Category Archives: Opinions
Walking on bridges that human eyes cannot see
Soon after Jesus had resurrected, we find a beautiful account found in John chapter 20 that is a wonderful example of how much God loves us and desires to help us.
The friends and family of the Messiah were gathered together after his horrific crucifixion and were still grieving over his death when suddenly, He appears in their 
midst. Even though they remembered how He had promised to return, I’m sure they were still awestruck. Jesus stretches out His hands and reveals His wounds, and of course, they are overjoyed to see Him again. He spoke peace over them, commissioned them, filled them with the Holy Spirit, then vanished.
Thomas was not there that night, and later when he returned, he was told that Jesus had visited them. He responded
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Justice prevailed in the Palmetto State
If Bubba hadn’t caught that chicken and come running up with it in his mouth right when he did, Alex Murdaugh might very well have gotten away with murder.
There are probably few places in the world other than a wild-hog-hunting estate in the South Carolina Lowcountry where a hound dog and a yardbird could have 
played such a pivotal role in solving a murder mystery such as we saw unfold in a Colleton County courtroom over the past few weeks.
But it was not the good-old-boy system that won the day in this case. The villain of an entrenched rural aristocracy was unable to withstand the collective will of 12 ordinary citizens.
In the end, justice prevailed in the Palmetto State — which goes a long way toward making up for the bizarre, podunk images the Murdaugh case cast on our beloved state in the eyes of the nation, and indeed the world.
(When the judge has to send a bailiff to retrieve a dozen eggs from the jury room for a juror who is being ejected for
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Reports from the Veterans Affairs OIG
Who would have thought it … stealing diabetic test strips for profit? Apparently there’s money to be made from those medical supplies. And one Michigan woman, in charge of procurement at a Department of Veterans Affairs pharmacy, made a lot of it, stealing in excess of 7,500 boxes of the strips over the years.
She wasn’t alone in the scheme. She’d sell them to a co-thief who’d make her own sales down the line to a third
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Courier Letters to the Editor 3-8-23
Taking a stand for our children
Dear Editor,
We as parents who are raising children who have autism and developmental delays need to take a stand for our children so they may have a voice. I’m proposing to the councilmen and women to build Arc Chapter in Pickens County.
The Arc Chapter of South Carolina promotes and protects the human rights of those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and activity supports their full
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Only two options — the broad or the narrow way
Those who identify with following Jesus are usually satisfied with being comfortable and cozy in their religious styles. Let’s just say that suffering for God is not on their bucket list.
When we take a peek at the last 6,000 years, we learn that countless numbers of people who loved the Lord literally gave their lives for Him. It’s only within our modern secluded religious environment that we assume persecutions and deaths no longer happen. By no means of the imagination is this true.
According to Open Doors World Watch List, in 2022 many Christians were imprisoned and killed for their faith, and
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Religion has a common foundation
The divine Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Baha’i faith consist of two types of ordinances: first, those that constitute the essential and spiritual teachings of the Word of God, and second, the laws and ordinances that are temporary (such as dietary laws), which vary, from age to age, according to the 
needs of humanity.
Of the first type, these are faith in God, the acquisition of moral virtues and the expression of God’s bounty and holy spirit. This is the sacred core and most important, essential aspect of religion. This knowledge of God is the fundamental need of humanity. Our salvation and moral development is dependent on this knowledge, for without it, we are
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His invitation to the world
Kentucky is having amazingly warm weather for February and actually broke records the other day. My grass is turning green, and soon everything will be budding and we will be out mowing.
Kentucky has also been in the news about having a spiritual revival at the Asbury College campus for the last several weeks. We are encouraged to see that many revivals are now happening around the nation.
I’ve written a couple of columns recently about spiritual awakenings, reminding us that we do not need to wait for
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Paying tribute to a friend for life
Most people have numerous friends over the course of their their lifetimes, and I’ve had quite a few.
They were co-workers, people I went to church with or played music with, mostly.
But you can have only one best friend. He’s the one who’s always been there for you, for no reason other than because you like each other.
I’ve just lost mine.
If you’re a regular reader of this column, you’ve heard about him.
His name — and it’s very hard to use the past tense — was Allen Senn.
You knew him as co-founder and Senior Fellow, along with me, of the semi-fictitious two-man think tank, the Pickens County Institute for Advanced Theoretical Engineering, Economics and Barbecue Arts & Sciences.
I knew him as the best friend a guy could ever have.
We go way back, the two of us.
I met him in 1962, in the third grade, in Mrs. Rauton’s class at Calhoun-Clemson Elementary
Courier Letters to the Editor 2-23-22
Saitta talks Roper, mill tax break
Dear Editor,
I want to respond to the story, “Roper gets extension, big raise.” I want to give my full explanation of why I voted “No” on the contract, which passed in a 5-1 vote.
I think Ken Roper is going a good job. I supported extending his contract, but I opposed two things.
One, I opposed the excessive pay raises built into the contract. Last year, the county administrator was paid $168,557 with his car allowance. This year, $176,724.
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Waiting to pour out His glory
Last week, we talked about the recent revival in Wilmore, Ky. Anytime there are 1,500 people in one place worshipping God around the clock, we know the Lord is stirring hearts.
We had a trip to Denver planned last week, but I was able to attend the revival three different times before we left, and it was very humbling to see a hunger for God on this level. We sang “I Exalt Thee,” and you could sense God was there.
I mentioned recently that spiritual moves of God’s glory have nothing to do with geographical locations, but rather are
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