HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL (October 27 & 28, 2022)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27Avalon vs Three Way at home, 7 p.m. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28Ennis vs Burleson at Burleson, 7 p.m.Ferris vs Venus at home, 7 p.m.Italy vs Kerens at Kerensw, 7 p.m.Life Waxahachie vs China Spring at home, 7:30 p.m.Midlothian Heritage vs Seguin at home, 7 p.m.

OCTOBER 21: Ennis 45, Arlington Seguin 20

ENNIS – Jackson Gilkey rushed for 137 yards and threw three touchdown passes as Ennis (3-5, 3-2 District 5-5A-2) toppled Arlington Seguin (3-5, 2-3).Gilkey helped Ennis run off 35 straight points after Seguin grabbed a 14-10 lead with 8:45 remaining in the first half.

OCTOBER 21: Midlothian 39, Lake Belton 37

MIDLOTHIAN – Midlothian quarterback Chad Ragle scored a heroic 2-yard touchdown to complete the comeback victory over Lake Belton 39-37 on Friday at Midlothian ISD stadium.Lake Belton (7-2, 5-2 4-5A) scored on every drive of the game up until the fourth quarter.

OCTOBER 21: Midlothian Heritage 56, Corsicana 24

CORSICANA – Kaden Brown threw for 275 yards and two first-half touchdowns and added a late rushing score to lead Midlothian Heritage.Heritage (7-1, 5-0 District 5-5AII) started and ended the game with special teams scores.

OCTOBER 21: Waxahachie 31, Mansfield 20

MANSFIELD – Calvin Simpson-Hunt returned a fumble 95 yards for a touchdown to break a 3-3 tie in the final seconds of the first quarter and Keith Abney intercepted a wide receiver hitch pass and carried it 43 yards for a touchdown to make it 24-3 early in the second half.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Is that the old ship of Zion? (part 2)

In our last visit, we introduced the idea of Zion’s being a beautiful name of “Zion” that is splashed throughout the deep writings of the Old Testament prophets.

OUT TO PASTOR: How old is too old?

I have never thought too much about my age.After all, you cannot choose when you will be born. Age is just a matter of thinking, and thinking is not my strong suit.The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage recently asked me, “How old do you think you are?

The dynamics of discipleship (part 27)

And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” – LUKE 4:3Jesus was tired, hungry, and thirsty from His 40-day fast when the devil questioned Him about who He was.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (October 27, 2022)

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: The fine art of censorship, banning and whatnot!

I am going to cover a few items here this week so listen up – the topic “banning” and maybe we can throw “censorship” in too, just for good measure.As an aside, I am going to throw out another amazing idea – how about banning lies.