August 2022

Letter to the Editor

'A Great Home Town' This is Rev. Michael Schmidt of the Nebraska City First Christian Church. I have been a resident of Nebraska City and a minister in the community for 6 years. I wanted to take a moment and thank this community for being a great home town.

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2 Corinthians 10:4-5 “For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.” ESV Thoughts can destroy, so they must be properly managed. The greatest things on earth started with a thought, and also some of the most destructive chapters of our history started with a thought. Thoughts can either be nurtured or put to death, and I believe the divine mark of our humanity lies in the ability to make this decision.

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Americans deserve a strong economy

A recession is the worst time to raise taxes, yet here we are again – fighting against a tax-and-spend agenda. Last week, new government data show what American families have been feeling for months now: we are officially in a recession. The U.S. economy shrank by .9 percent in the second quarter of the year, the second consecutive quarter of negative growth.

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