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They did not heed the warning
BY JACK WARD A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. “What food might this contain?” the mouse wondered. He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning: “There is a mousetrap in the house.…
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No division, no subtraction
BY JACK WARD A Baptist Pastor had a dream and found himself fully dressed, holding a Bible, at the gate of Heaven. As he was about to enter, he heard so many people crying and wailing in hell. He went to the gate and met the Gatekeeper. “Who are those crying?” he asked the Gatekeeper.…
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BentleyMade brings handcrafted artistry to Stidham Old Time Music Gathering
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN TOMAHAWK — Paintsville artists Brett Lee Bentley and Catherine Bentley returned to the Stidham Old Time Music Gathering July 24-25 for their second consecutive year. The two-day event took place at Webb’s Musical Repair and Sales on South Milo Road in Tomahawk, featuring live performances, guitar and banjo workshops, Appalachian…
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The mark of Jesus
BY JACK WARD Issac Butterworth tells this story. One time there was a man in my church, the owner of a local business and a highly intentional Christian. The apostle Paul once said of himself that he bore “on [his] body the marks of Jesus” (Gal. 6:17). Well, this man bore the marks of Jesus…
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‘Preacher says the Bible is not the word of God’
BY JACK WARD Several years ago, Alexander J. Barron, a licensed Missionary Baptist preacher, decided that the Bible is not the word of God, but that is OK; he will continue to preach it. He says, “I believe in preaching the word of God. I believe in the saving of souls from the clutches of…
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‘Through the Gates of Splendor’
BY JACK WARD One of the most influential Christian women of the 20th century, Elisabeth Elliot, has died. Elliot, the Christian author and speaker whose husband, Jim, was killed during their short-lived but legendary missionary work among unreached tribes in eastern Ecuador in the 1950s, passed away Monday, June 15, at age 88. She wrote…
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Wear his coat well
BY JACK WARD Many years ago, an evangelist named Jakov arrived in a village in Serbia. He met an elderly man there named Cimmerman, and Jakov began to talk to him about the love of Christ. Cimmerman abruptly interrupted Jakov and told him that he wished to have nothing to do with Christianity. He reminded…
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Trust in God
BY JACK WARD Psalm 7:1: “O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.” Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy…
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The strength to do what He requires
BY JACK WARD Many people have told me over the years that they would become a Christian if they could live it. I understand that people don’t want to start something they know they cannot finish. And I understand that everyone knows that we cannot be perfect. But I ask: Who is able to live…
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Enjoy ‘this’ summer
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Summer arrives slowly and disappears quickly. This all depends on where you live, of course. If you are in Southern Florida, Texas, Arizona or California, then warm and very hot days are almost always a part of life. For those of us a little farther north, we know about long winters…
