Piave, Jones and Wade voters set for special election to choose state senator
From Staff Reports Despite having done so just over a year ago, a group of roughly 1,300 registered Greene County voters will be asked to go back to the polls later this summer to vote in a special election for who will represent them in the Mississippi Senate. Even though they just participated in statewide…
Read MoreThree Arts Club set to celebrate 100 years promoting the arts in Greene Co.
From Staff Reports Current and former residents who are authors, actors, dancers and musicians, along with those who cherish those art forms, will gather in Leakesville this Saturday to celebrate a local civic club that has been promoting the arts in Greene County for a century. The public is invited to attend the 100th Anniversary…
Read MoreIncumbents sweep McLain vote. Sims and J.T. Young sin seats on State Line board
From Staff Reports The good night for incumbents continued Tuesday as results from municipal elections in McLain and State Line were reported. In McLain, voters unanimously chose to give incumbent mayor Steve McCluskey another term. According to unofficial results, McCluskey defeated former mayor Clyde Sylvester by a 53-21 margin on Tuesday. Incumbent aldermen Len Moody,…
Read MoreWest wins re-election in Leakesville. Bray leads total vote tally and will join four incumbents on Board of Aldermen
From Staff Reports There was a lot of talk about ‘change’ over the past couple of weeks around Leakesville as Tuesday’s municipal election approached, but as it turns out, voters must have been pretty happy with the leadership they have in place. According to unofficial results, all four incumbents on the Leakesville Board of Aldermen…
Read MoreBray lays out plan for serving voters on Leakesville’s Board of Aldermen
Special to the Herald McKay Bray, a lifelong resident of Leakesville, has announced her candidacy for town alderman in the upcoming municipal election on Tuesday, June 3. Her campaign centers on a clear, community-focused message: “Committed to Our Community.” Bray, a graduate of Greene County High School, earned her associate’s degree from Jones College and…
Read MoreDavid West makes case to voters for re-election as Leakesville mayor
Special to the Herald As someone raised right here in Leakesville, off Annex Road, this town isn’t just where I live, it’s a part of who I am. The values of our community, the spirit of our people – these are things I’ve known my whole life. My commitment to service extends beyond our town…
Read MoreIs God Dead? Article Title: Where to Begin?
Where to begin? Two weeks ago, we made the comment that for Christians, everything needs to have a warrant or approval from Scripture. That includes how and what we study about God. In search of scriptural warrant last week, we looked in Scripture at Paul’s repeated use of classical philosophy in his speech and teaching…
Read MoreIs God Dead? Article Title: Philosophy According to Paul
It is a nonnegotiable truth that Christians dearly hold the Bible to be the inspired, inerrant, sufficient, and final authority in all matters of faith and salvation such that all religious study must begin, and end with Holy Scripture. That is, all our studies of God must find warrant (approval) in Scripture. Last week we…
Read MoreIs God Dead? Nature in Defense of God
It is the Christian understanding that “long ago, at many times and in many ways,” God spoke to His people through the prophets (Heb 1:1 ESV), and that He has in fact spoken to His people through two distinct mediums; through general revelation in nature, and through special revelation in the Bible. But it was…
Read MoreIs God Dead? Michael and Common Ground
With the launch of this column recently, we officially set sail on a grand and far-reaching journey that will eventually take us from the uttermost reaches of the cosmos to the very depths of human consciousness in order to investigate and possibly answer the age-old question; “Is God dead?” If you missed last week’s column,…
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