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James Ross Kelly lives in Northern California next to the Sacramento River. Mr. Kelly was a long-time resident of Southern Oregon where he grew up. And the Fires We Talked About published by Uncollected Press in 2020 is Mr. Kelly’s first book of fiction. In 2024 Mr. Kelly published his third book, "Above Neil Rock," a memoir.

Healing Testimony: Bethel.TV | Bethel Church


Healing Testimony: Bethel.TV | Bethel Church.

Reasons To Believe : Q&A: Four Rivers and the Location of Eden


Arabian_Peninsula_dust_SeaWiFS-2Reasons To Believe : Q&A: Four Rivers and the Location of Eden.

By Hugh Ross

see Navigating Genesis

Relationship with the Holy Spirit by Kathryn Kuhlman – YouTube


kathryn-kuhlman_ugn5rg-918x321 (1)Relationship with the Holy Spirit by Kathryn Kuhlman – YouTube.

from Gifts of the Spirit: Necessity in the Church–by A.W. Tozer


aw-tozerDo you dare to accept the fact that the sovereign God had designed to do all of His work through spiritually-gifted men and women? Therefore, He does all of His work on earth through humble and faithful believers who are given spiritual gifts and abilities beyond their own capacities.

Let me shock  you at this point: A naturally bright person can carry on religious activity without a special gift from God. Filling church pulpits every week are some who are using only natural abilities and special training. Some are known as Bible expositors, for it is possible to read and study commentaries and then repeat what has been learned about the Scriptures.

Yes, it may shock you, but it is true that anyone able to talk fluently can learn to use religious phrases and can become recognized as a preacher.

But if any man is determined to preach so that his work and ministry will abide in the day of the judgement fire, then he must preach, teach and exhort with the kind of love and concern that comes only through a true and genuine gift of the Holy Spirit–something beyond his own capabilities!

 

A.W. Tozer; Gifts of the Spirit: Necessity in the Church, Chapter 7;  The Tozer Pulpit, Vol.7 p.89; 1978 Christian Publications Inc. 

Reasons To Believe : Lewis’s Mere Christianity Relevant Today


 

C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis

Reasons To Believe : Lewis’s Mere Christianity Relevant Today.

By Kenneth Samples

 

Reasons To Believe : How Young-Earth Creationism Became a Core Tenet of American Fundamentalism, Part 2


Reasons To Believe : How Young-Earth Creationism Became a Core Tenet of American Fundamentalism, Part 2.

Reasons To Believe : How Young-Earth Creationism Became a Core Tenet of American Fundamentalism, Part 1


Convince Me There’s A God – Archaeology 10


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Ancient Middle East MapI used to think that Christians were ignorant to believe the “stories” in the Bible. I was taught those stories as a child, but I grew up to “know” they weren’t true. Or did I?

My investigation into the claims of theists about the existence of God and Christians about the existence of God’s Son led me into a study of archaeology in 1971. I was especially interested in archaeological expeditions from the Middle East because much of the Old Testament was written in and about that area of the world. I was a bit surprised to discover that many archaeological findings pointed to the “possibility” that people written about in the Old Testament may have actually lived at the time the writers claimed.

But what about the claim that a small family left Canaan, entered Egypt, grew to great numbers, were forced into slavery, then were freed from slavery…

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