Opinion: Cancellation of Grain Belt Express threatens energy reliability and affordability
Energy affordability and reliability are being threatened in rural America, with costly consequences for families, farmers, and small-town economies.
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Is God Dead?
Last week, we began to look at the historical writings of the prophet Isaiah in the fifty-third chapter. Even so, my feeble description there failed to convey the proper weight due to Isaiah’s words written some 700 years before the Servant was born: seven hundred years! Read for yourself:
Bridging the Gap: A Rural Health Column; The Importance of Early Diagnosis: Late Cancer Diagnosis in Rural Cancer Care
When it comes to cancer, timing can mean the difference between life and death. An early diagnosis opens the door to more effective treatment options and better survival odds. But in rural America, far too many patients are diagnosed too late—when the cancer has already advanced and the path to recovery becomes steeper, costlier, and more uncertain. This disparity is due to rural areas often facing a combination of structural and socioeconomic barriers that limit access to timely and effective healthcare. Receiving a late diagnosis of cancer often means that the conditions of the cancer care require more aggressive and costly treatments, longer hospital stays, and increased mortality rates.
What will I show Jesus?
When the Apostle Paul wrote his first letter to the believers in Thessaloniki he does so with some goals in mind. He wants to encourage them in their faith and give them confidence in their calling. He also wants to correct some misunderstandings these followers had and make sure they know that they are just as much a part of the family of God as anyone else.
Is God dead? Isaiah’s Messiah
Last week, we began to investigate the Jewish claim of a coming Messiah throughout history. In fact, we listed some seventeen ancient prophetic historians who recorded prophecies of this King and Messiah. Bible scholar John MacArthur notes that these prophecies begin in Genesis, in the Garden, with God cursing Eve. It is in this first promise (Gen 3:15) from God of a messiah that we learn He will be the seed of the woman (cf Gal 4:4) who will destroy Satan (1 John 3:8). He will be the great prophet of whom Moses wrote (Duet 18:15-22; Acts 3:22-23). “Daniel 7:13-14 describes him as the glorious Son of Man (a title Jesus used of himself some eighty times in the Gospels).” The same Messiah who will return on the clouds of heaven (Matt 24:30; Mark 4:62; Rev 1:7).
Christians are never going to be perfect
Many saw the blockbuster movie, Catch Me if You Can, starring Leo DiCaprio. He played the lead character, Frank Abagnale, a con artist who was able to become a doctor, an attorney, and an airline pilot before he even turned 18 years of age. He was a master of deception and also ended up becoming the most successful bank robber in history. Most don’t know that Frank Abagnale is real and the story was a docu-drama, telling a part of history. If you saw it, did you see it as pure entertainment – a nice date night watching a story about something unbelievable, or did you look at it as a life lesson?
