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I am challenged to be an evangelist like the shoe evangelist

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Several years ago I had to fly to Tampa to tape a television show. After I finished, I had the joy of meeting up with two of our missionary alumni. We decided to meet at the food court at a mall located near the airport. The luncheon was at 1:00, and I was finished taping…

Those who came before us had a deep impact on our lives

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[Why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] To most people, the history of Oklahoma and Indian Territory began at the atrocity called the Trail of Tears. As we have seen there was a huge history for the southeastern Indians, before crossing the Mississippi. We recently saw a new western chief, who will…

The Chinese virus has taught us who we cannot trust

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After two years of battling the Chinese coronavirus, what have we learned? As of January 11, there have been 769,662 confirmed cases in Oklahoma with an estimated 12,666 deaths. There’s overwhelming evidence that the virus came from a Wuhan, China, lab and was engineered via gain-of-function research and was financed by American funding. If you…

An abrupt ending is followed by the new Back 40 Ministries

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You might have noticed that the headings on my articles have been blank for a few weeks; I have been in transition. The year 2021 ended in a struggle for me. The ministry I started 28 years ago voted me out and gave me a short time to move out of my office. It was…

The actual cost of ‘build back better’

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Despite failing to garner enough votes in the Senate to send their multi-trillion-dollar social spending bill to the president’s desk, Democrats and President Joe Biden have signaled they plan to regroup and attempt to push another version of it forward this year. This is a sad way to govern our country, especially considering that the…

History is not sequential, but many parallel ventures

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[Why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] To most people, the history of Oklahoma and Indian Territory began at the atrocity called the Trail of Tears. We have traced the Cherokee to 1824 in previous columns, which brought the early groups to the location of the original Dwight Mission near Petit Jean…

Beacon lineup of syndicated columnists keeps changing

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When we started the Tulsa Beacon in 2001, we wanted our editorial pages to have conservative columnists. We went to Creators Syndicate and picked out four columnists: David Limbaugh, Robert Novak, Mona Charen and Walter Williams. Former Gov. Frank Keating back then told me that if he were to pick a set of columnists, he…

In many ways, it seems that life can be a lot like a carnival

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If you have been one of my Baptist Messenger  (or Tulsa Beacon) readers for any length of time, you know that I have a love for carnivals. My grandmother was a carnie, so I guess you could say it’s in my blood. Every year, I return to serve as a chaplain at the Tulsa State…

Radios play a crucial role in dealing with our weather

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[Why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] After the most wonderful time of the year and the winter solstice, people familiar with our area begin the preparation and anticipation for spring storms. There is a reason the area has the moniker “Tornado Alley”. This column will take a decidedly contemporary application of…

2022 predictions for sports, politics, President Biden

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Here are my predictions for 2022. The Oklahoma football team will have a better defense with Brent Venables as head coach. TU and Coach Phillip Montgomery will be invited to a bowl game. Coach Mike Gundy and Oklahoma State will be at or near the top of the Big 12 Conference in football. OU, ORU…