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Search For Her As For Hidden Treasures

With the Bible in your hand and a commitment to obedience in your mind, you hold the treasure map to the greatest treasure the world has ever known, eternal life. If you search for her as for hidden treasures, you will find the ultimate treasure.

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The Bleating of the Sheep and the Lowing of the Oxen

By: Zach Collins Date: August 20th, 2021 Growing up, my father and mother gave me a chore list. A staple of many childhoods. It was posted on the refrigerator door, next to the photos of family, friends, and the magnetic tourist souvenirs from all the locations that my mother had visited in her travels. The list was clear and specific, complete with obligations that I could understand and obey every single week. As most children, after I completed the chores on the list, I received payment in exchange for my work. It seems that twenty dollars went much further in my childhood! As I reflect upon the list, I realize that, at the core of this list, was a form of parental training. My mother and father were attempting to prepare me for the “real-world”, where men and women alike are given certain job responsibilities that they are expected to fulfill. One specific moment comes to my mind: As I was doing my chores, I was tempted to only do half the chores on the list in order to see if I could pull the wool over my mother’s eyes. Sure, I realized that I would be short-changing my mother and father, but I figured that I would still get paid my twenty dollars at the end of the week and everything would work out for the betterment of myself. When it came time for payment, my mother would ask, “Did you complete your chores for this week?”, knowing that …

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The Winning Strategy

By: Zach Collins And the next Head Men’s Basketball Coach at the University of Kentucky is… Mark Pope? One of the most anticipated coaching searches in recent history, at one of the greatest traditions in modern college sports, ended with a choice that few knew and even less expected. In fairness, Mark Pope may end up being one of the greatest coaches to ever grace the sidelines of Rupp Arena. Only time will reveal. However, this coaching search was unlike any other in recent memory. You saw the fan craze. Every person, with an ounce of sports admiration and acclamation, gave their two cents on who should and who would be hired. Others posted screenshots of flight trackers, owned by those whom they called “super-boosters”, and their flight plans. They gave assumptions and speculations about their intended destinations and the meetings that may, or may not, be taking place. As a result of a bizarre course of events, one Mexican Restaurant in Waco, Texas, received thousands of phone calls and five-star reviews from individuals who had never visited nor frequented their establishment. It was quite the spectacle of sports insanity. As the previous coach used to say, “You people are crazy.”  These past six days, in the state of Kentucky, felt like six years. For a moment, time paused as fans from Pikeville to Paducah eagerly awaited one announcement. The administration had a winning strategy and soon the fanbase was full of insanity, eagerly anticipating what individual would be hired …