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Sports
16U Baseball Closes Season
The McDonald County 16U baseball team advanced to the semifinals of the Fordland 16U Baseball Tournament held July 8-9 at Fordland, Mo., before dropping an 8-0 decision to end its 2019 season.
by Rick Peck
18U Baseball Finishes Season At Patriot Classic
The McDonald County 18U baseball team closed out its 2019 season with two losses and a tie at the Patriot Classic 18U Baseball Tournament held July 8-9 at the LaRoche Sports Complex in Fort Scott, Kan.
by Rick Peck
Opinion
OPINION: Someone warned this would happen
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years" -- Alexander Fraser Tytler (1747-1813).
by Kevin Wilson Columnist
OPINION: Accountability Defined
Webster defines accountability as "the quality of being accountable -- especially: an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one's actions." It was pretty easy to look up the definition, so why is it so hard for people to understand the concept of accountability?
by Kevin Wilson Columnist
Religion
RELIGION: Life Is Like A Barbecue
Jesus taught us the great truths of God through parables. If He were teaching us today, He would use earth-life situations to teach us about heaven-life reality. Jesus, today might say, "Life is like a barbecue!"
by Don Kuehle Columnist
RELIGION: Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy Down in My Heart
As we gathered to worship Sunday at Mill Creek Baptist Church, Levi Hazelton and Tyrel Lett were celebrating birthdays. Special prayers were requested for the Keeling family, Shelley's mother, Gene Hall, Danny Johnson, Wayne Johnson, the Buffer family and travel prayers. Skip shared a praise and Brother Mark thanked everyone for their work on Vacation Bible School. We had a good turnout and a great bunch of kids attending to share God's word.
by Kitty Collingsworth Mill Creek Baptist Church
RELIGION: Do You Please God With Your Lifestyle?
We were blessed to have Brother Del Hunnycut's daughter Sharon with us in service on Sunday morning. She and her father sang a beautiful song entitled "How Big Is God?" We know God is the maker of all things but to each person, "He's just as big as we will let him be." So often we limit the movement of the Spirit of God that dwells within us.
by Joyce Walters Cove Mission of Hope
RELIGION: 'Judge not, that you be not judged'
"Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye." Matthew 7:1-5
by Randy Moll
RELIGION: A Good Life
Doug Cory greeted everyone and welcomed visitors while all were gathering to worship Sunday morning at Mill Creek Baptist Church. Special prayers were requested for Kendra and Derek Blankenship, Lexie, Sherri's friend, Linda Abercrombie, Skip, Gene Hall and unspoken.
by Kitty Collingsworth Mill Creek Baptist Church
OPINION: Summer Soldiers
"These are times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he who stands for it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman! Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet, we have this consolation with us -- that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap we esteem too lightly; 'tis dearness only gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods." So wrote Thomas Paine on December 23, 1776.
by Don Kuehle Columnist
RELIGION: Which Son Are You Most Like?
Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them." ... And he said, "There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.' And he divided his property between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living...." Luke 15:1-2,11ff. (Read Luke 15:11-32)
by Randy Moll
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