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  • Book: Stop Taking Sides
    Stop Taking Sides: How Holding Truths in Tension Saves Us from Anxiety and Outrage by Adam Mabry My rating: 5 of 5 stars If Christians hold ideologies whose origins are from something other that the Bible (i.e. political parties, philosophers, media sources, etc.), it will cause conflicts with others and potentially within themselves. Mabry does a good ...
  • Books: “Challenging Conversations” & “Unquestioned Answers”
    Challenging Conversations: A Practical Guide to Discuss Controversial Topics in the Church by Jason Jimenez My rating: 5 of 5 stars If you are looking for a book to help you understand how to discuss some of the controversial topics of the day, this one is worth reading. The author holds to a gospel centered view and ...
  • Books: The Good News About Marriage & The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages
    After eight years of research into the statistics about marriage and divorce rates in America, Shaunti Feldhahn discovered that much of what has been quoted about divorce rates were either misleading or altogether inaccurate. Additionally, she found that there are some simple things that could be done by people in marriages or relationships that ...
  • Gospel of John Summary
    I have recently produced a summary for the Gospel of John. It was inspired by the pastor at my local church who has been encouraging us to learn the 7 miracles and 7 I AM statements from the gospel. If you’re interested, click on the links below. The first one is a ...
  • The Fall of Christian Leaders
    Recently, two highly visible, influential Christians announced that they were losing their faith or left Christianity. One was Marty Sampson of Hillsong Church and has written music for Hillsong Worship, Hillsong United, Delirious and Young & Free. The other is Joshua Harris, who wrote the book I Kissed Dating Goodbye. In the World ...
  • Planned Parenthood and Title X
    I watched a CBS News video clip about Planned Parent’s decision to opt out of Title X Federal grant funds because it could not comply with President Trump’s executive order requiring that anyone using those funds could not counsel women to have an abortion (see Federal Register for the actual order, WORLD Magazine, and Politico ...
  • Restoration Movement in Kansas
    A few years ago, we were reviewing the Restoration Movement in our Sunday School class. On a whim, I began doing some research on the history of the Restoration Movement in Kansas. Below is a summary compilation of what I could find using the resources of therestorationmovement.com. There is much more information ...
  • Restoration Movement Founding Documents
    I have largely been associated with churches which are a part of what is know as the Restoration Movement which began in the 1800’s here in America. It is also know as the Stone-Campbell Movement, being so named after the main leaders of the two groups, Barton W. Stone and Thomas & Alexander Campbell, ...
  • God Creates the Universe
    Genesis 1-2 Since Darwin introduced his theory of evolution in the Nineteenth Century, the battle to usurp the creation of the universe away from God has been ongoing. Various groups1 have dedicated themselves to studying numerous aspects of creation demonstrating that evidence from science supports the Biblical view of creation. In the first ...
  • Laying on of Hands
    One topic that seems to be surrounded with some confusion is that of the practice of laying on of hands. I have put together a booklet about the subject and wanted to share it with those who might be interested. I need to clarify that this is a work in progress and will be updated ...

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