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The 5 useful databases you need to try

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What the library has to offer goes beyond just print books. We have many great books available in digital format for free. Visit our website to discover the online resources available to you at all times. Let’s look at the databases you can use with a Juniata County library card. Start on our website, https://www.juniatalibrary.org/programs-services/digital-resources. On our website, under the ‘Ask Us Anything’ section, I have created videos that show you how to use each of these databases. EBSCOhost Do you need a place to obtain research for a school assignment? You can search ...

The sign of the covenant should encourage Christians

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For this is My blood of the new covenant which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Matthew 26:28 This week we want to consider the “new covenant” mentioned in Matthew 26:28, Mark 14:24, Luke 22:20, and I Corinthians 11:23-32. It was put into place (instituted) by our Lord and mentioned in four different passages of Scripture. Is there a sign of the new covenant and a penalty for violating the new covenant as there was with the Abrahamic and the Mosaic covenants? Finding all three things concerning the “new covenant” will help us understand the seriousness of the ...

They served so we could live free

Editorials

They’ve never asked for thanks, but they’ve earned it a thousand times over. Every parade, every flag raised, every quiet moment of freedom enjoyed on a Monday morning exists because, somewhere, someone once stood between danger and home. Veterans Day isn’t a gift to them; it’s a reminder to the rest of us. Across Mifflin and Juniata counties, you’ll find them everywhere—men and women who wore the uniform and came home to build lives, families, and towns that still depend on their quiet strength. They don’t ask for recognition. They don’t boast about their service. But ...

Many upcoming events at MCL

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At the Mifflin County Library, there are many exciting things happening. Book group meets each month and is for grown-ups. The November Book is “The Book of Lost Friends” by Lisa Wingate. If you are interested in joining book group, come even if you haven’t read the book. “The Book of Lost Friends” is a historical fiction novel about three young women in search of family members after the destruction and displacement of the Civil War. One of the women is Hannie, who was taken away from her mother and siblings before slavery’s end, who is hoping her family is still ...

When we pray, begin with God

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Luke 13-1-10 Jesus begins with God. That’s where we too must begin. God knows our needs. He is the source of our life. He is our hope for a better life. He is the Lord of all creation. Only after Christ has focused our attention on God and His kingdom and His will does he turn to our needs. “Give us each day our daily bread.” It’s interesting how much Jesus had to say about our physical needs in only one line. That’s all. Here again is why so much of our prayer life is ineffective. You and I probably spend most of our prayer time on our physical needs. Yet Jesus ...

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Letters to the Editor

Control anger without sin To the Editor: Anger by definition is wrath, the filling and expression of strong displeasure and hostility. Anger itself is not sinful but needs to be carefully watched and soon suppressed. I find in God’s word that He expresses anger and wrath. It is holy and just indignation against sin (Rom. 1:18). For God cannot sin, for He is holy and perfect in all that He does (Duet. 32:4; Job 34:10; Ps. 5:4, 145:17). In His word I find He is angry with the wicked everyday (Ps. 5:5, 7:11). He is also angry when His chosen people are disobedient to Him (Isa. ...