Jesus, in His sermon, is speaking to the individual about their priorities. He has said they must judge themselves before judging others. He has given a warning about handling the gospel with…
Category: Editorials
From the Sunny Side: Names changed to protect the innocent
I have always been a big fan of the old “Dragnet” television series. I can still remember the opening: “The story you are about to hear is true; only the names have…
Passing Parade: SAVED: At least for now!
Nelson A. Pryor: Guest Columnist A 1st District Court of Appeals decision for Florida, on Dec. 1, 2023, by 8-2, reversed Judge J. Lee Marsh’s discombobulated 55-page opinion to cut up and…
The Game of Life: College Edition – Life isn’t fair, so what?
Growing up in Madison, most people I was around were similar to my family and me in the sense that everything we had was obtained through hard work and nothing was ever…
National Security: MiG
The dream of every fighter pilot is to engage a MiG in aerial combat. MiG is an American abbreviation that stands for Mikoyan and Gurevich, a Russian designer of fighter aircraft. Aerial…
Learning As I Go: Be a part of the solution
Last week, I had the privilege of attending a community meeting regarding the state of our county schools. Person after person shared their heart for keeping the smaller schools in our district…
Give holy things and pearls wisely
After talking about how a person should judge themselves before judging others, Jesus gives a warning using a metaphor. Using a proverbial format, Jesus says holy things should not be given to…
From the Sunny Side: Please like me
There are a lot of things that change with time. Food preferences, body features, relationships all become altered in some form as years go by. Friendships is a big one that changes…
The Game of Life: College Edition Getting older
There are a lot of things that change with time. Food preferences, body features, relationships all become altered in some form as years go by. Friendships is a big one that changes…
Passing Parade: Our 1773 Tea Party
Nelson A. Pryor: Guest Columnist On Dec. 16, 1773, the most revered and celebrated Tea Parties of all time, occurred. That Tea Party has been celebrated, and reenacted, in Boston, Mass., for…
Father, teach us how to love
Have you become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal? You may have without realizing it. 1 Corinthians 13:1 (ESV) says, “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but…
National Security: Plagiarism
Plagiarism is not a word that we normally use in our day-to-day vocabulary. Since it is a focus in recent national news, I thought it might be valuable to speak about this…
Learning As I Go: I’ll get around to it
Once a month, I have the privilege of speaking at Honey Lake Cinic, a Christian recovery facility in Madison County. Each trip, I pass a house with a semi parked in the…
From the Sunny Side: Happy New Year
Well, here we are. Time to flip another year on the calendar. I should say, “Time to get another calendar,” which reminds me of a cute story that has nothing to do…
Judge yourself before judging others
Jesus shifts topics in His sermon from teaching about our priorities to teaching about how we judge people. Jesus is not saying we should not judge other people, but rather He is…
Passing Parade: King of the Storms, 1899
Nelson A. Pryor: Guest Columnist The headline read, in big box letters, “FLORIDA FREEZE WORST SINCE 1899” in the Dec. 14, 1962 New York Times, p. 1 and 9. The 1962 article…
The Game of Life: College Edition – Jump back in
Well, we have officially entered the year 2024! It is crazy to think just how fast 2023 went by. That being said, the small break that we had for the holidays is…
Human smuggling may be happening in your community
At only eleven years old, “Stacey” found herself on the streets. She was afraid, but she knew it had to be better than the home situation she was running from. Her optimism…
National Security: Blowin’ in the wind
It was roughly sixty years ago that Bob Dylan (a.k.a. Robert Zimmerman) wrote the lyrics and music to an early 1960s protest song, “Blowin’ in the Wind.” He addresses topics like war,…
Learning As I Go: Make the most of it
The last week of school before Christmas break, my youngest got the stomach bug. Then the Sunday after they let out for the holiday, my oldest began running fever. He stayed feverish…