October is Pastor Appreciation Month
While this month is designated Pastor Appreciation Month, every month should be filled with appreciation for the selfless and sacrificial
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#10 LGBTQIA+ and B-I-B-L-E
Homosexuality is one of the most polarizing subjects today in the culture, courts and the church. One extreme pole pickets
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#9 Hope and humor memes
Find my daily memes of “Hope and Humor” (and occasionally, “Evil Jim’s” “Mope and Humor”) on Facebook and Instagram. From
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#8: Children who marry their parents . . .
. . . the psychology of courtship It’s “sweeps” week and the TV talk shows are putting their “Satanic Sibling
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#7: 7 reasons God may not be answering prayers
On the kitchen wall in my boyhood home hung a plaque that promised “God Answers Prayer.” Because of those words,
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#6: Publishing is brutal! I’m here to help.
Hi. Please call me Jim and I’d love to help through this bloody business of publishing. (We not only have
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#5: From bad to worse to . . . astonishing
Have you ever noticed that the harder you pray, the worse things get? It seems to be a biblical pattern!
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#4: Top ten lists
I have in my right hand, direct from my home office in Corn Borer, Indiana, today’s categories: • Top five
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#3 The Christmas story in chronological order
From Jesus: His Life and Lessons Jesus is God from eternity In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
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#2: Truly offensive four-letter words
I knew something was wrong the second I said it. While on a speaking tour of Australia, our host had
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#1: 1 Timothy 2:12 What was Paul thinking?!
The apostle wrote, “I do not permit me a woman to teach or have authority over a man. She must
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Top ten Bible verses Donald Trump may want to read
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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If You’re Not Dead, You’re Not Done
Live with Purpose at Any Age James Watkins (Author), Jonny Hawkins (Illustrator), Cec Murphey (Foreword) Your personal odometer may be
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Forty days of imitating Christ
Thanks for joining me for 40 devotionals of short excerpts from my book The Imitation of Christ: Classic Devotions in
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