Opinion

Is the Herald so desperate for submissions to the Editor that it must resort to reprinting Rae Piepho’s religious sermon which we all have heard ad nauseam? God the Father’s punishment for being human, sinful, less-than-perfect is hell after death. Sounds abusive! But Jesus “paid it ahead” for you when he suffered a miserable death thousands of years ago so you may thus avoid hell’s punishment and live forever in a blissful heaven, but only if you submit to this Jesus figure. Hero worship is required.

Dear Reader, Do you look at today’s events and wonder: What is going on? Where is all of this going to end? Where am I in the whole scheme of things, and why am I here? There are answers to these questions, and they are found in a BOOK that has been printed more times, and in more languages than any other book since the beginning of time. It is the BOOK of the ages: the Bible. The first book in the Bible, Genesis, the book of beginnings, teaches us who GOD is, how GOD created the entire world, the universe, every growing thing, and how HE formed mankind in His image. Have you ever read the Bible? It was written over a period of 1,500 years, by 40 different authors, each one inspired by GOD. The Bible ends with the book of Revelation describing the condition of the world and events that will usher in the end of the world, as we know it. We are seeing the “setting of the stage” of these endtime events today. Romans 1 describes what we see happening in our world right now!

Thank you for supporting summer reading Grand Marais Public Library is sending out a huge THANK YOU to the community for supporting the 2023 Summer Reading Program. The library is especially grateful for the support of the Library Friends of Cook County and these local businesses who helped provide prize books, treats, and picnic food: Gene’s Foods, Drury Lane Books, Dairy Queen, Gunflint Mercantile, Hungry Hippie Tacos, Java Moose, and Superior Creamery.