I came to my garden, my sister, my bride. – Song of Songs 5:1 The heart of the believer is Christ’s garden. He bought it with His precious blood, and He enters it and claims...

Born into poverty in Kosciusko, Oprah Winfrey managed to climb from her rural Mississippi roots to scale unimaginable heights. Few people in the world are well-known by their first name. Madonna. Cher. Elvis. Beyonce.  And then...

Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Sing to it!” – Numbers 21:17 This well was famous in the wilderness because it was the subject of a promise: “That is the well of which...

Dorothy Parker watched from her living-room window on the morning of Sept. 4, 1957, as her mother Helen Anderson walked down the street toward her workplace. The 10-year-old would normally be at school, but...

The Mississippi Freedom Trail is a tour of the people, places, and events that molded the fight against oppression in the Civil Rights Movement in the Magnolia State. The Mississippi Freedom Trail is more than...

Remove far from me falsehood and lying. – Proverbs 30:8 Do not forsake me, O Lord! – Psalm 38:21 Here we have two great lessons—what to deprecate and what to supplicate. The happiest state of a...

… Who saved us and called us to a holy calling. – 2 Timothy 1:9 The apostle uses the perfect tense and says, “who saved us.” Believers in Christ Jesus are saved. They are not looked upon...

The Barn primarily features Americana, blues, and some bluegrass artists, but it’s a venue like no other. Just outside of the home of Steve and Kay Ellis in Columbus, Mississippi, The Barn is a beautiful...

It is they that bear witness about me. – John 5:39 Jesus Christ is the Alpha and Omega of the Bible. He is the constant theme of its sacred pages; from beginning to end they...