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Book Review: America: Turning A Nation To God

Posted on October 12, 2018 by

America:  Turning A Nation To God, by Tony Evans [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Moody Publishing.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] I must admit that I liked this book a lot, even more than … Continue reading →

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Why Do All Good Things Come To An End?

Posted on September 30, 2018 by

Last night I wanted to do a bit of writing, but it was late and the internet was not working.  It was late because my mother and I had just spent an hour talking (somewhat loudly, apparently) to a young … Continue reading →

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This Should Be Paradise

Posted on September 28, 2018 by

[Note:  This is the prepared text for a split sermon given at the Feast of Tabernacles in Suriname, given on September 27, 2018.] The area that now includes Suriname was originally explored and settled by the English of the sixteenth … Continue reading →

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Gangster Blues

Posted on September 16, 2018 by

Do you like starving?  I don’t.  As anyone who knows me is aware, I am fond of eating, perhaps even a bit too fond of it sometimes, and though my tastes are not particularly fancy, they are hearty when it … Continue reading →

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Stumbling Block

Posted on September 10, 2018 by

It is quite remarkable that the seemingly obscure term stumbling block should appear in both the Hebrew scriptures and the New Testament and should appear so consistently.  After all, we in the contemporary world are not used to such things, … Continue reading →

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Here We Are, Servants Today!

Posted on September 3, 2018 by

Yesterday our congregation’s retired pastor gave a sermon message that was deeply interesting, as it often is when he speaks [1].  As is at lest somewhat frequent in his messages, he gave our congregation homework to read Nehemiah 8 and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Strait Gate

Posted on July 14, 2018 by

The Strait Gate, Or Great Difficulty Of Going To Heaven, by John Bunyan I must admit at the outset that I have rather different eschatological beliefs to the author when it comes to the kingdom of God, but by and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Barren Fig-Tree

Posted on July 14, 2018 by

The Barren Fig-Tree, or The Doom And Downfall Of The Fruitless Professor, by John Bunyan I must say that the more I read from the writings of John Bunyan [1], the more I appreciated his spirited defense of godliness and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Of Antichrist And His Ruin

Posted on July 5, 2018 by

Of Antichrist And His Ruin, by John Bunyan I have read at least some of the large body of work by John Bunyan, best remembered for his allegory Pilgrim’s Progress [1], and I am struck by how excellent a writer … Continue reading →

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The Bible On Boats

Posted on July 1, 2018 by

[Note:  The following is a text for a Bible Study for the Sabbath of June 30, 2018, in the waters between Anacortes, WA and Victoria, BC.] Today we happen to be traveling through the waters between the United States and … Continue reading →

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