Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

I wish I had a change of heart, but I still can’t support it.

Editor, the Advocate:

Editor, the Advocate:

Victoria is nothing if not a charitable community.

Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.

Gov. Greg Abbott says he can “guarantee” there won’t be blackouts this winter in Texas after one that knocked out power for some people for four days last February. That’s the kind of pre-election prediction that can make a weather forecaster more useful than a political poll.

The COVID-19 pandemic led to significant economic disruption, but the Texas economy continues to recover. Recently released October data indicate that the seasonally adjusted Texas unemployment rate continues to fall and now stands at 5.4%. Texas added 56,600 jobs for the month and has almos…

Between October and January, more than two dozen holidays are celebrated by the world’s major religions. Jews celebrate Hanukkah and Hindus celebrate Diwali with festivals of lights. Mahayana Buddhists commemorate the enlightenment of the Buddha on Bodhi Day. And Muslims, Bahá’i, Sikhs and C…

What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

Be Stouthearted

Editor, the Advocate:

The following editorial published in Houston Chronicle on Nov. 28:

And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and …

Christmas toys used to be simple. They fell into a handful of categories. For the most part, boys got army stuff. Girls received dolls.

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And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

The following editorial published on Nov. 19 in the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald.

This week, a 39-year-old black man in Waukesha, Wisconsin, plowed a maroon Ford Escape into a Christmas parade of children and older women. Five people were killed and another 48 were injured. The motive of the suspect is unknown; if the media have their way, it will remain that way. The med…

Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

Everyday Miracles

It’s happened time and time again, and yet we so easily forget.

If you cast a ballot this month for Bloomington school district’s bond proposal, you surely saw some language — mandated by the state to be there — that may have led you to change your vote.

I received a letter from prison the other day. That’s right. Prison – joint, slammer, big house.

Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

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Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

I love pumpkin pie — but not just any pumpkin pie.

At 19, Fletcher Stockdale settled in Calhoun County at Indianola in 1857 to 1861. Stockdale was as executive member of the 1861 Secession Convention held in Austin. During 1862 and 1863 he held the position of aid to Governor Franic R. Lubbock.

As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.

Cultivate the Center

As the political season starts, the contestants got an unexpected bit of good news: The state comptroller says the next Legislature will start with almost $25 billion in the state treasury. Expensive campaign promises just got a lot easier to make.

Editor, the Advocate:

Editor, the Advocate:

They call it Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD. I’ve always had it, even before it had a name.

For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

The following editorial published in the San Antonio Express-News on Nov. 19:

Editor, the Advocate:

The following editorial published on Nov. 14 in the Des Moines (Iowa) Register:

Next year’s primary elections start a year after a winter storm knocked out power across Texas — and the government response to that disaster could be on voters’ minds.

Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.

If Kyle Rittenhouse is convicted of anything other than, at most, a misdemeanor offense, I will write glowing articles about Nancy Pelosi, make Christine Blasey Ford my social media profile photo, and contribute to NARAL. And to top it all off, I’ll put my pronouns (she/her/you figure it out…

What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

Lord, That I May See

Editor, the Advocate:

Editor, the Advocate:

Editor, the Advocate:

We should follow the CDC’s latest guidelines for vaccinating ourselves as well as our children.

The concept of a Census to identify and enumerate the population of an area dates back more than 5,000 years. Accurate Census counts are important to ensuring adequate federal funding for various programs and appropriate representation in Congress. In addition, the Census is crucial to under…