For thousands of years the Lord had been planning and predicting when the Messiah would give himself for the sins of his people.

Those are the words of restaurateur Porter Frazier on this weekend’s Dolly Parton fundraiser performance to benefit Marty Stuart’s Congress of County Music at the Ellis Theater in downtown Philadelphia, Mississippi.

Please turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew 25:31-46

Daniel chapter 7 is a prophetic chapter. God gives Daniels several visions that are recorded for us. The chapter is written in apocalyptic language. The word apocalyptic means the unveiling or the disclosure of something.  It uses symbolic language and striking metaphors to describe realities. 

Please turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew 25:14-30. As we look at this passage, Jesus is reminding us of something. He’s reminding us that He has furnished all of his people with personal resources for the sake of building up His kingdom.

Whether it is the rural electrification projects or copper wire telephone expansion, the federal government has an established history of policies that support rural citizens gaining access to these vital services.

The story of Daniel in the lion’s den is one of the best known stories in the Bible. Daniel was a high official in King Darius the Mede’s government.

I love hearing good news about Mississippi. When I read recently that there had been an improvement in education standards in our state, I was thrilled.

Mika Brzezinski, co-host of the MSNBC program “Morning Joe,” is very cross with the White House staff.

The story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Adednego in Daniel three is a familiar story.

Please turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew 24:36-41. In this passage, Jesus compares the final Judgment to the Days of Noah and the flood.

Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream wants the United States to return the Blacks Hills to the Lakota. 

Daniel chapter three begins with King Nebuchadnezzar setting up a giant image of gold “on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon” (verse 1). The King’s purpose is that the Babylonian empire will be unified around this image, which exalts the King.

With the approach of July 4 this week, I thought we would look at one of the most influential sermons in American history on Psalm 76. John Witherspoon, the only minister to sign the Declaration of Independence, preached a sermon on verse 10 that caused a great stir in the colonies.

Please turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew 24:23-31. According to the Lord Jesus it is vital that we as Christians watch for His coming and that we are ready for His coming.

The submersible Titan is now confirmed lost.

The second half of Psalm 76 is a lesson on the fear of the Lord. The people of Judah had been trembling with fear at the threat from the Assyrian army, but when the Lord destroyed the Assyrians in a sudden, shocking manner, the object of Judah’s fear became the Lord.

Please turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew 24:1-14. In this passage, Jesus is explaining to the disciples and to us what we are to expect in this world, between the first coming of Christ and His ascension, and the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 It’s official. The Anglo-Saxons are getting canceled.

The NAACP is on high alert — a Republican governor, with an unabashedly conservative agenda and some chance of winning, is running for president.