Mt. Pleasant News

Neh. 9:3 ?The Book of the Law of the Lord their God was read aloud to them for about three hours. Then for three more hours they took turns confessing their sins and worshipping the LORD their God.?When was the last time you were in a six hour church service? For most of us, a service that lasts much more than an hour really makes us antsy and anxious for it to end. How would you like to listen to three hours ...

On Sunday afternoon, while sitting in the lobby of an auto service shop waiting for the mechanic to tell me how many hundreds of dollars he was going to charge me to fix my car, I watched with gaping mouth as a reporter on MSNBC was hit by a flying object on air while standing in the middle of Hurricane Irma.Meteorologist for The Weather Channel, Mike Seidel, was literally being blown away from the camera crew ...

Ginnie came to me in a panic. ?I can't find Roomba!?Roomba is a computerized vacuum cleaner I gave Ginnie for her birthday. I know, you shouldn't give your wife a vacuum cleaner for her birthday, but she loves it. It's like an old friend. Turn Roomba loose in any area of the house, and she vacuums better than we can the old fashioned way. She's short and compact and whirls under furniture like a ballerina.Ginnie...

I just don?t understand Donald Trump. I doubt whether I am alone in that thinking.Prior to his presidential eletion win in November, Trump never held elective office. While some may see that as a blessing, I see it as a double-edged sword. It is refreshing to see a non-politican or a non-member of the ?swamp,? elected to public office. However, with public service comes a responsibility, much larger than that ...

?the rulers even sneered at him. They said, ?He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.? Luke 23:35Three times in Luke?s account of the crucifixion, Jesus is mocked and tempted to come down from the cross. First, by the religious rulers, second, by the Roman soldiers and third, by the unrepentant criminal on the cross beside him (Luke 23:35-39).Satan is behind the scenes ...

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News There was a time that I hated myself. I despised God and loathed my body. Everything had failed me ? my heart, my faith and my self reliance.I felt like this for a long time. Most of that time, however, I ignored it. I just put my head down and tried to move forward. I had even convinced myself once or twice that I had forgiven God, the Universe, whoever had put this burden on ...

By Rev. Jim Hughes II Chron. 26:16: But when he had become powerful, he also became proud, which led to his downfall. He sinned against the LORD his God by entering the sanctuary of the LORD?s temple and personally burning incense on it.Uzziah became king over Judah when he was 16-years-old, and he was a good king. He led the people of Judah into a spiritual reformation. He got rid of the many ungodly things ...

By Brooks Taylor,Mt. Pleasant News Imagine having the best day of your life as a 12-year-old and then being ridiculed for it for years afterward.You probably never heard of Cody Webster. That?s OK, you have plenty of company, unless you live in Washington state.Webster peaked early, reminiscent of one of my boyhood friends who was 5-10 as an eighth-grader and the best basketball player on the junior high ...

To the editor,Dumb: Hate filled people come to your city from five different states for the sole purpose of causing a riot.Dumber: Your city fills with people that want to attack the haters.Dumbest: Your city?s police stand to one side while the idiots attack the haters, causing death and destruction. Which offered the news media plenty of fodder to make fools out of the entire community.Every State has local ...

By Karyn Spory,Mt. Pleasant News An inch of air, it?s what it looked like he was measuring. But without even saying a word, we knew what he meant ? he loves us that much.I don?t have a memory of my Grandpa Pete without him making this gesture. Each time we?d see him, this six-foot-six-inch man would scoop down and envelop us in a giant, warm hug, only letting go to pinch the air between us. ?This much,? he?d ...

By Gary L. Van Nyhuis, Associate Pastor, FCOC The name of Jesus is powerful and influential. His name is above all names, worthy of all praise.In Acts 3, Peter and John encountered a crippled man who needed a miracle, so Peter instructed the crippled beggar to get up!How did they do that? Who authorized them?Verse six makes it clear. Peter said, ?Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: ...

By Rev. Clint Decker, of Great Awakenings Ministry According to experts in the field of human behavior, loneliness is at epidemic levels. Millions are walking through this dark valley and every day the numbers are growing.It may seem odd as to how people could feel so lonely in our modern times. With all the technology available it may seem like an impossibility. But it is true. Social media, television, ...