Paul O'Rear -- Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 7:53 AM (No Comments)
Categories: Christmas, Salvation, Santa Claus
Tags: 2 Corinthians, Apostle Paul, Choices, Eternity, Gifts, Goats, God, Heaven, Hebrews, Hell, Jesus, Judgment Day, Matthew, Parables, Revelation, Robert Frost, Santa Claus, Sheep, The Road Less Traveled
[PART 4 OF 5]
I believe that the story of Santa Claus is the story of God!
In the last article, we discussed Santa’s list. We noticed the similarities between Santa’s “nice” and “naughty” lists, and God’s. In this article, we will continue to explore the parable-like nature of the Santa Claus story, and its ability to help us understand God a little better.
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Paul O'Rear -- Monday, November 24, 2008, 7:14 AM (1 Comment)
Categories: Ashley O'Rear, Cancer
Tags: 9/11, Children's Medical Center, Dallas Texas, God, Heaven, Hope, Jesus, Waxahachie Texas

Ashley O'Rear (Age 9)
I had never prayed as hard in my life as I did the morning of March 16, 1997. It was a Sunday morning, about 6:30, and I was driving from Children’s Medical Center in Dallas back to our house about 35 minutes away. Four hours earlier, Susan and I had been told by a doctor at Children’s that our 9-year-old daughter Ashley had a brain tumor.
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Paul O'Rear -- Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 7:45 AM (No Comments)
Categories: America, Patriotism, Politics
Tags: Armstrong Williams, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Boy Scouts of America, Civil Rights, Congress, Conservatism, Dallas Texas, Declaration of Independence, Democrat, Fifteenth Amendment, Founding Fathers, God, Great Britain, Health Care, Heaven, Independence Hall, Iraq, J. C. Watts, Jeremiah Wright, Mark Davis, Martin Luther King Jr., National Anthem, Old Glory, Pennsylvania State House, Philadelphia, Racial Prejudice, Republican, Second Continental Congress, Supreme Court, United States of America, Voting Rights Act of 1965, WBAP, White House
One week ago, the United States of America elected its 44th President, Barack Obama. He will be the first African-American in the history of our country to serve in that capacity. Election Day 2008 was truly a historic day in many ways … some good, some bad. Here are my thoughts.
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