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How Does Speculative Fiction Undermine the Bible (Or Does It)?

28 Mar 2024 4 minute read 3 comments Allen Taylor

For about a year now, I've had the pleasure and the privilege of selling my books in grocery stores throughout the Dallas Metroplex. I knew when I started that several of my books would be mismatched with the retail audience that shops at these store...

A Fluffle of Rabbi

25 Mar 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

While scrolling through YouTube tonight, I came across a video titled "Why Can't I Be a Rabbi?"  Times being what they are, I thought it said, "Why Can't I Be a Rabbit?"  There must have been some Jewish symbology on the thumbnail, because my second...

5 Ways the Pastoral Ministry Hurts the Church Today

21 Mar 2024 4 minute read 3 comments Allen Taylor

The vast majority of Christians attending church regularly encounter a church pastor at least once weekly, but I've learned that the pastoral ministry is a poor way to organize church worship. This post is not intended to cast aspersion on anyone in...

Siddhartha & Nancy

21 Mar 2024 8 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

“I'm not vicious really.  I consider myself kind-hearted.  I love my mum.”Sid Vicious “Jesus, I don't want to die alone.”Johnny Cash   I used to experience sleep paralysis on a fairly regular, recurring basis.  It's horrific.  I never saw anything st...

Digging Your Grave in a Casino

17 Mar 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”Galatians 6:7   In the spaghetti documentary Casino, Joe Pesci portrays all kinds of self-righteous fringe groups who act like the world belongs to them and ev...

Manly P. Hall is in Hell

14 Mar 2024 10 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"The only thing necessary for the triumph ofevil is that good men do nothing."Edmund Burke, or somebody "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is good men."Pablo Smog   I was contacted recently by some new-age gringos I met a few years ago...

12 Practical Ways to Show Neighborly Love in 2024

14 Mar 2024 6 minute read 4 comments Allen Taylor

In keeping with the present series on love, today I'm sharing 12 practical ways one can demonstrate Christ's love in 2024. Without further delay, let's jump in: You learn that your spouse has cheated on you with a co-worker, instead of divorcing th...

The Parallax View of the Paradox

7 Mar 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

I was done, and I was okay with it, but then my friends reached out to me from Indiana, even though they're from Louisiana, and I met them in Mexico.  It made my day, so I said okay.  But since it's only been a day or 2 since my last email, I'm only...

Love: What It Isn't

7 Mar 2024 5 minute read 7 comments Allen Taylor

Prior to taking a content holiday in February, I posted several times on love ... what it is, how to do it, what motivates it, etc. Of course, I wasn't talking about romantic love. I was talking about the kind of love that is rare. A Godly love motiv...

Apollo Creed on Trial

3 Mar 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

As is often the case, I completely forgot the original inspiration for my last article, The Culture War is Spiritual.  Because the music issue has been at the forefront of my consciousness for years, it has a tendency to take the wheel when I'm not l...