As a life-long consumer of newspapers, I have read many odd headlines. “Three Mice Make Radiation Ride in Model Man-in-Space Cabin,” from the Oct. 13, 1960 front page of The Marietta Times is a great example and one that is worth exploring more. By the fall of 1960 the original ...
By Mark Wilmoth In his book, Follow Me, David Platt points out that while churchgoers are often invited to “make Jesus the Lord and Savior of their life,” that isn’t Scriptural language. No one can “make Jesus Lord.” Jesus is Lord and humanity can only acknowledge that truth. Philippians 2:9-11 (NIV) reads, “Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the ...
I remember years ago growing up we were taught, and we were instructed from our parents, what to do, how to respect elders, to be considerate to others and to care for the less fortunate etc. Bringing a child into this world is a responsibility and it is up to us parents to make sure ...
The naval gunboat USS Marietta (PG-15) made quite a splash, you could say, when presented with a “magnificent” silver service by the citizens of Marietta, Ohio, the vessel’s namesake, on Sept 1, 1899, on the second anniversary of her commissioning in San Francisco. I had heard of ...
By Mark Wilmoth Two hundred years ago, Walter Scott was given the responsibility of preaching the gospel on the western frontier, which at that time was…eastern Ohio. Scott wanted a simple way to present God’s plan of salvation and have folks remember it. He came up with the five-finger plan of salvation. Scott would go to a school and ask the students if they knew what to do to be saved, and then he would tell them to hold up a hand. Using the fingers on one hand, Scott explained that to be saved, one must (1) hear the gospel, (2) believe the gospel, (3) repent of one’s sins and ...
By J.J. Barrett Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! October is here, so cool fall weather cannot be far behind. However, warm temperatures will be hanging on into next week, according to the weather forecast. Many backyard gardeners still have tomatoes to harvest. You can only ...
