Opinion

GUEST COLUMN, Glenn Brunkow, Kansas Farm Bureau

One of the things I enjoy most about agriculture is the ability of farmers and ranchers to work together on projects large and small. At times we’re competitors seeking a good deal at an auction or to rent land to expand. But we’re also neighbors and don’t hesitate to interrupt our work to help someone down the road if asked.

These connections have served all of us well over the years, whether it be the informal request for help getting chores done or the grassroots advocacy through organizations like Kansas Farm Bureau that has helped adopt favorable legislation.

GUEST COLUMN, Eric Ruark, NumbersUSA Director of Research and PR

During the first presidential debate, Donald Trump claimed the Biden-Harris administration is “trying to put [illegal immigrants] on Social Security.”

“Fact checkers” immediately swarmed to debunk the former president. The problem here is that he’s largely correct.

SAINTS PERSPECTIVE, SCCC President Brad Bennett

The academic year at Seward County Community College is out of the gate and going fast already. After a week of faculty and staff training and a week of student orientation, our campus is full of energy and people. It can be a little overwhelming.

I remember that feeling from the first time I walked into a classroom situation not as a student but as a teacher. Actually, I had arrived at the elementary school in urban Denver, Colo., to work as a teaching assistant for the final semester in my teaching degree. When I arrived, the school principal took me into the office with shocking news: the main teacher had resigned. I was now in charge of more than 30 students.

MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron

Last week we wrote about choices for each generation, between Christ and antichrist, as well as during end times. We reviewed chapter 13 of Revelation that prepares saints who may endure threats and terror of a great tribulation. But in chapter 14, saints emerge out of darkness, stand with Christ, and sing a new song. Placing ourselves in His hands, we’re surrounded with His care, and can avoid the call of culture, politics, or anything that compromises allegiance and worship. This week we’ll look at the contrast between two types of rule: rule by a seductive, evil power, or the rule of Christ.