But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. – Exodus 7:12 This incident is an instructive illustration of the certain victory of God’s handiwork over all opposition. Whenever a divine principle is set in the heart,...

Outdoor columnist Ben Smith pays homage to his grandmother, reflecting on his fondest memories of childhood. It feels like I’ve written a lot of “tribute” articles over the last couple of years. I know for...

… In order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. – Hebrews 12:27 We have many things in our possession at the present moment that can be shaken, and it is not good...

It’s beginning to look a lot like…Back to School. While some of you may be excited, others don’t feel quite the same way. You should have seen it coming. Store shelves have been stocked...

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...