Category Archives: Opinions
Being ready to give an answer
Today, just as there was in the ancient world, there is a need for the people of God to assume the role of a watchman. If Christians do not share the gospel and warn the world that Jesus is the only hope for our future and is returning soon … who will?
The watchman’s call 2,700 years ago is still valid today: “The morning comes and also the night!” Yes, the world is in distress and insecurity is increasing on many levels, but there remains one rock that cannot be shaken, and that is the Kingdom of God! Many are
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Should the US bring back the Pony Express?
The removal of many mail sorting machines from our post offices is a worrisome state of affairs. Each machine can sort up to 36,000 pieces of mail per hour. The machines sort letters, postcards 
and other mail by bar code.
One person sorting mail can’t come close to sorting that number of pieces of mail.
There must be information somewhere as to how many pieces of mail a lone person can sort in one hour, but so far I haven’t been able to find it.
Now, if we compare mail sorting to cotton picking, we can say, according to Wikipedia, that one cotton picking machine replaces 50 human cotton pickers. So 50 human cotton pickers would have to be hired to replace one cotton picking machine.
I don’t know a lot about sorting mail quickly, but I’m on solid ground with information about cotton harvesting, as we grew up on a cotton and tobacco
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My glory, the lifter of my head
Sometimes the dark side tries to bring us down and discourage us, and if we continue down this dreary path, we will agree that our life is not worth much and no one really cares. However, there is some incredibly good news — the Bible as the highest standard of absolute truth clearly establishes that God sees you as the most valuable treasure ever created.
Since He is perfect and what He makes is without mistakes, all that is needed for us to be a victorious overcomer is to believe it! “I will praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are your works; and that, my soul knows well” Psalm 139:14.
Living with low self-esteem is like driving with your foot on the brake, and this has everything to do with how a person views themselves. Ralph Waldo
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Women in the military
Dear Editor,
Twenty-six of our U.S. presidents served in the military before they were commander-in-chief of America. None of the presidents’ daughters have ever served in the military.
The military shows your love of your country. The military can provide educational grants to cover the cost of college for you and your children. The military develops leadership traits. The military improves skills for jobs that are needed to support our labor force. The military helps your personal growth. Lastly, serving in the military is a gesture of respect for our country.
Women face several challenges that are different from men in the military. Women face sexual abuse. Women come up against gender discrimination. Women have a deficiency in gender-specific
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Praying all goes well
With the children of Pickens County stepping across the threshold of a schoolhouse this week for the first time since March, we have entered a potentially dangerous phase of the new abnormal of 2020.
Everyone will have a mask on at school, at least when they’re within 6 feet of someone else — presumably. That’s what the state Department of Education requires. But these are kids.
While they’re jumping around outside at recess, with masks off, the coronavirus may also be happily jumping around — from one kid to another, I’m afraid.
The schedule the school district came up with for the first six weeks made very little sense to me when I saw it, although I think I understand the concept a little better after talking with a district spokesman about it. But it still seems more risky than what Greenville
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A nurse’s perspective
As a nurse, working around illness is nothing new; in fact, it’s the expectation. But lately, working in health care has been challenging and has provided me with a new perspective on care.
The current pandemic has stressed every aspect of our nation’s health care system. And while the lasting impact of COVID-19 is still unknown, your local doctors and nurses are absolutely focused on understanding this virus and providing you with excellent care. We are constantly looking for better ways to treat it and prevent its spread, while protecting
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This was life as we knew it
Does anybody remember when there was an uproar over the length of the Beatles’ hair? Or when Elvis Presley couldn’t be shown below the waist when he performed on the long-ago Ed Sullivan show? When radio stations received protested calls for playing “Little Egypt” on air?
These were all matters of interest in the part of the country where we all lived.
When you grow up in a largely rural community in the South, hardly anything ever happens. So the least littleYou must be logged in to view this content.
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Courier Letters to the Editor 8-26-20
Ronald and the Donald
Dear Editor,
Gather around now, boys and girls, and grandpa will tell you all a bedtime story. It’s a story about two men — one named Ronald and the other, the Donald.
Now Ronald said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” And the wall came a-tumbling down!
The Donald said, “I’ll build a wall, and Mexico will pay for it.” The wall never was compelled. Mexico
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Softly and tenderly, Jesus is calling
Within the Christian faith, we understand that an individual will not come to God on their own. The depravity of mankind and the lost condition of their spiritual state prevents everyone from having a desire to love and serve or even an interest in God until God intervenes.
So, what can cause a person to want to know more about God? They must be drawn to Him, as they would not have the faith to come to Jesus unless God first
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Cover up, Pickens — masks stop the spread
With each new disease or infection that is identified, there is always a fairly steep learning curve that goes with solving it and finding a cure, a treatment or a vaccine, in case of a viral agent.
We all know too well about this, having gone through the ups and downs of daily briefings on the current COVID-19 pandemic. At times, the information has been very confusing. Should we wear a mask, should we not? Should we shelter in place, should we not? We can go to a big box store, but we can’t go to church. We should physically distance ourselves, but it is OK to gather in the thousands to protest. What data is really
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