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1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-14 "Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren,I would not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away with dumb idols, even as you were led. Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same spirit, and there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord, and there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge, by the same Spirit,to another faith by the same Spirit to another the gift of healing,by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits; to another diverse kinds of tongues; (languages)to another the interpretation of tongues:: but all these worketh that one and the selfsame spirit,dividing to every man severally as He will. For the body is one, and hath many members of that one body, being many, are one body: So also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we are Jews or Gentiles; whether we be bond or free; and have been made to drink into one spirit. For the body is not one member, but many."(KJV)
Read moreI am currently reading “Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead, through the online book service that is provided by our library. This book is the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize of 2020 for fiction. The following is a review written by “Goodreads”.
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There’s a mystery along the Apple Tree Road in Bon Homme County that has stumped local historians for decades: the identities of six soldiers buried in the Bon Homme Cemetery, said to be members of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer’s Seventh Cavalry who died while passing through Dakota Territory in 1873.
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As the calendar turns to August, we are getting closer to that time of year when kids go back to school. In South Dakota, our kids will be in classrooms this fall. I met with both parents and superintendents earlier this week to discuss what that will look like, and everyone was on the same page that our children should attend school in-person.
Read morePHILIPPIANS 4:11 "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content."(KJV)
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Politicians are people, too. Unfortunately, in today’s highly partisan environment that can be hard to remember. Cable news fosters the idea that officeholders, especially those in the other party, are worthy of our derision, rather than our respect or empathy.
Read morePSALM 64:10 " The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in Him; and all the upright in heart shall glory." (KJV)
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I rarely give hunting advice, and you know that I’m not a high tech guy when it comes to hunting or fishing. I don’t own a range finder or a computerized rifle scope, and I don’t use trail cameras or ozone scent machines. My boat’s depth finder cost less than a hundred dollars, and my electric trolling motor is manually operated. I think you would label me as being “old school.”
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