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Luke 6:41 (NIV) “Why do you notice the little piece of dust that is in your brother’s eye, but you don’t see the big piece of wood that is in your own eye?” This scripture verse is one of the most studied and preached in all Christian churches. It drives home the lesson of hypocrisy.

I heard a story about a far west Texas ranch that consisted of over 38,000 acres and it only had one water well on the whole place. That 2,000 feet deep well was on top of a flat top mountain, and it had a pumpjack on it to pump water. The ranch hands listened for the motor that ran the pumpjack.

Psalm 119:18 (NIV) “Open my eyes to see the wonderful things in your teachings.” This beautiful verse in Psalm 119 seems to be fairly straightforward. It suggests that we should open our eyes to read about the teachings we find in the Bible.

Nearly 60 years after discovering “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” I still watch the classic sitcom, but some of the punchlines haven’t held up particularly well. Or maybe I’m the one who hasn’t held up so well.

Dear Editor, Recently, a Democrat official in Kleburg County bolted from the Democrat party and joined the Republican party due to Biden’s open border policy. Yes, the Republican party – the party of Lincoln who freed the slaves.

Amid the howls of outrage and shouts of jubilation over the indictment in Georgia of former president Donald Trump on charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 election, a few cautionary voices were raised quietly expressing concern that government prosecutors appear to be piling on the...

Dear Neil: I’m having one or two large limbs breaking out of my 100-year-old pecan trees every week. We’ve had no wind or storms. They just snap and fall. Is this being caused by the heat and drought?

I remember the time I was on a fishing trip with friends. and we decided to hike up into the mountains and go trout fishing. It was quite a hike over five miles with many ups and downs and climbing all the way.

Irealize such headgear has fallen out of style in our self-esteemobsessed culture, but maybe I should belatedly don a dunce cap. You see, one of my first columns (nearly 25 years ago) was a snarky dismissal of the nascent homeschooling movement.

Half the country has no idea why the front page of Thursday’s New York Post was so hilarious.