Page 22 - Second Baptist News Today

The edifice of Second Baptist (SBC) was designed by renowned architect Paul Revere Williams and built in 1926. SBC is working to raise funds for structural damage to its’ balcony, located in the sanctuary.

The new YMCA preschool in San Angelo is continuing progress on its completion, but the facility will no longer accommodate the planned "Y-Town."

This time the question is posed to the Throne of Heaven itself, from whence come the worldview and values that are sought after not only by the United States but the whole of Western civilization and all other societies that seek the virtues of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Over the weekend, more than 800 people showed up to attend the Christian County Early Childhood Council’s “A Day of Play” at Debow Park off North Drive.

Several Republicans and Democrats are vying to be their partys choice in November to run for U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

We must not let the center be lost or the future will suffer even worse destructive craziness than our contemporary moment.

All this is almost a parody of the book of Revelation. The whiff of the apocalyptic is all around it.

All this is almost a parody of the book of Revelation. The whiff of the apocalyptic is all around it.

Like the whale that swallowed Jonah, a great gullet awaits churches that venture far into the dark deeps of politics. Despite the danger, churches and their leaders must venture into those perilous waters as surely as Jonah needed to wind up on the coastlands of Nineveh.

Editors note: As an Independence Day treat, here is an Our Town column in which Richard Allin (1930-2007) has fun with his satirical towns Wad and Gudge Creek. This was the second column Allin wrote about the fictional Rep. Wallace Wad of the nonexistent Arkansas towns. Although hed been joking about the towns for years, Allin had spelled Wad with two ds: Wadd. This was his first column using the canonical spelling, "Wad."