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Happy are the peacemakers, part one

[Editor’s Note: This is part one of a three-part article by Dr. James Barnes] The idea of peace dominates the Bible. It opens with peace in the Garden of Eden and closes with peace in eternity. But in between that peace in the Garden and the peace that is to come in eternity, there has ...

Those who enter the kingdom of God must come empty-handed

Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it. Mark 10:17 In Mark 10, the chapter is separated into segments. One of these divisions is between verses 12 and 13. Another division comes between verse 22 and 23. These divisions were not in the ...

Suicide is preventable

Romans 7:15, 18-22, 24 If ever a human being experienced the darkness of deep depression, it was Paul. He knew what it was like to struggle with deep depression. Even though Paul was a man whom God used to win thousands of souls, start many churches, and write a third of our New ...

It might be the Goose Day Run, but Miller has owned the race

LEWISTOWN — Records fade and finish times blur, but Goose Day still pulls Jeff Miller to the starting line. Even with back and hip pain dogging him for months, the 59-year-old says he’ll race Saturday because Goose Day is his birthday — and his tradition. “I have been dealing with ...