Columns & Letters

In the wake of a tragedy like Paris emotions naturally run high.

Coordinated attacks designed to create panic. Hostages executed one by one. Almost 130 dead and 350 wounded.

by Rick Ezell

“And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love” (2 John 6 NIV).

The recent controversial decision by a sharply divided (5-4) Supreme Court to concoct a Constitutional “right” to homosexual “marriage” won’t be the last word on the subject.  The ideologically based, politically biased decision, which basically puts heterophobic homosexuals on the same level as normal heterosexuals, so flies in the face of reas

I write to thank you for helping make the public aware of persons who were possibly buried at the O’Neal property, so descendants can join to restore and maintain that property.

I was especially interested in Billy Cannada’s piece, published Aug. 26 and his phrase “according to records,” used in reference to a “Col. John Thomas.”

by Rick Ezell

“There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his” (Hebrews 4:9-10 NIV).

by Rick Ezell

“Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things” (1 Chronicles 29:12 NIV).

I never had the chance or opportunity to visit the old Allen Bennett hospital.

by Rick Ezell

Pastor, Greer First Baptist Church

“As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you” (2 Kings 2:2,4,6 NIV).

Great leaders produce other leaders.”—John Maxwell