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The Secret Place

We'd encourage y'all to check out these 10 minute meditations by our good friend, Stephanie Bennett. She has 60+ in her series so far. We think they are special! Dotty & I have been involved in a few episodes. – Jon & Dotty No More Loneliness https://youtu.be/ATIOBvgzL9k   Life In Christ (salvation) Is Also Life in the Body https://youtu.be/FIis0qupcbQ   True Fellowship Can Be Inexplicable https://youtu.be/jvw1AsbX59k   "Going to the Least of These" (with … [Read more...]

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The Turning Points in My Journey

A video testimony of the turning points in my journey from Tucson, AZ in April, 2020 https://youtu.be/WvO6IV5zX-0 … [Read more...]

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“COLORED LADIES ROOM”

My 1965 Encounter with Segregation   Dotty and I watched the film Hidden Figures recently. We really enjoyed it. I was especially touched by the scenes related to the fact that “Colored” women had to use a separate bathroom at Langley in Virginia, beginning in the 1940’s. I was born in Barstow, California, and then lived in Huntington Park, East L.A., Reseda and Canoga Park until age 20. I was accustomed to mingling with people across the ethnic spectrum, but while living in East … [Read more...]

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THE ONE-PERSON SYSTEM STRIKES AGAIN

WHEN WILL WE HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS TO CHRIST’S BODY? The One-Person System Strikes Again Many loudly proclaim “the Scriptures are our rule of faith and practice,” yet their actions reveal that in crucial areas they don’t really care what the Lord says. People say that they care what the Bible says about their personal lives, but what the New Testament says about Christ’s life in His body is, practically speaking, disregarded and pushed aside. Only by turning a blind eye to the New … [Read more...]

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WHAT ARE MY REASONS FOR WANTING TO GO ON LIVING?

Recently, Dotty and I attended a Marriage Encounter (www.wwme.org) weekend. Toward the end of the sessions, the husbands and wives were to spend an hour writing a letter to their spouse and then read their letters to each other. The letter would be in response to nine questions that were listed on a sheet of paper. This sheet opened in such a way that only question #1 was visible at first. The other questions were to be looked at only after #1 was answered. Here is my response to #1. After I … [Read more...]