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He Walked Away with a Heavy Heart

By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION― Annually, Americans spend about $40 billion on storage units. With nearly 50,000 storage facilities across the country, there are about 7 square feet of self-storage for every person in the United States. The truth is, many of us have too...

Wisdom as a Tree of Life

By BRUCE GREEN Teaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika Wisdom is spoken of as a tree of life in Proverbs 3:18. What a picture! It takes us back to the beginning when the newly created Adam and Eve lived in the glorious garden of Eden. This was...

Homecoming

By SEAN DIETRICH Nineteen kids came romping up the golden staircase, taking two steps at a time, sprinting toward the mother-of-pearl gates. It’s a wonder they didn’t knock Saint Peter over onto his Blessed Assurance. The children all smelled like little-kid sweat and...

Winners Announced In 47th Annual Heritage Cooking Contest

By Ann Cipperly On a recent sunny afternoon at the Mount Olive Primitive Baptist Church on Society Hill Road, participants in the 47th annual Heritage Cooking Contest were busy adding last minute touches to their dishes for judging. This year, recipes for meat sliders...
Country Church

Country Church

By Sean Dietrich A few years ago. A secluded country highway. Lots of farms, silos and flat nothingness. My wife was driving. We were on our way...

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The Joy of Jesus

The Joy of Jesus

By Bruce Green The wilderness is a humbling place. You don’t “impose your will upon it”- you learn how to survive it. Each day brings forth its own...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers Allow me to share some more observations from the year. One of my favorite people in the world and one of the finest gentlemen I...

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