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James Watkins: Hope & Humor

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James Watkins: Hope & Humor

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    • About ARTICLES
    • About BOOKS
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    • About JIM
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  • Articles
    • Heavy topics with a light touch
      • Coming out: my sexual identity crisis
      • God is never late—but he sure is slow
      • It Is Well with My Soul: the rest of the stories
      • Top ten Bible verses Donald Trump may want to read
      • Top ten lists
      • What does the Bible really say?
      • What was Paul thinking when he wrote 1 Timothy 2:12?
      • What we haven’t learned from 9/11
    • My statement on Dr. Dennis E. Hensley
  • Book excerpts
    • 7 reasons God may not be answering our prayers
    • Breaking habits before they break you
    • Changing lives for over 600 years!
      • Exclusive interview with Thomas a Kempis
      • Forty days of imitating Christ
    • Communicate to Change Lives: book and seminars
    • Intimacy with Christ: Beyond Information and Involvement
    • Jesus: His life and lessons . . . on love
    • Jesus: His Life and Lessons Introduction
    • My book list
    • Revised section on ‘Unfulfilled Promises’
    • Study guide for God, I Don’t Understand
    • The Christmas story in chronological order
    • Why? Why? Why?
    • Writing with Banana Peels
    • Writing with Banana Peels: excerpt
  • Cartoons
    • A Very Twitter Christmas
    • Cartoon Backups
    • Cartoons from far, far away
    • Cartoons on love, marriage, sex . . .
    • Cartoons on parenthood
    • Cartoons on writing
    • Easter cartoons
    • Facebook cartoons
    • Hope and Ho! Ho! Ho!
    • Hope&Humor cartoons on Dad
    • My predictions for New Year . . .
    • Pro-life cartoons
  • Comedy-drama scripts
  • Events
  • Videos
    • Original music
  • Writer Resources
    • ‘Crossing over’ with the cross
    • ‘I’m a giant killer!’
    • Are authors in their ‘write’ minds?
    • Atomic-powered titles
    • Best time to post on Facebook?
    • Communicate to Change Lives: Using Psychological Appeals
    • Confessions of an author/speaker
    • Don’t become a digital dinosaur
    • Don’t sabotage your writing/speaking career
    • Endear yourself to an editor
    • Freelancing offers freedom ‘real job’ can’t
    • From stage to page: turning messages into manuscripts
    • How to become a million-selling author
    • How to hook today’s Internet users
    • How to prepare a manuscript for publication
    • Inside look at publishing industry
    • Patron saint of freelance writers
    • Quips and quotations on writing
    • Self-publishers and piranhas
    • Seven habits of the purpose-driven writer
    • Seven questions to ask a prospective agent
    • So, you want to write a book?
    • Soaring with eagles, walking with emus
    • Taking Word to Worldwide Web
    • The Ten Creative Commandments
    • Three new ‘must haves’ for today’s writers
    • Writing effective book proposals
    • Your ‘write’ role

Issues

Civil War
Hope Issues Spirituality 

God is on our side . . . and theirs

January 7, 2016January 7, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Antifa, Civil War, conservative right, division, liberal left, Proud Boys

America has always been more “un-united” than “United” during my lifetime: deadly race riots, protests of unpopular wars, bitter political

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Euthanasia
Health Hope Issues Spirituality 

What about euthanasia’s ‘death with dignity’?

October 21, 2014January 11, 2021 jameswatkins 3 Comments death with dignity, euthanasia, immoral, mercy killing, moral

Twenty-nine-year-old Brittany Maynard plans to die on Saturday, November 1, 2014. Maynard was diagnosed with grade II Astrocytoma, a severe

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God-creating
Hope Issues Spirituality 

Was God’s will accomplished on election day?

November 15, 2012January 15, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments for election day, God's, God's will, plan, presidential election

Rather than a book of answers or a systematic theology, the Bible is a book full of mysteries and intriguing

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not so simple cell
Issues 

Does DNA disprove evolution?

January 2, 2011January 12, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments evolution, intelligent design

Modern research in biochemistry brings into question the following “truths” of evolution. “Truth” 1: So-called “intelligent design” is biblical creationism

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Raphie-soap-Christmas Story
Issues 

Truly offensive four-letter words

January 17, 2010January 17, 2021 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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World Trade Center Cross
Hope Issues 

Hope amid horror

September 11, 2006August 27, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments 9/11, cross, hope

September 11, 2006 For those of us glued to our TVs on September 11, 2001, certain images are forever burned

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Intolerance is not bad
Health Humor Issues 

Yep, I’m intolerant

April 1, 2006April 1, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments

I’m coming out of the politically-correct closet and announcing, “Yep! I’m intolerant!” Watch or read For instance, do you really

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Terrorist attack
Issues 

Can ‘war on terrorism’ be won?

September 11, 2005August 27, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments causes, solutions, terrorism

September 11, 2005 President Bush called it “The war on terrorism.” His secretary of defense preferred to call it the

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suicide bomber terrorist
Issues Spirituality 

What we haven’t learned from 9/11

September 9, 2002August 28, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments 9/11, September 11, terrorism, terrorist

September 9, 2002 One year after the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, it seems Americans are still in denial

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Question marks
How To Issues Spirituality 

How to decide what is right or wrong for you

January 14, 2000January 14, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments bibilical, choices, decisions

Many of the issues we face in today’s world are not addressed specifically in Scripture. So how do you decide

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Faith Healer
Health Issues Spirituality 

Healing: faith or fake?

January 8, 2000January 8, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments faith healers, faith healing, fake healing

Excerpted from The Why Files: Are There Really Ghosts?. Jeeeee-sus doesn’t want you sick!” The TV evangelist nearly pokes his

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Bent Out of Shape
Health Issues Relationships Sexuality Spirituality 

Why be bent out of shape by LGBTQ(IA+)?

January 17, 1999June 19, 2022 jameswatkins 0 Comments Christian perspective, homosexuality, LGBTQ

Adapted from The Why Files The late Fred Phelps and his followers became infamous for their picketing with signs declaring,

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tornado
Issues Spirituality 

Are natural disasters ‘acts of God’?

January 13, 1999April 2, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments act of God, God's part in, is God responsible?, natural disasters

Insurance companies describe tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires as acts of God,” but how much responsibility for hurricanes, earthquakes, floods,

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Harry Potter and friends
Issues Spirituality 

Harry Potter: the good, the bad, the muggly

January 8, 1999January 10, 2021 jameswatkins 2 Comments Christian view, good or bad?, Harry Potter

Is the Harry Potter phenomenon a force for good or evil? Ever since the worldwide best-selling book series and films

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Cult characteristics
Issues Relationships Spirituality 

When does a group become a cult?

November 10, 1998April 1, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments

As as our world becomes more and more polarized by race, religion, political beliefs, etc. many groups are taking on

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Welcome

Welcome! I’m Jim Watkins and all you really need to know about me is that I’m an author, a speaker and a clinically depressed soul who, by God’s grace, writes encouraging and entertaining books, articles and online posts. Isn’t that just like him?!

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