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#9: Top ten Bible verses Donald Trump may want to read

July 31, 2023July 31, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments Bible, Donald Trump, reading, top ten list, Trump

March 2016 “Nobody reads the Bible more than me,” the then-presidential candidate claimed in an interview with TheHill.com. Trump also

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#8: If You’re Not Dead, You’re Not Done

July 31, 2023August 21, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments

Live with Purpose at Any Age James Watkins (Author), Jonny Hawkins (Illustrator), Cec Murphey (Foreword) Your personal odometer may be

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#7: Children who marry their parents: the psychology of courtship

July 31, 2023July 31, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments courtship, dating, James Watkins, marriage, psychology of, sex

It’s “sweeps” week and the TV talk shows are putting their “Satanic Sibling Serial Killers Who Dress Like Tramps Reunited

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#6: From bad to worse to . . . astonishing

July 31, 2023July 31, 2023 jameswatkins 22 Comments

Have you ever noticed that the harder you pray, the worse things get? It seems to be a biblical pattern!

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#5: Forty days of imitating Christ

July 31, 2023July 31, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments Christian, devotionals, faith, growth, hope, Imitation of Christ, James Watkins, modern, spiritual, version

Thanks for joining me for 40 devotionals of short excerpts from my book The Imitation of Christ: Classic Devotions in

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#4: 7 reasons God may not be answering prayers

July 31, 2023July 31, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments book, disappointment, faith, James Watkins, questions, spirituallity, unanswered prayer, with God

On the kitchen wall in my boyhood home hung a plaque that promised “God Answers Prayer.” Because of those words,

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#3: Truly offensive four-letter words

July 24, 2023July 31, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments dirty words, four-letter words, what's wrong with

I knew something was wrong the second I said it. While on a speaking tour of Australia, our host had

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#2: Top ten lists

July 23, 2023July 31, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments comedy, humor, top ten list

I have in my right hand, direct from my home office in Corn Borer, Indiana, today’s categories: • Top five

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Will AI replace real live authors and artists?

June 23, 2023September 13, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments accurate, AI, artificial intelligence, dangers, inaccuracies, James Watkins, reliable

It’s the lazy days of summer, so I asked bard.google.com to “Write a hopeful and humorous 500-word essay for Christians.”

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How to find love

June 18, 2023August 21, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments find love, Looking for love, real love

Many people spend their lives, as the old song goes, “Lookin’ for love in all the wrong places." So, how

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Action-figure Jesus

June 16, 2023August 21, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments love, obedience, peace, the real Jesus

If you’re turned off by Jesus, you’re probably confusing him with some ultra-conservative caricature. (Excerpted from The Why Files: Are

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