Sun Herald from Biloxi, Mississippi • 15

I I hieSunHerald SATURDAY AUG 15 1992 SECTION RELIGION BRIEFS B-3 MOVIES B-5 TELEVISION B-6 ENTERTAINMENT B-8 3 WORDS TO UVE BY By Edmund Holmes God mil take care of His people We five in times when a word of encouragement is like a breath of fresh air So much happens around us and sometimes to us that discouragement is that which is expected And we wonder why people are depressed! Perhaps the religious leaders in the synagogue that Paul and his friends visited in Antioch lived in similar circumstances Maybe they like most of us longed for on the range where never is heard a discouraging They certainly made this plain when giving Paul and other visitors a chance to speak because they specified "brothers if you have a message of encouragement for the people you may (Acts Williams translation) The King James version translates this as Whether it was or Paul was ready to speak and his words rang loud and clean God takes care of His people That message still echoes around the world to those who through faith hear the procla TIM ISBELLTHE SUN HERALD The Rev Willie Rice works as deejay on the Faith Tabernacle of radio station -k i i mation Paul stood and spoke to that assembly about provision for His people while they were captive in Egypt He then reminded them that God had appointed judges and prophets and then annointed David to be King Then Paul spoke of David "of this seed hath God I according to his promise -raised unto Israel a savior Je-- (Acts 13:23 KIV) Paul proclaimed the riches of mercy and grace He had words of encouragement in discouraging times do want a cross he said The radio station offices have moved from an office on the beach in Gulfport to a small office in Biloxi that had housed a small church Faith Tabernacle of Praise turns WQFX into gospel station The radio station is part of a church goal to build black-owned businesses renovate blighted areas provide jobs for minority members and spread the gospel By PATRICK PETERSON wanted to locate the station in the minority Black said are primarily targeting the black community THE SUN HERALD One mission of the station is to provide employment and encourage business investment in the black community About 80 percent of the advertisers are black and the station has eight employees These same words of en-- couragement are ours today God still takes care of His people In times of hopeless- ness and despair God takes care of His people In good times and bad when there is joy or sorrow the God of life takes care of His people a Gospel music is easier to hear thanks to a new church-owned radio station WQFX-AM 1130 began a gospel music mission to the Coast in June The station has applied to have its name changed to WBKK an arm of the said station general manager the Rev James Black of Faith Tabernacle of Praise in Biloxi The black church operates a day-care center and a convenience store and has begun renovating blighted areas of Biloxi The radio station is part of a church goal to build black-owned businesses renovate blighted areas provide jobs for minority members and spread the gospel part of our overall Black said Gospel music traditional contemporary and rap broadcasts from 6 am until 7:30 pm The station also sponsors enough market to support the said Black who would not reveal the price the church paid for the station which was separated from the from the financially strapped FM station Black said his congregation wants to become more involved in the economic and spiritual development If this gospel radio station is financially successful Faith Tabernacle of Praise could take on other economic development projects in the community call-in programs and community service programs The station joins two other AM religious stations and one FM station: 1420 WIGG Wiggins 1580 WZ3J Pascagoula-Moss Point and 103 1 WOSM in Ocean Springs for a Saturday morning radio program involves those up to age 15 in the operation of the station The station hopes to involve people directly in its talk programs providing a link to the community not available from canned broadcasting Each week the station honors one community church which receives 15 minutes of air time to spread its message to listeners Listeners have responded enthusiastically said Eric Sharpe programming director want to feel we are part of their Programs about black-owned businesses buying homes and learning the locations of new voting districts have been received much better than anyone expected Black said really has surprised he said Ten black churches have helped sponsor the station and present religious programs Black said Faith Tabernacle is not the only church to spread its message on the station churches are given an outlet he said adding that he hopes also to involve white churches in the programming "God is our refuge and strength a very present help in trouble Therefore we will not (Psalm KJV) Paul tells his congregation and us that fulfillment of this promised protection was personified in Jesus Thus the word of encouragement for everyone God will take care of you if you put your faith in see what the Lord has for Blacksaid are a working church We are experiencing some immbinsid The Rev Edmund Holmes -Jr is chief of Chaplain Services at the Veterans Administration cal Center in Biloxi His column and other contributions to Words to Live By are coordinated by the Gulf Coast Clergy Association Dtolbeirllsoini to speak to Republicans Building needed Feed My Sheep is looking for a new building B-3 CLARK MORPHEW Earth saverS Making a habit Sometimes when students go off to college religion that used to be a habit LEMON HEADS tightly knit cabal whose goal is nothing less than a new order for the human race under the domination of Lucifer and his followers Robertson says in his book The first institution to be controlled in this imagined new world order he says would be Christianity does not call for much Robertson says see that there could be a formal recognition of the universal spirit a theology that pays lip service to all religions but ends up as a New Age Then the world body would make Christianity then severely restricted then Robertson says that kind of system in place it a surprise that the Republican National Convention has invited the Rev Pat Robertson to speak during next confab? Of course Robertson is a prominent member of the party and represents a part of theconser- vative Christians who have swarmed to Republicanism in the past dozen years He is also a former candidate for the presidency who ran a failed but vigorous campaign in 1988 Because of that exposure and his daily appearances on 700 show which is syndicated through his own Christian Broadcast Network there is no doubt that Robertson is a high-profile ultra-conservative Christian Republican My surprise at the invitation stems fitom latest suddenly becomes a tablish a government that will enslave all but the most influential people These ilhunmati he says are believers in New Age religions Satanists Masons practitioners of the occult secular humanists and people who want to destroy Christianity and take away our freedom Robertson contends that President Bush especially when he talks about a new world order could be a dupe of these people and their terrible plan Of course behind all of the front groups and the sinister people is the one force that Robertson fears most: Satan The Prince of Darkness he believes will stop at nothing to enslave the world It may well be that men of goodwill like Woodrow Wilson Jimmy Carter and George Bush are mouthing the phrases of a St Paul Pioneer Press wr choice Plan on highlighting your hair this summer? You can do it with a non-toxic alternative: Steep 18 cup of loose chamomile tea In a cup of hot water for 12 hour Mix the tea with an equal amount of lemon juice Put this solution on your hair and sit in the sun for 15 to 20 minutes the night New episodes of The Ren Stimpy begin tonight in new book "The New World (Word Publishing $1799) which attempts to prove that momentous events are dragging all of us into an evil one-world government Robertson's hypothesis is that a group of wealthy and powerful are conspiring to es Please see M0RPHEW B-4 lineup tr Dadd Souma: Nontaxic Natural ana.