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Striving to be a Samwise Gamgee in a world of Smeagols.

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November 05, 2025

There are several books that are currently free!

Here is the list that I can see right now.

Mere Christendom
Frequently Shouted Questions About Christian Nationalism
Empires of Dirt: Secularism, Radical Islam, and the Mere Christendom Alternative
Gashmu Saith It: How to Build Christian Communities that Save the World
American Milk and Honey: Antisemitism, The Promise of Deuteronomy, and the True Israel of God
Boast Not Against the Branches: The Reformed Tradition and the Jews
Skin and Blood: A Gospel Approach to Race and Racial Animosity
Same-Sex Mirage: Phantasmagoria at the Altar & Some Biblical Responses
Get the Girl: How to Be the Kind of Man the Kind of Woman You Want to Marry Would Want to Marry
Wordsmithy: Hot Tips for the Writing Life
A Serrated Edge: A Brief Defense of Biblical Satire and Trinitarian Skylarking
Proof as Moral Obligation
Ploductivity: A Practical Theology of Work & Wealth
Rules for Reformers
Is Christianity Good for the World? A Debate between Christopher Hitchens and Douglas Wilson

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The Minnesota Crime Commission wrote:

November 03, 2003

Every baby starts life as a little savage. He is completely selfish and self-centered. He wants what he wants when he wants it: his bottle, his mother's attention, his playmate's toys, his uncle's watch, or whatever. Deny him these and he seethes with rage and aggressiveness which would be murderous were he not so helpless. He's dirty, he has no morals, no knowledge, no developed skills. This means that all children, not just certain children but all children, are born delinquent. If permitted to continue in their self-centered world of infancy, given free reign to their impulsive actions to satisfy each want, every child would grow up a criminal, a thief, a killer, a rapist.

This too shall pass...

March 18, 2004

Gam zeh ya'avor (Hebrew) "This Too Shall Pass" Welcome! According to Google Analytics, this is by far the most visited post that I have ever written. If someone comes here from a search engine, most of the time they are looking for " this too shall pass quote " or simply " this too shall pass " on Google or one of the other search engines. I am sure that most of the time visitors are looking for the originations of this quote, but I have to wonder, why is this quote on people's minds? Why are they pondering the passing of events? Here is my thought: It is probably because most of us have realized that the adult life is much harder than we ever imagined it to be. There is more pain and more sorrow than we had ever imagined as children, but we have learned that time keeps ticking. And as time continues to flow things pass. In fact, even the really big things and the really hard things will still pass. If you are here because you are thinking ...

Those crazy pleasure-seeking Puritans!

May 11, 2006

Thomas Watson (a Puritan) once wrote: "God is the chief good. In the chief good there must be delectability; it must have something that is delicious and sweet: and where can we suck those pure essential comforts, which ravish us with delight, but in God? In God's character there is a certain sweetness which fascinates or rather enraptures the soul." I usually think of the Puritans in a different light. When I think of them, the words like: delectability , delight , comforts , and enraptures ; aren't the first words that usually come to mind. I would probably think of words like, stuffy and sad . So this quote goes against my perception of the Puritan. The Puritans weren't against joy and happiness. That is a false perception based on these pictures we have in our heads. Regardless of perceptions, the Puritans had honed in on some deep truths. They had understood that true happiness and true joy come, not from the pleasures of this world, but from a true ...

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