By Tommy Hagewood “We have lost two good soldiers.” These words were spoken to me by sister Jeannetta Clifford just prior to the funeral service of her beloved husband, brother Rufus R. Clifford, Sr. The other soldier sister Clifford was referring to was brother Grover Stevens. Both men passed from this life to their reward on …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
Religious Suicides
By Larry Ray Hafley You have heard of the recent suicides of religious cults in Canada and in southern California. Forty-four have died in the two suicide pacts. This number, tragic as it is, does not approach the 913 who followed the notorious Jim Jones in Guyana, in 1978. Unbelievers will paint all religious people with …
Armageddon
By Clint Springer Armageddon has become a scare word! It is likely that every average person equates the word with the final great war extinction or annihilation that being true whether that person is religious or otherwise. It conjures up thoughts of thermonuclear warfare with no place on earth to hide. In Old Testament …
A Worm in an Apple
By Louis J. Sharp How does a worm get inside an apple? Perhaps you think the worm burrows in from the outside. No, scientists have discovered that the worm comes from the inside. But, how does he get there? Simple. An insect lays an egg in the apple blossom. Sometime later, the worm hatches in the …