Published: The Storyteller Paradigm
The Storyteller Paradigm, is now available for purchase from Amazon.com, Google Books, and most other bookstores. Information about the book is on my My Books page.
Continue reading →The Storyteller Paradigm to be published in May
My new book, The Storyteller Paradigm, is basically complete. I am waiting for the remaining proofreaders’ inputs. I expect the book to be published late May or early June. Here’s a little sampler from the book: Suffering In The Story Throughout history, mankind has experienced a tremendous amount of suffering and death. This has turned many against God, but it has also brought others closer to Him. Regardless, it oftentimes results in the burning question, “Why?” In stories we write, the main characters are not immune to pain and death. While these may form a significant and essential part of a good story, the story is not about the suffering. We sometimes ask God why we have to suffer or … Continue reading →
Progress on my new book
My new book, The Storyteller and Other Analogies is complete for the most part. I just sent the draft for my first beta-readers. However, it will probably be some time before it is published as I am waiting for permissions to use certain quotations. Expect the book to be available available by spring or summer.
Continue reading →Hard Evidence For The Skeptic
Dear skeptic, As a Christian, I am absolutely convinced God exists and the Bible is His word because I have seen and tested the evidence. I have tested His promises, and He always comes through. I also have a personal relationship with Him through Jesus Christ and He often answers my prayers. But I know this is unlikely to sway you because you can’t see that. So instead I want to talk about real, hard evidence. Much of the evidence for God and the Bible is not even on the atheist’s radar. As such, I wrote a free book for skeptics to show one such area of overlooked, testable evidence that strongly supports the existence of God and the inspiration … Continue reading →
Fifty-Five Questions For Skeptics 2025 Update
If you’ve attempted to work through the questions in my book Fifty-Five Questions For Skeptics, you know finding answers to the first eleven takes some serious effort. That effort may have discouraged you from answering the remaining questions. I know, for after I began researching the answers, I never finished myself. But with recent advances in artificial intelligence, tools have become available that make this kind of research easy for anyone with an internet connection. Elon Musk’s GROK is quite popular now, and I have found it an ideal tool for a layman like myself to tackle those pesky questions. I spent today feeding GROK the first eleven questions, adding the full, unedited responses to my book as a new … Continue reading →
New book in progress
I’m working on my next book. The working title is called The Storyteller and other analogies. It will be based on things I’ve written on this website and messages I’ve given at Beatty Baptist Church. You can read more about it, as well as read the articles is is based on here.
Continue reading →New Page: Introduction To The Parables
While I’m posting it last, the first part of my series on Jesus’ parables is now available. It is the Introduction To The Parables of Jesus, based on a message I gave at Beatty Baptist Church.
Continue reading →New page: The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
The next part of my series on Jesus’ parables is now available. This is on the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. This series is based on messages I’ve given at Beatty Baptist Church.
Continue reading →Cycle Of Discipleship Study
Before he died in 1999, Dr. William (Bill) Lane (not William Lane Craig) presented a study of Mark 3:13-6:32 that he called the Cycle of Discipleship. This study last aired in February 2022 as a three-part discussion on the In The Studio With Michael Card radio program. Dr. Lane said the cycle of discipleship consists of three phases: The first phase began with Jesus’ call for the disciples to be with Him in various situations. The second phase began when Jesus sent out His disciples to speak His word and do His work. They acted as His apostles or shaliachim… his legal representatives. The third phase was when the disciples returned to Jesus to report on all they said and … Continue reading →
New Page: The Shameless Friend
And He said to them, Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him; and he will answer from within and say, Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you. … – Luke 11:5-7 Jesus gave a very unlikely example of a rude friend. In our culture if we went to someone at midnight and asked for some bread, we might receive a response like this guy gave because our culture … Continue reading →