Thursday, October 21, four of the five candidates running for Seat 1 attended the candidate forum at Eastside Baptist Church.
Seat 5 Candidate Forum
Listen to the “Meet the Candidates” forum from Oct. 19.
PRESS RELEASE
Pastors’ Round Table – Meet the Candidates running for the City of Twin Falls, City Council seats 1 and 5. DATES: Tuesday, October 19 at 7 PM candidates running for Seat 5 Thursday, October 21 at 7 PM candidates running for Seat 1 LOCATION: Eastside Baptist Church – 204 Eastland Drive North, Twin Falls, ID…
Meet the Candidates Forums
November 2, 2021 is fast approaching. I host a weekly hour on the local radio station, Newsradio 1310 KLIX, called Pastors’ Round Table with pastor “Bear” Morton of Magic Valley Bible Church and pastor Christopher Folkerts of New Covenant United Reformed Church. We are pleased to host “Meet the Candidates” forms again this year. Everyone…
Give Us A Blessing of the Pets
About a decade ago the religion editor of the Times News approached me and several pastors in the city to consider writing on a rotating basis for the religion section in the Saturday Paper. This has been a great pleasure to have done so and would hope it to continue on for many more decades.…
Unprincipled Scruples
The unprincipled scruples of the nation have grown to Biblical proportions. I read about two bills that passed the U.S. House of Representatives today (09/24/2021). One is a defense spending bill that was easily passed and with sweeping support from both Republican and Democrat parties. Even with Idaho Representative, Mike Simpson’s support. The other bill…
Abolish Abortion Resolution
Read and Sign (at the bottom of this post) the Utah/Idaho Southern Baptist Convention Resolution submission on the abolition of abortion. Share this resolution with others. (Email to friends. Share on social media. Or print and share with friends and return to Paul Thompson by October 29, 2021.) Pray that God would liberate our states…
Help Needed
This was just submitted to to the Twin Falls Times-News for the Faith Corner column I write for on a regular basis. Look for it on Saturday in the Times-News. Help Neededby Paul Thompson Like most everywhere across the Magic Valley, there are “Help Needed” signs. They are in windows and on sidewalks. Some of…
Support for Utah/Idaho Southern Baptist Resolution on Abolishing Abortion
The following is a “mostly ready for print” resolution I intend to submit for consideration of the messengers of the Utah/Idaho Southern Baptist Convention on the subject of abolishing abortion. I’m looking for co-signers. If you are, or know someone who is, a pastor or member of a Southern Baptist Church in the Utah/Idaho Southern…
The Other Side of the Window
In a rare moment, I brought my guitar into the public gathering last night (9/12/2021). The evening gathering was focused on some reflection from that providential September day in 2001 when the nation was asking questions and looking to God for an answer, at least for a few days. I was a much younger pastor…