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12/8: Sword drill, gun rampage legislation, past haven

12/8: Sword drill, gun rampage legislation, past haven

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Remembering Old Times and Baptist Sword Drill

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gun Rampage Legislation Can Start at the Local Level

ANOTHER VIEW: Gwinnett Was Once Haven for Dumping of Atlanta Bodies

FEEDBACK: More on Brokered Convention, TV Antennas and Americans Being Fearful

UPCOMING: Duluth Seeking Members of Citizen’s Budget Review Commission

NOTABLE: First Student at PCOM Gets Award Fund

RECOMMENDED READ: Gamble by Felix Francis

GEORGIA TIDBIT: First American College Sorority, Alpha Delta Pi, Founded at Wesleyan

TODAY’S QUOTE: Why You Should Not Tell People Your Problems

MYSTERY PHOTO: Several Recognize Lodge at National Park

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by · December 8, 2015 · Full issues
FOCUS: Baptist Sword Drill imprints Bible verses on children’s minds

FOCUS: Baptist Sword Drill imprints Bible verses on children’s minds

By Vally Sharpe, Asheville, N.C. | I recently ran across a news clipping of me in 1971. It was a listing of the regional winners of what was called the “Bible Drill” by then, a competition held in the Southern Baptist Church for younger kids. Older youth in the church participated in a speaker’s tournament. When I first began to participate, the competition had been known as the “Sword” Drill, a name I still prefer, although the “Bible” Drill is, admittedly, a more descriptive term. Successfully competing in the Sword Drill meant one had to know the books of the Bible and the order in which they appear, from Genesis to Revelations.

The whole “sword” reference came from the fact that the “word of God” is sometimes called the “sword of the spirit.” But it didn’t stop there. The commands “Attention!” and “Draw swords!” and scripture references like “Joshua 4:14” or “Philemon 1:16” would be called out and the sound of pages rustling would commence.

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by · December 8, 2015 · Today's Focus
8/11: Ga-PCOM’s 10th; forgiveness; remembering Gene Reeves

8/11: Ga-PCOM’s 10th; forgiveness; remembering Gene Reeves

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Suwanee’s Ga-PCOM Observes 10th Anniversary in Gwinnett
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Contributed Column Highlights Book by Former Gwinnettian
ANOTHER VIEW: Remembering Lawrenceville Attorney and Judge Gene Reeves
FEEDBACK: Both Parties Fudge on Their Historical Accomplishments
UPCOMING: Lilburn Woman’s Club Planning Seminar on Suicide Prevention
NOTABLE: Ivy Prep Names Recognized Education Leader as Director
RECOMMENDED READ: Andrew’s Brain by E. L. Doctorow
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia’s Fall Line Important in Transportation Efforts
TODAY’S QUOTE: How Groucho Marx Might Have Been President
MYSTERY PHOTO: Nearby Falls Easily Recognized by Several People
LAGNIAPPE: Snellville Re-bidding Veteran’s Memorial at Towne Center

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by · August 11, 2015 · Full issues
BRACK: Forgiveness captured in book by former Gwinnettian

BRACK: Forgiveness captured in book by former Gwinnettian

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher, Charleston Currents | The whole notion of forgiveness has been in the front of many people’s minds in the weeks since the massacre at Emanuel AME Church. Just how, they wonder, could family members of the victims, one after another, forgive the accused shooter so quickly after such a reprehensible deed?

One pastor explains forgiving is the natural, almost instinctive reaction of people whose lives are based on a deep faith in God. Because of faith, they already feel forgiven for the sins they confess to their maker. When an evil was done to members of their family, forgiveness was the way for the faithful person to cope and react.

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by · August 11, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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