Starlight's Ramblings

Moses and the Children of Israel had left Egypt to worship their God, the one true God.  When Moses and the Israelites came to Mount Sinai, they camped around the base of the mountain. This is at the beginning of their journey in the wilderness.   God called Moses up to the top of Mount Sinai to give him the Ten Commandments. In Deuteronomy chapters 9 and 10 these scriptures tells the story of Moses receiving the Ten Commandments from God, which he wrote them with his finger on two tables of stone. (one stone but two tables).  Moses begins speaking in chapter 9 of Deuteronomy and  verse 9.  Moses says, when I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, I abode there forty days and forty nights, neither eating bread nor drinking water.  The LORD delivered to Moses a stone, with two tables written on it (one stone) by the finger of God.    God wrote on  the s...

The woods in northeastern Oklahoma is the site of one of the worst crimes imaginable.  This case has never been solved although many investigations have taken place.   There is a Girl Scout Camp named Camp Scott on the Cherokee Reservation, a few miles outside of the small town of Locust Grove.  The area is very woodsy and dark at night.  Camp Scott sits on 410 acres of land.  There is only one road going into the camp and it is also the same paved road going out.  The camp area is fenced with a gate.  There is a back road that can be accessed by anyone, which runs beside the camp.  In town, no one is concerned about big crimes, just small time harassment by the local high school boys, who have nothing else to do.  The law enforcement never feels the need for a plan to keep the girls safe.  Camp Scott has been in the area for many years, and the local town is very proud of it.        Barbara Day was the Cam...

The first four books in the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are called the Four Gospels of Jesus Christ.  In the portrait of Jesus Christ there are two simple questions:  Who is Jesus and why is He the good news?  There is only one Jesus.  Only one gospel.  However in God's providence, He gave us four gospels, each proclaiming who Jesus is and why He is "good news."  This is shared from the four perspectives of Evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.  Each Evangelist paints a unique portrait of Jesus, influenced by their own interests and audiences and by the Holy Spirit who directs them.   Matthew portrays Jesus as king and Messiah, Mark presents Him as a suffering servant, and Luke shows Jesus as compassionate Son of Man.  Finally John reveals Jesus as the divine Son of God.  Matthew focuses on what Jesus said, Mark on what he did, Luke on how He felt, and John on who He was.  We need to examine and appreciate ...

Early in the Summer in July of 1977, Laura Long left her home that was a few miles outside of Claremore, Oklahoma and drove into town to put gas in her car.  She was to meet up with friends to attend church.  Her mother watched her drive away unaware this would be the last time she saw her daughter alive.   Laura was seen by many who knew her, driving her car up and down the main drag in town, Will Rogers Boulevard, honking and waving at people she knew.  My sister and I were there that day.  We passed Laura and waved at her having no clue it would be the last time we saw her.  Her mom became very concerned as the evening wore on and she didn't returned home.  Where could Laura be?  Who should she call?  Should she go searching for her on her own?      Pat Riley Reeder former managing editor of the Claremore Daily Progress Newspaper said Laura's parents came to her and asked her  to put in the local paper that Laura w...

         OKLAHOMA COLD CASE SOLVED AFTER 27 YEARS  There were twelve witnesses that knew the truth of what happened to two 16 year old best friends, Ashley Freeman and Lauria Bible, who disappeared from Welch, Oklahoma in December 1999.  The twelve witnesses kept silent because of fear from those responsible for the girls' disappearance.  They didn't come forward until the ones responsible had died.   December 29, 1999 was Ashley Freeman's 16th birthday.  The Freeman Family planned a very small celebration.  Only one invited guest, Ashley's best friend Lauria Bible.  The two girls attended school together at Welch Public Schools and were inseparable.  They were always together.  If you saw one, you would see the other.  The two families Freeman's and Bible's were very close friends as well.  The two families lived in a very small town in Oklahoma where everyone knew each other.  The celebration sta...

  I was asked to read a booklet entitled "Why Strain at a Gnat and swallow a Camel?  Is the unclean law for us today?"  The subject of the clean and unclean meats has been a very controversial subject for the Church of God (7th Day).  It has caused a big split in the organization around the early 1950s.  The unclean law this booklet is talking about is not the dietary law of the clean and unclean animals to eat mentioned in scripture. The doctrinal beliefs of the Church of God (Seventh Day),  upholds the law of the clean and unclean animals for food.  In Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 there are instructions on what animals are clean or unclean.  It also mentions the names or kinds of birds, animals, fish, fruits and vegetables that are clean or unclean to eat.   This doctrine does not speak of the unclean laws, which the booklet says includes unclean animals consumed for food.  Yes, God created both clean and unclean animals, birds...