Monthly Archives: December 2016

Book Review: How To Raise Children For Christ

How To Raise Children For Christ:  A Guide For Excellent Christian Parenting, by Andrew Murray [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Aneko Press.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] I must freely consent that I am … Continue reading →

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Our Chickens Have Come Home To Roost

As a senior in an International Baccalaureate program, I took a semester of Latin American history, where my instructor spent a good deal of time making us aware of the ways in which the CIA interfered with the democracy of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Disarming The Powers Of Darkness

Disarming The Powers Of Darkness:  Fearless Conquerors In Spiritual Warfare, by Eric Barger with David Benoit [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Aneko Press.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] Since my early childhood, I have … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Fake Christianity

Fake Christianity, by C.B. Matthews [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by BookLook/WestBow Press.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] From what the author describes in the introductory section to this book, the author felt compelled to … Continue reading →

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Sweat The Small Stuff

[Note:  This is the prepared text for a sermonette originally scheduled to be given at the UCG congregation in Hood River, Oregon on December 10,2016.  When the original scheduled message was cancelled by inclement weather, it was then given in … Continue reading →

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Saul: Anatomy Of A Rejection

[Note:  These are my notes for a Sabbath school class I had been asked to give but which I had to pass on to someone else because I was asked to give the sermonette in Portland at the same time … Continue reading →

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Book Review: How To Understand The Bible!

How To Understand The Bible!, by Nathaniel Burson One of my Twitter followers, @adrianolivas__, sent me a link to a book because he enjoyed seeing my prolific book reviews, with the commentary that the book was short and that he … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Fatal Frost

Fatal Frost, by Nancy Mehl [Note:  This book was given free of charge by Baker Publishing.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] Whether or not you like this novel depends a lot on the sort of expectations and standards … Continue reading →

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#RaiseTheAge

Having gone on Twitter this afternoon to catch up on my requests and direct messages, I saw topic trending that reminded of my own teen years.  Apparently, there are two states in the Union where teenagers are automatically tried as … Continue reading →

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Non-Book Review: Crècy 1346: A Tourists’ Guide

Crècy 1346:  A Tourists’ Guide, by Peter Hoskins with Richard Barber Continuing my recent tour of the first part of the Hundred Year’s War [1], this book aims to help those English language tourists traveling to France to see one … Continue reading →

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