He died in a motorcycle crash early on Sunday morning. Apparently he was traveling at a high rate of speed when his bike left the road and he ran into a pole head-on. It’s hard to believe that he’s gone so quickly, at age 19. I don’t think he even had time to react…

   Did [God] not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. Malachi 2:15a (ESV)

Pastor John Scripture Reference: Revelation 5:1-14

  By Barrett Duke   WASHINGTON (BP)–The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (H.R. 1913) is an irresponsible piece of legislation.

   35 You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity. 36 You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Leviticus 19:35-36 (ESV)

by Judy Woodward Bates  DORA, Ala. (BP)–Want to know the quickest way to save money? Stop spending what you already have.

   1 My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. 2 For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, 3 and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,” 4 have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with […]

Pastor Chris Scripture Reference: James 1:1-12

In 2003, the Massachusetts Supreme Court, in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, defined marriage as a private and exclusive union, a sexual and affectionate relationship. The goal of the re-definition, which the court admitted to be a reversal of Massachusetts’s historic view of marriage law, was to make same-sex marriage legal. It is possible that other states will follow, and some already have.1 What brought society to the point that same-sex marriage is considered reasonable to so many that it is actually legal in some states? Many scholars asking this question have found their answer in the rise of […]

   For well over a century, many prophets of doom have predicted world overpopulation would lead to ecological disaster, famine, poverty and other woes.  As Philip Longman points out in the March 24, 2009 edition of USA Today, the world’s population is expected to hit 7 billion by 2012, up from the 6 billion mark set in 1999.  So, is overpopulation a real threat?