Love shouldn’t hurt

Abusive Dating Relationships
by Teresia Smith

Dating violence is more common than you may think, especially among teens and young adults. Loveisrespect.org reports 1 in 3 U.S. teens will experience physical, sexual, or emotional abuse from someone they’re in a relationship with before becoming adults. February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month (TDVAM). This is an issue that impacts everyone – not just teens – but their parents, teachers, friends and communities as well.

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Thoughts from The Bible

A Pulpit in Need of Repair, Part 3
by Joey Carroll Corinth Missionary Baptist Church

Over the last two weeks, we have considered how the Apostle Paul sought to repair a wayward pulpit at Corinth. The content of preaching should always be centered around Jesus Christ and Him crucified. The method of preaching should be defined by one word – proclamation. A simple and clear method that does not seek to entertain, but rather instruct and exhort. This week, let’s consider how Paul instructs the heart of the preacher.

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Fishing tip of the week

Bait Size Matters
by Mike Gerry

As winter slowly moves on it is a time of year where size matters; at no time during the fishing year is the size of your bait more important than now! If your wanting to catch big quality bass, fish with big baits, like 7 inch swim baits, ¾ oz. jigs with large trailers that give the jig a bulky look; even ¾ to 1 oz. spinner baits with large willow leaf blades will produce that big bite.

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Love shouldn’t hurt

Two Lives?
by Teresia Smith

How many lives do we really have?

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Thoughts from The Bible

A Pulpit in Need of Repair, Part 2

by Joey Carroll Corinth Missionary Baptist Church

Last week I wrote that Jesus Christ and Him crucified should be the content of every sermon. If you are a Christian, certainly you agree “…for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among mankind by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12, NASB).

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