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Manylamentthespiri-tualdeclineinournation.Weseeacultureinde-clineand the rising tideofsecularism.WeknowthatourGodispowerful- thatHecandominatethe lives of those whoprofess to loveHim - iftheywillonlyallowHim.He is willing and able.But we must becomewilling and available ifwe want renewal andrevival.Theresponsibil-ityisonus.Thepossibil-ityiswithHim. God’s children in allagescomeclosetoandthen turn away fromHim. It’s as though atsomepointintimeGodbecomes a liability, aburden, an interferer inthe lives of those whoprofessHimasLord.HeseemstogetinthewayorHekeepsthemfrom

enjoying the things inlifethatbringdelightandpleasuretosomany.ButthisGod,ourGod,Whoiswillingandwait-ing on those who arealso willing to “call onHisname.”Andthatjustmaybetheproblem. In Scripture, namealwaysreferstothena-tureor thecharacterorthe identity of the per-son.AndwhenwethinkofthenameofGodwemust always associateit with holiness, purity,righteousness,sacrifice,justice, mercy, grace,loveandcompassion. The writer of Psalm80 asks “revive us,” or“quicken us” and “re-store us that we maybe saved.” Surely, GodwilldothisbecauseHewantstodothis.ButwecannotexpectHimtodothisunlesswearewillingtoidentifywithHischar-acter and repent andbecomeasHeis.Ifwewantthingstorevive,re-vivalmustbeginineachofus.Sower Ministries.org

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From the Contents of One’s Heartby BOB CASEY, preacher

Cornerstone Church of Christ70 Bond Street at Camp Avenue in West Irvine

Aswebegin,letmesay,wepraisetheLordforagoodattendanceandforagoodsermondeliveredbyCainAdkinson,thispastLord’sDayatWestIrvine.Wedidhopethatthroughthisarticleandpersonalinvitations,youtoowillwanttocomeandcheckusout. Inourlessontoday,Iwilltackletheproblemthatmanyhavebeenheardtosay,“Youcannotjudgeme!”Now, if they may be referring to the final Judgment, Iwouldhavetoagreeandsayyouareright,butatthe final Judgment, only Christ the eternal Judge will have a final say in all things. Letusknowthis,thatmanytimeswemaymissthepointifweleaveouttheword,‘determines.’InMat-thew 7:1-2,ourLordhasgivenuntousthesewordsoftruth,saying,“Judge not, that ye be not judged.” But, then he goes on to explain to us by saying, “For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged . . .”2 Corinthians 5:10tellsusclearlythattherewillbea Judgment to come before Jesus our Lord. Romans 2:16 reaffirms this truth. Sothen,makingpersonaljudgmentsiswhenwearelookingoutwards;butbeforewedo,we’dbet-terlookinward.NoticeinRomans 2:1, “Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou con-demnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.”Sothen,weneedtobesureourownhouseisinorderbeforewecondemnsomeoneelse. But,thenIsaidalreadythattheworddetermina-tion is a first cousin to making judgment, for the ap-plicationaluseofbothofthemmustbeestablishedinviewofwhattheBiblesays.NoticeinJohn 12:47, “And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.” All Jesus is saying is, that man is here upontheearthinatimeofatrialperiodtohopefully

hear Jesus and obey him until death. And, after this period of life, a final judgment is pending for sure. Revelation 20:11-15 tells of it. And then verse 15 confirms verse 14. Jesus says. Hereheisspeakingofourtenurehereonearth.“He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.”(Verse 48 of John 12) Sothen,wearealllivinginaperiodofmakingdeterminationconcertingeveryaspectandactionoflife.Forinstance,ifIdesiretomakeHeavenmyhome,thereisonlyonewaytomakeit.InJohn 14:6, Jesus says, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”Acts 4:12says,“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” So,thestatementstandsstrongandalone.Man’sreligionthathasitshopesupontheteachingsofmenthatdonothavethetrueteachingsofourLordisadangerouswaytolive.Ifwecouldnotmakeajudg-mentordeterminationbasedupontheBible,wewouldhavenohopeatallofbeingvindicatedattheJudgment. So, the Bible was given us by the Lord so thatwemightreacharightconclusionaboutoursal-vation,ourmannerofworship,thenamewewor-shipunder,thetruthsweattempttokeep.Allthesearejudgmentswemustfaceeachdayofourlives.So,asapreacheroftheBible,Ihavetomakedetermina-tionsbasedupontheactingofone’smanneroflife,andImustmakethembasedupon“whatsayeththeLord.”So,asagospelpreacher,Icanmakejudgmentsordeterminationsbythekindofheartonehas,be-cause Jesus has said in Matthew 12:33-34, “the tree is known by his fruit”andalso,“out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.”So,then,wecanproceedtomakejudgmentsrelatedtowhatonemaydoandwhatonemaysay.But,allowmetosaythis,personaljudgmentsshallalwaysbedonewithde-siretohelpothersseetheirsinsandtellthemwhattheycandotohavethemforgivenandremoved.Un-lessthisisthepreacher’sgoal,hehasnoreasontopreach.Visitwithussoon.Wewilltrytodotheegood.

