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Gay pride prompts sad, shameful animosity

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments

May I offer a compromise to the sad and shameful animosity between those celebrating June as “Gay Pride Month” and

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Top ten things you won’t hear at commencement

May 28, 2023May 29, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments advice, comedy, commencement, graduation, humor

Ever since Pebbles and Bam Bam graduated from Bedrock High, commencement speakers have been telling the crowd of cap and

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Happy Mothers’ Day!

May 7, 2023May 7, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments hope, humor, Mothers Day

Here are my favorite columns and cartoons for these amazing people called “Mom.” Have a great day! • Faith of

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Hope and mental health

May 1, 2023May 7, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments anxiety, Christianity, church, depression, hope and humor, mental health

May is “Mental Health” month, so “Hi, I’m Jim. I struggle with mental health issues.” Yep, I have clinical depression,

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God is never late—but he sure is slow

April 10, 2023April 13, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments late, why, Why is God late? God

As a child, I got the idea from story books that the Bible was God’s promise book. Not ordinary promises

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Asbury University revival resources

February 11, 2023February 12, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments Asbury revival, Asbury University, faith, growing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, knowi God, relationship with God, revival

As an old “Jesus Freak” from the 70s “Jesus Movement,” I’ve been praying and waiting all my life to see

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Love, marriage, sex . . .

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 jameswatkins 2 Comments love, marriage, relationships, sex, sexuality

Welcome to my annual salute to love, marriage and sex. If you’re single, dating, engaged, married, divorced, widowed or “it’s

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Freshly squeezed: Good Out of Bad

January 13, 2023January 20, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments

Happy sixteenth birthday, Squeezing Good Out of Bad! Yikes! It’s hard to believe that Squeezing Good Out of Bad is

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Praise the Lord and Pass the Prozac

January 12, 2023February 1, 2023 jameswatkins 3 Comments anxiety, biblical, bipolar, depression, devotional, devotions, Faith A. Watkins, Faith Watkins, hope, hopeful helpful, humor, humorous, inspiration, James Watkins, mental health, prozac, Prozac store, PTSD

My latest book, Praise the Lord and Pass the Prozac, is co-authored by my favorite daughter, Faith A. Watkins. It

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Resources for connecting with Christ

January 2, 2023January 14, 2023 jameswatkins 2 Comments Brother Lawrence, Catholic mystics, Intimacy with Christ, Jesus Christ, relationships, sequel to The Imitation of Christ, Thomas a Kempis

Most churches do very well in sharing information and fairly well in providing opportunities for involvement. However, according to Willow

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Book promises passion, purpose and pizazz

October 31, 2022January 5, 2023 jameswatkins 7 Comments ageing, aging, becoming old, body, comedy, humor, If You're Not Dead, image, James N. Watkins, Johnny Hawkins, older, process, signs, You're Not Done

Hi, I’m Jim. Welcome to Agers Anonymous. This is my brand-new support group, based on my brand-new book, If You’re

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Intimacy with Christ: beyond information and involvement

October 30, 2022January 5, 2023 jameswatkins 2 Comments beyond, Bible, Christ, devotional, growth, information, Intimacy with Christ, involvement, maturity, sequel to The Imitation of Christ, signs, spiritual, The Imitation of Christ

Most churches are great at sharing information about Christ and many are good at providing opportunities for involvement for Christ.

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LGBTQIA+ and B-I-B-L-E

September 29, 2022May 27, 2023 jameswatkins 2 Comments Bible, Christian, gay, homosexual, LGBTQ

Homosexuality is one of the most polarizing subjects today in the culture, courts and the church. One extreme pole pickets

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My gender-identity crisis

September 28, 2022May 27, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments coming out, homosexuality, LGBTQ, sexual-identity crisis

Hi, I’m Jim. It’s time for me to finally admit my struggle with gender identity. At grade school recess, I

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1 Timothy 2:12 What was Paul thinking?!

September 11, 2022January 1, 2023 jameswatkins 6 Comments 1 Timothy 2:12, authority, Bible, complementarianism, egalitarian, headship, teach, Timothy, woman, women, women in ministry, women's rights

The apostle wrote, “I do not permit me a woman to teach or have authority over a man. She must

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