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Edward Mitford, Lord Palmerston and other politicians including Lord Shaftesbury were greatly influenced by leading evangelical preachers like Charles Spurgeon, J C Ryle and Charles Simeon who were ...

Especially among Dispensationalists, the subject of the New covenant creates a bone of contention. Perhaps the majority Dispensationalists hold that the Church has no participatory relationship in the ...

Baker had 22 carries for 371 yards and five touchdowns in a 60-28 win over Longview in a 6A-II area playoff game on Friday.

Ashton Ataii accounted for five total touchdowns, but the Lightning lost to the Dolphins 58-49 on Friday in the quarterfinals ...

Whooping cough cases are rising across Texas, and Brazos County is no exception. A Brazos County Health District ...

Donovan Murillo rushes for 264 yards and four touchdowns, the last one with 44 seconds left, as the Oilers win a wild ...

Isn’t gratitude recognizing the goodness of God in all circumstances? We lift our hands in thanksgiving because we recognize that God is always good, and uses every circumstance to bring us, or ...

The bottom line, of course, is all that matters, and it showed Coach Dave Smith’s Cowboys with 57 points to runner-up New ...

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Pearl City’s Kealiiomana Keola tackled Roosevelt’s Riley Beal in Thursday’s OIA D-II championship game.

Here's a look at results from Fayetteville-area high school football teams in the final week of the 2025-26 regular season.