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James Everett Setser Obituary
James Everett Setser 1965—2025 James Everett Setser, 60, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. Born Saturday, Sept. 18, 1965, to Clarence and Annie Hall Setser, he was the youngest of three boys. He is preceded in death by his wife, Linda May Setser and one brother, Donald Ray Setser. James
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Everett ‘Bo’ Turner Obituary
Everett ‘Bo’ Turner 1959—2025 Everett “Bo” Turner, age 66, of Tomahawk, went home to be with the Lord on Nov. 5, 2025. Born Oct. 28, 1959, he was the son of the late Ray and Minzie Marie Arthur Turner. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his beloved wife, Dwana Turner,
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Keep on praying
In his book “Stories for the Journey,” William White tells of a European seminary professor and his wife, Hans and Enid. During WW2 they escaped to America, where Hans began teaching in a seminary. Students loved this Bible teacher and they enjoyed observing the tender love that Hans and Enid displayed as the couple often
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James R. ‘Wormy’ Johnson Obituary
James R. ‘Wormy’ Johnson 1956—2025 James R. “Wormy” Johnson, age 69, of Tomahawk, passed away Oct. 30, 2025, at his residence. Born July 27, 1956, in Martin County, he was the son of the late Robert and Geneva (Howard) Johnson. In addition to his parents, James is preceded in death by his wife, Louise (Moore)
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Man in a hurry
On the Andy Griffith Show episode “Man in a Hurry,” Malcolm Tucker is a wealthy businessman from Charlotte. One Sunday, he has car trouble a couple of miles outside of Mayberry. Malcolm walks the rest of the way to town and meets Andy coming out of Sunday morning worship. Andy offers to assist Malcolm, but
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When there is no word of God
Proverbs 29:18: “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.” A lot of preaching and teaching is being done today about vision. You must have a vision statement. You must have a vision for reaching the lost, for the future, and for reaching the youth. Even
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How does God save—by faith or facts?
Many atheists will ask this question to cast doubt on God and the Bible: “If God is real why doesn’t He heal amputees? Why is there no healing of an amputee in the Bible?” Well there is one instance of an amputee being healed in the Bible. Luke 21:50-51: “And one of them smote the
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The Spanish Rooster
The other day at the post office we received a Rooster in the mail from Puerto Rico. When the rooster crowed it sounded just like a rooster from America. I thought to myself, “Why doesn’t that rooster crow in Spanish?” I know you are thinking, “How stupid, animals don’t talk.” But we know from research
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Cheap Christians
It seems there was a barber in a small local town who had been the only barber in town for years. Everyone went to this barber to get their hair cut. Then, one day a big hair salon franchise came to town and opened up shop. They advertised, “All Haircuts for $3.” Slowly, the barber’s
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Little Israel, the nation that proves the Bible is the word of God
“Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’ Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: O My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from
