Greek: Poneros Vine’s: “labour, toil, denotes evil that causes labour, pain, sorrow, malignant evil.” Thayer’s: “1. Full of labors, annoyances, hardships… 2. Bad, of a bad nature or condition… b. in an ethical sense, evil, wicked, bad.” Wherever there is evil, there is pain and sorrow. Though the one perpetrating the wickedness may be rejoicing, …
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Response to Three Articles Fellowship Halls
By Dick Blackford The editor sent an article on this subject asking me to respond. I have decided to include two other articles that relate to the same subject, etc. This he did not and cannot do. First Article The first article is by Dub McClish, titled “The Use Of The Church Building.” It appeared in …
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I’m Just Not Meant to be a Full-Time Mom!
By Richie Thetford Not long ago my wife Mindy was in the front yard talking with our next door neighbor lady. Looking at her two children playing, she said, “I’m glad I work.” My wife looked at her and asked, “Why do you say that?” She answered, “I’ m just not meant to be a full-time …
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The Gambling Pendulum.. .
By Carl McMurray Gambling is not a new problem with mankind. Like other deceptive works of the world, it has gone through periods of time when people were fooled into accepting (even defending) it and times when it was decried as a great evil. A pendulum that swings through society this way is bound to affect …