There God told Ezekiel that he would remove sinner’s cold dead hearts and replace them with beating hearts of flesh. These are spiritual hearts that keep on beating long after our physical, mortal hearts stop. These are hearts bought by the Heaven-born Prince of Peace. Jesus was born so that we would stop being dead and come alive. The Advent signaled the death of death in birth, life, and death of the new-born King.

No more do we have the ability to buy our pardon from sin than penniless Israel had to purchase their freedom. But praise God for the Advent of the Suffering Servant, Jesus the Christ, to ransom our captive souls to the adoption of the Father.

We buried our dog Melody Pond (Mels) last Thursday. She wandered a great distance from our house at camp to the highway, where she was struck by a vehicle. I have never been a fur-baby person. I resisted adopting a dog from the beginning, not wanting a pet or its many inconveniences. As a puppy, Mels was cute but annoying. As she aged, she proved to be book-smart but street-dumb.

I have never thought of myself as a paranoid person. I grew up around conspiracy theorists and apocalyptic-preppers, but I trusted people. I believed they would do what was right. That was naive. The most dangerous people are those who believe they are doing the noble thing.

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In the shadow of the Blue Ridge, fast cars and illegal moonshine mingled to form one of the world’s most popular sports. NASCAR is one of North Carolina’s greatest exports; however, in its birthplace, North Wilkesboro Speedway stands as a decaying memorial to the busiest time in Wilkes County history.