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3 Dec 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Olawalium
God always want us to move on. He wants things to get better and better for us but as humans we always want to hold on to the familiar...to the old because we are uncertain of what the future holds. God holds that future...we only need to trust God...
30 Nov 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from...
30 Nov 2023 6 minute read 6 comments Allen Taylor
While selling books at my book table at a Kroger grocery store in Wylie, Texas, a woman asked about my book Web3 Social: How Creators Are Changing the World Wide Web (And You Can Too!). When I mentioned cryptocurrencies, she got a concern look in her...
27 Nov 2023 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
“All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.”Proverbs 15:15 I considered making this the most honest piece of writing I have ever written, but that would be impossible. There's no way to tell the...
25 Nov 2023 8 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"Part of being a songwriter is to forever live in a state of trepidation as to what the next song may bring... Each comes with its own inherent danger."Nick Cave It's all therapy. Or can be. It certainly has been the case for me. Maybe that's wh...
25 Nov 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark
I could open this by recounting my encounter(s) with a particularly annoying religious zealot whom wouldn't leave me alone and respect my right to freedom from religion, despite me telling him multiple times (and in multiple ways) to go forth and mul...
22 Nov 2023 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"The whirlwind is in the thorn tree."Johnny Cash While headed west in the winter of 2013, I stopped at Shakespeare Cemetery in New Mexico, in search of the local ghost town. It was hidden behind a locked gate and a PRIVATE PROPERTY/NO TRESPASSING...
16 Nov 2023 10 minute read 21 comments Allen Taylor
The 21st century is an interesting time to be alive, particularly for Christians who have long enjoyed holding the reigns of power in the West. While the last two decades have seen a shift of power in the U.S. away from the church and toward non-reli...
2 Nov 2023 3 minute read 8 comments Allen Taylor
For awhile now, I've been planning to write and publish a book on the kingdom of God. Many people discuss it and think they understand what it is, but I'm not convinced they do. Heck, I'm not convinced that I do! Nevertheless, the Bible gives us some...
19 Oct 2023 2 minute read 6 comments Allen Taylor
In a world full of incredible stories dominated by the likes of Game of Thrones and Hunger Games, it may seem difficult to come across a story that is both excellent in terms of its craft and Christian in its values, but Crux Publications has discove...