Sincerely, Bob Casey, (1-859-369-4165), local

WyntonGayleStone,age84,ofWoollyRidgeRoadinIrvine,Kentucky,passedaway Thursday, April 25,2019,attheMarcum&Wal-laceMemorialHospitalfol-lowingashortillness. He was born August27, 1934 in Estill CountyandwasthesonofthelateCharles and Mona LillianRichardsonStone.HewasaretiredcarpenterandhadlivedinEstillCountyallhislife.HeservedintheUnitedStatesAirForceduringtheKoreanConflictandwasaformermemberoftheAmer-icanLegion. Mr. Stone is survivedby his special companion,JeanWoods;twodaughters:Kathy Stone, Tennessee;andTheresaStevens(Ron),Scott County; four sons:David Stone (Mary), New

York;DannyStone(Traci)Madison County; WilliamStone (Nancy) and JimmyStone(April),bothofEstillCounty;onesister,DebbieHatton(John),ClarkCounty;twobrothers: JackieStone(Virginia), Estill County;and Ronald Gene Stone(Betty),BathCounty;sevengrandchildrenandonegreatgrandchild. Hewasprecededindeathby one son, Robert Stone;andonegrandson,WilliamBrianStone. Memorial serviceswereconducted Saturday,April27,5:00p.m.,attheWarrenF.Toler Funeral Home byBro.TerryBarnes.Friendscalled between 4 and 5p.m.,Saturday,atthefuneralhome.

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_________________________________Thursday, April 25, 2019Wynton G. Stone, 84

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Barbara Witt Vaughn, 89 Barbara Witt Vaughn,age89,ofRedRiverRoadinIrvine,Kentucky,passedaway Tuesday April 23,2019attheCompassionateCareCenterinRichmond,followingashortillness. ShewasbornDecember24,1929inEstillCountytothelateHerbertandFrankieWisemanWitt.Shewasahomemakerandformerem-ployeeofCurleeClothingFactory. She was a mem-ber of the Corinth Chris-tianChurchwhereshealsoplayedthepiano.ShelivedinEstillCountyallherlife. Mrs. Vaughn was pre-cededindeathbyherhus-band,OdisVaughn. She is survived by onedaughter, Rebecca Rice,Irvine; one sister-in-law,Otella Witt, Winchester;onebrother,HermanWitt,Ohio; two grandchildren,JeremeyRiceandWhitneyRice; and several nieces,nephewsandfriends. Mrs.Vaughnwaspreced-edindeathbyonedaughter,CharlotteJuneVaughn;oneson-in-law,JerryRice;andfourbrothers:HowardWitt,CalvinWitt,MitchellWitt,andEarlRandallWitt.

Funeral services wereconductedSaturday,April27,1:00p.m.,at theWar-renF.TolerFuneralHomebyBro.DennisPasleyandBro. Linville Dunaway.BurialfollowedintheWestIrvine Cemetery. Friendscalledafter11:00a.m.,Sat-urday,atthefuneralhome. Inlieuofflowers,dona-tions are suggested to theHospice Care Plus Com-passionateCareCenterorto the Corinth ChristianChurch. Pallbearers were RickyTuttle,DavidEstes,JamieDunaway, Otis Freeman,GlenWiseandJimmyCox.

