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Reflections: A Perspective on Leaders

Very soon, we all have the opportunity to vote. Did I just hear a collective sigh or was it a groan? I can certainly understand reasons for those responses. It’s been a challenging season. I’m not going to tell you how to vote or discuss any of the issues that have been dredged up during these campaigns. What I do want to do here is to remind us of our Biblical directives concerning our government and its leaders. What are we commanded to do for authorities? Do we have to obey them? What promises are we given if we do what the Bible says? First, we are commanded to pray for ...

Kenmare historian preserves memorial parks

Bryan Quigley estimates he, his brother, Del Quigley, and other volunteers have restored around six different cemeteries so far in the past couple years. “You don’t like to see cemeteries go into ruin, and we saw a lot of cemeteries around us that weren’t well kept up so we – me and a few other people – just started fixing them up when we had time,” Quigley said. In 2023, Quigley and local volunteers worked on restoring their first abandoned cemetery, the Baden Cemetery near Coulee. This cemetery is also known as the Falk Cemetery, or Baden-Falk Cemetery. One of the oldest ...

Revival services next week at Minot Baptist

Want to hear some good southern preaching? From Sept. 15-18, Dr. Frank Ward, of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Crossville, Tennessee, will be preaching at the Minot Baptist Church, 500 46th Ave. NE. Services on Sunday will be at 9:45 a.m., 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Services Monday through Wednesday will be at 7 pm. According to a news release from Minot Baptist Church, Ward was drafted into the U.S. Army, and served two years in field artillery, completing his time of service in July 1970. His last year of service was a tour of duty in Vietnam/Cambodia. He received a Bronze Star for combat ...

Is anything impossible for God?

I’ve heard people say that since the Bible was written by so many people, it must be full of errors. It is generally accepted that the Bible was written by up to 40 authors, some of whom were from different cultures and in many languages over a period of at least 1,500 years. Several books have been written on the topic of the accuracy of the Bible but let’s ponder just a few thoughts here. First, there are over 1,800 prophecies between the Old and New Testaments, such as the prophecy of Jesus born of a virgin in Bethlehem, how and why He died and that He would rise again. ...

Harvest in progress: The Lord’s Cupboard reaps bounty from garden

VELVA – Hundreds of pounds of harvested vegetables from The Lord’s Cupboard’s community garden are helping feed hungry families in the Minot area. Volunteer harvesters have been picking twice a week for the past three weeks from the 28 different vegetables being grown in the garden, ...

Beware of asphalt contractor scam

If your driveway is looking a little worn, beware of the asphalt contractor scam, according to the North Dakota Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division. Victims may not just be out thousands of dollars on the scammers’ inferior work but could face additional costly problems. One Minot pastor can attest to how slippery the fraudsters can be. Due to a recent incident, his church is out $4,000 and has been left with a shoddy piece of workmanship that already had to be removed and damage that will cost tens of thousands of dollars to fix. Pastor Scott Mehlhoff shared his ...