by The Observer Staff | Feb 22, 2023 | Column, Walt Albritton
By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — Hughes Auditorium is packed. Standing room only. The place seats 1,600. People out on the steps praying. The result of a revival that broke out last Wednesday in Asbury University, a Christian college in Wilmore, Kentucky. Six days...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 15, 2023 | Bruce Green, Column
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Greed is wanting more than we need. It’s never a good look. It’s the attitude that says, “More, more, more!” when there is no legitimate purpose or reason for it. People can be greedy because of status. They buy into the lie that you are what...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 15, 2023 | Column, Walt Albritton
By WALT ALBRITTON RELIGION — The next time you wonder why God allows people to suffer, turn in your Bible to Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians. There you learn about the suffering of Saint Paul, the greatest missionary of the Christian faith. Read chapters 11...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 8, 2023 | Bruce Green, Column
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Deuteronomy 17:16-17 says this about Israel’s king: “The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more of them, for the Lord has told you, ‘You are not to go back that way...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 8, 2023 | Column, Walt Albritton
By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — The word “matters” is used often with reference to what is truly significant. When I ponder what really matters, three words come to mind: faith, family and friends. The longer I live, the less significance I find in things. Though Jesus...