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Red Ribbon Week is here

Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of columns to be shared with Mount Airy News readers by the Surry County Substance Abuse Recovery…

Context is king

“Here, then, is the real problem of our negligence. We fail in our duty to study God’s Word not so much because it is difficult…

John 3:16 sums up all of the word of God

“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because he loves us.” –…

Ensure God around for next generation

When watching a Thanksgiving documentary from Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts, I listened to the lead journalist ask young adults the following questions about the first Thanksgiving:…

Reader supports Pritchard for commissioner

To the Editor, I urge the members of the current Mount Airy city council to select John Pritchard to fill the vacant commissioner-at-large seat (see…

What King Saul left for Queen Esther

The theme of last week’s column dealt with legacy; what the older generation left behind for the younger generation. A fascinating study can be made…

How to reap from a legacy

Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary defines the word legacy as “a bequest, a particular thing, a certain sum of money given by last will or testament;…

Excitement time, part 4

In the past two weeks’ columns we talked about the man that Peter and John through Jesus healed as they entered the temple. How he…

Storms a mid-summer blessing

Thunder, lightning, showers: a mid-summer blessing Thunder, lightning, heavy showers all during the summer show the sources from which God sends us his blessings to…

Excitement time, part 2

In last week’s column we talked about the man that Peter and John through Jesus healed as they entered the temple. How he was so…