As we enter a new year, our lives will bring about many choices to make and our responses to the many temptations that will confront us. Life is full of options. We make them from the earliest years of our life until the day we die.

The Scriptures are filled with God’s wisdom and instruction for living. As we begin a new year, I think about one such nugget of wisdom that God breathed into His word—insight that can transform this new year into the kind of year He desires for you and me.

Is It Really New?

The Bible is our handbook for Christian doctrine and conduct. In Paul’s letter to Titus, you will find instructions that outline what our behavior should be. “But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in p…

Several years ago, I was quite ill with gastrointestinal issues, fevers up to 104.5 degrees, lethargy, significantly elevated blood pressure readings, and debilitating fatigue.

That’s the number of minutes in an average year.

We thought a lot about the cast and characters of the Nativity all through the season of Advent.

Recently, I participated in a discussion about the origin of Santa’s red suit. History.com details an interesting account of Santa’s evolution.

Editor’s Note: Due to a very hefty letters to Santa section last week, we held the Church page which includes Pastor Chuck Hartman’s weekly column. Still, today’s edition (Dec. 31) is sort of around the Christmas holiday, so why not give Pat’s column a read.

Editor’s Note: Due to a very hefty letters to Santa section last week, we held the Church page which includes Pat Throckmorton’s weekly column. Still, today’s edition (Dec. 31) is sort of around the Christmas holiday, so why not give Pat’s column a read.

I’m a fan of The West Wing, which recently left Netflix for Peacock streaming.

Zacharias was an aging priest that day, When the words of an angel nearly blew him away.