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Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 12:00am

The arrival of a baby is an exciting time for parents and siblings, but a new addition to the family also stretches the budget.   According to the latest figures

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 12:00am

Oklahoma has a long way to go to reach one of its major educational targets. The goal is to be ranked in the top 20 states on the National Assessment

News

A multi-agency investigation led to the arrest of a Seminole man suspected of sex trafficking this week.

(Editor’s note: This story has been edited for length. The portion regarding former Wewoka Middle School Principal Cody Barlow has also been moved up to the top. The complete story appears on NonDoc. com).

Today In Seminole County This Week In Seminole County

Dec 21, 2024 - 06:25

In Custody

Sports

LAS VEGAS NCAA president Charlie Baker is “bullish” on the prospect of the NCAA basketball tournaments expanding to 72 or 76 teams in the near future.

NORTHEAST

THUNDER WIRE - Picking up Anthony Black’s lost basketball, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander zipped it down the court and found Aaron Wiggins for the easy transition dunk. The defense-to-offense sequence was the exclamation mark. Orlando put a scare in OKC without its top three players but ran out of juice.

ESPN - The most wonderful time of the year for college football fans -- bowl season -- is upon us.

Opinions

Last week we began to explore a common type of resurrection theory by looking at the offering of the atheist, David Mirsch. Picking up the story from last week, the plan, Mirsch explains, was to utilize common herbal drugs of the time (namely Shephard’s Purse, Mandrake, Myrrh, and possibly Opium) to aid in Jesus’ survivability during the crucifixion. This concoction was then slipped into the “sour wine” container at the crucifixion site. Mirsch argues that Jesus first refused the sour wine offered him on the cross because enough time had not passed (Matt 27:34). Had he taken the wine at that point, he would have lost consciousness and appeared dead within a few minutes of having been crucified. It was at the second offering of sour wine (Matt 27:48) that Jesus accepted the drink, the drink laced with the conspirator’s concoction that “produced a deep, almost comatose state that made Jesus appear dead.” Mirsch maintains that Jesus suffered from a genetic disorder, favism, which manifested itself as hemolytic anemia, (premature destruction of red blood cells) and can produce the blood/water mixture observed when the Roman soldiers pierced the side of Jesus. He states, “The Roman soldiers merely pierced the skin of Jesus’ side with the intention of ascertaining whether or not the victim died. This piercing of Jesus’ side, him being in the state of hemolytic anemia, would produce the flow of water and blood.” So, according to Mirsh, the spear thrust was not lethal. This scenario of a reversible, drug-induced coma, followed by a “mere piercing of the skin” of Jesus’ side was followed by premature removal of Jesus from the cross, displacement of his body to the tomb, and the subsequent resuscitation by Joseph and Nicodemus. This all sounds possible until the evidence is more closely evaluated. The notion of a skin piercing is first contradicted by Mirsch himself; he states that “it was due to the occasional recovery of crucified victims that the Roman soldiers were ordered to mutilate the bodies before they could be removed from the cross.” Since Jesus appeared dead to the soldiers, (and no need for breaking his legs), the carrying out of the order to mutilate the bodies was accomplished with a spear thrust through the skin, lungs, pericardial sac, and into the heart itself. Anything short of a lethal spear thrust is not only incompatible with standing Roman orders, it is in contrast with the Gospel accounts.

Dec 21, 2024 - 06:25

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Obituaries

Dec 20, 2024 - 06:17

Konawa resident, Isaiah Fixico, 39, passed away Saturday, December 14, 2024, in Seminole.

Dec 20, 2024 - 06:17

Simpkins Donald Ray Richard Simpkins, Seminole, OK resident passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2024 at his home at the age of 68. Donald was born on January 17, 1956 in Seminole, OK to L. C. Simpkins and Donald is survived by his love, Cora Simpkins; son and daughter-in-law, Demond and Laquita Drennon of Shawnee, OK; daughters, Jeni Drennon of Shawnee, OK, Bridgett Drennon and Delvin Gaines of Norman, OK and Destiny Drennon of Seminole, OK; eighteen grandchildren; two brothers, Tyrone “Terry” Simpkins of Oklahoma City and L. C. Simpkins Jr. of Oklahoma City; sisters, Sherry Simpkins of Maryland and Shirley Simpkins of Kansas City; sisterin- law, Cindy Simpkins of Seminole, OK and many other family and friends.

Dec 20, 2024 - 06:17

Cavitt Kimberly Diane Cavitt, age 53, was born in Muenster, TX October 19, 1971, to James William and Sue LaJune (Kittrell) Cavitt. She died on Monday, December 16, 2024, in Ardmore, OK after a long and courageous battle with cancer.

Dec 18, 2024 - 07:16

Barkhimer Patricia Ann Barkhimer age 87, passed away Monday, December 16, 2024 at her home in Wewoka, Oklahoma. She was born September 29, 1937 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Water Carl Ledgerwood Mary Vivian (Squires) Ledgerwood. She married J.D. Barkhimer on September 24, 1955 in Wewoka, Oklahoma.