by vfcadmin | Nov 14, 2025 | Year of Reflection
The Coming of Joy (3rd Sunday of Advent) Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer The third theme of Advent is joy. One of the definitions of joy is “a person or thing that causes happiness.”[1] The prophet Isaiah would agree, tying together the person of the Promised King and a...
by vfcadmin | Nov 13, 2025 | Live it Up, NWA D/G Articles
Spiritual Warriors While this Bullet is addressed to men, it applies to all Believers – men, women, young, old, of every race and nation. It shall forever amaze me that we men are so naïve (if not dense) about the dangers of living on planted earth! No doubt our eyes...
by vfcadmin | Nov 12, 2025 | Year of Reflection
Loving Ourselves in Humility Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer Back in reflection seventeen I wrote about visiting my parent’s graves on Memorial Day in “Nothing Says ‘I Love You’ Like….” I quoted Jesus in His answer concerning the greatest commandment and His commentary...
by vfcadmin | Nov 11, 2025 | NWA D/G Articles
[Note: This article was originally posted October 2020.] My first vote for president was as a college student in 1952, and I haven’t missed since. My birthday is November 4th, and the outcome of the presidential election always added mildly to my joy or left me mildly...
by vfcadmin | Nov 6, 2025 | NWA D/G Articles
In my last column I took you to the bedrock Scripture in the New Testament on making disciples for Christ Jesus–II Timothy 2:1-7. Every effective Christian must have the qualities of an enduring soldier…planning to die if necessary, a competitive...
by vfcadmin | Nov 5, 2025 | Year of Reflection
Whom Do You Admire? Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer We all need heroes, people we can point to and say, “I want to be like that.” While there are many exceptional people in the church now and throughout history, it’s sometimes hard to distinguish which person is worthy...
by vfcadmin | Nov 4, 2025 | NWA D/G Articles
I asked Jesus to come into my life as my Savior and to rule over my life as Lord when I was a somewhat rebellious, needy, senior in high school. I was set… I thought… seven years later that I had life knocked! I had finished college, been awarded my pilot wings by the...
by vfcadmin | Oct 30, 2025 | NWA D/G Articles
(We are Sent to Disciple an Insane World as Sheep Among Wolves) Habakkuk 3 I have a pastor friend who recently returned from Ukraine. He spent a few weeks there ministering to the thousands of fellow Christians in that presently ravaged land. His main message request...
by vfcadmin | Oct 29, 2025 | Year of Reflection
Characteristics of Love Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer Over the last few months, a recurring theme in my reading and thinking has been love, specifically the love of God, agape in Greek. One of my favorite C. S. Lewis books is The Four Loves. Based on a series of radio...
by Ventures Staff | Oct 28, 2025 | NWA D/G Articles
It was exactly 73 years ago this week that I did the one thing that transformed me from playing god to having a relationship with the true living God. The main thing that brought me to the church I attended was their sponsoring of a Boy Scout troop that I joined. I...