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Barbara Vaughn

LydiaFrances“Deedee”Chambers Paynter died attheStanton,Kentucky,Nurs-ingHomeonTuesday,April23,2019attheageof107. ShewasbornnearBeat-tyvilleinLeeCounty,Ken-tucky,onApril8,1912andlivedatSt.Helens.Shegrad-uatedfromBereaCollegein1936andfromtheUniversityofKentuckywithaMaster’sDegreein1948.ShebeganherteachingcareeratGlenEdenSchoolinLeeCounty,servingasateacher,princi-pal, and basketball coach.She also taught at TrappElementary,PilotViewEl-ementary,WinchesterHighSchool,andGeorgeRogersClarkHighSchoolinClarkCounty before retiring in1972. She loved dancing,gardening, poetry, and istheauthorofabookonTheChambersFamily. Francesmarried the lateErnest “Sonny”Paynter in1940. Shewasprecededindeathbyherparents, Joseph JayChambersandCallieVerna

DavisChambers. Mrs.Paynterissurvivedbytwochildren:HarryPayn-ter(latewifeSusiePaynter)andVickieLewis(Richard);threegrandchildren:RichardLewis (Karyn), JaneKelly(Carlos), and Ashley Ru-nyon (Ben);and twogreatgrandchildren:KathrynandAndrewLewis. Shewasayoungersisterto Estella Chambers PoerHampton who lived nearVianna at Cressy in EstillCountyformanyyearsuntilherdeathin1969. Services were held atWinchester Cemetery onSaturday,April27that1:00p.m.ScobeeFuneralHomeinWinchesterwasinchargeofarrangements. MemorialsaresuggestedtoHospiceEast,407Shop-persDrive,Winchester,KY40391orGlenEdenChurchofGodYouthCenter, Inc.,68GlenEdenRoad,Beat-tyville, Kentucky 41311-9495.

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_________________________________Tuesday, April 23, 2019Lydia Frances Paynter, 107

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Jimmie “Jack” Mullins, 76 Jimmie “Jack” Mul-lins, age 76, passed awayTuesday, April 23, 2019atFountainCircleCare&Rehabilitation,Winchester,Kentucky. HewasbornMay2,1942inLetcherCountytothelateWilliamandMaryMullins. Survivors include niec-es and nephews, BrendaBrown,LindaBlair,Caro-lynSwift, JeannettFulton,Laura Conkwright, RudyCrowe, James Mullins,Douglas Mullins, BobbyMullins, Alfred Mullins,JoeyMullins,BillyMullins,JohnMullins,LindaHedger,PhyllisCampbell,andPatsyHurley;andhisdog,Rango. Hewasprecededindeathbyhisparents,WilliamandMaryMullins;brothers,CurtMullinsandWillisMullins;andasister,NellieCrowe. Services were held onThursday,April 25, 11:00a.m.,atDavis&DavisFu-neralHome,777WestCol-lege Avenue, Stanton by

Rev. Teddy Linkous andGregSmith.VisitationwasThursday,after10:00a.m.atthefuneralhome. BurialfollowedinClar-mont Memorial Garden,Winchester, with GregSmith,RudyCrowe,Ron-nieCampbell,JamesMull-ins,MarkFulton,andDougMullinsservingaspallbear-ers.HonorarypallbearerwasChoyJang.<DavisandDavisFuneralHome.com>

Jack Mullins

Dewie Wiseman, age91,ofWhiteOakRoadinIrvine, Kentucky, passedawayFriday,April26,2019,at theMarcum&WallaceMemorialHospitalfollow-ingashortillness. He was born July 22,1927 inEstillCountyandwas the son of the lateCharlie and Anna PowellWiseman.HewasaretiredPepsiColaDistributorandamemberoftheHargettFirstChurch of God. He hadlivedinEstillCountymostofhislife. Mr. Wiseman is sur-vivedbyhiswife,ChristineWestWiseman; two sons:Eugene Wiseman (NettieJane),Richmond;andLloydWiseman,Irvine;onebroth-er,WayneWiseman,Irvine;

six grandchildren: BrianWiseman,BarryWiseman,BrettWiseman,ChristopherWiseman,AmyCroweandSusanHix;andeightgreatgrandchildren. Hewasprecededindeathby his daughter, AmandaLouiseWiseman; five sis-ters: Orphy Deaon, OriePuckett, Pearl Walling,ChrystalSparks,andRevaJones; and two brothers:ClydeandRayWiseman. Funeral services wereconducted Tuesday, April30,1:00p.m., at theWar-renF.TolerFuneralHomebyBro.RoyJackson.BurialwasattheDunawayCeme-tery.Friendscalledbetween6and9p.m.,Monday,April29thatthefuneralhome.

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_________________________________Friday, April 26, 2019

Dewie Wiseman, 91

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