https://youtu.be/ByudVxGNtr8 Lumen5 is an online video creation package we are currently subscribing to. For many years we hoped that we could quickly and easily create videos based on our blog and our books. We have purchased equipment and programs and tried free and paid services to do our video work. People often pay more attention … Continue reading Review of Lumen5 by Mary C. Findley
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Thanksgiving is just a sweet memory. Black Friday has slid past also. But before you panic about shopping unfinished and garlands not hung, settle down with this anthology of eight romances and so much more. Meet real couples with real lives, not just smarmy smooches, and especially not steamy bed-hopping. Enjoy some sweet, clean, and … Continue reading Eight Christmas Romances for Your Reading Pleasure — Post by Mary C. Findley
After the flood, the most rapid, massive cultural change on record is the Exodus. The time of the Exodus was a dramatic change for every culture on earth that we know about. Thousands of years before the label “Second Intermediate Period” existed, Jews, then Christians, then Muslims, understood that the Exodus was the destruction of … Continue reading Excerpt from Under the Sun: A Traditional View of Ancient History
"The nightmare of total organization, which I had situated in the seventh century After Ford, has emerged from the safest remote future and is now awaiting us, just around the next corner." Brave New World Revisited 1958 Aldous Huxley Brave New World ends with John, also called the Savage, hanging himself. John certainly viewed that … Continue reading What Is Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World? — Post by Michael J. Findley
Aldous Huxley called his Brave New World, "The nightmare of total organization ..." As one of the most widely read books written in the 20th century, many people, like myself, read it as an English requirement without spending much time thinking about it. "The nightmare of total organization, which I had situated in the seventh … Continue reading What Is Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World? — Post by Michael J. Findley
Sounds like Jerusalem and Judah had it pretty good, right? Look over that list of material provision (support system, food, water) and leadership (military, judiciary, teachers, advisers, craftsmen, and someone who may have been a charismatic speaker or influencer). The use of the phrase skillful enchanter gives us a hint that they weren’t sourcing any … Continue reading Isaiah Chapter 3: Culture of Youth and Beauty — Post by Mary C. Findley
What are “the last days?” According to many Bible teachers, they are the time when the Lord has returned to govern the earth. Some people think they want to go to Heaven and be with God forever. Some think we never actually go there, but will live forever on earth. The beginning of this chapter … Continue reading Isaiah Chapter Two — Post by Mary C. Findley
Isaiah was a prophet to four kings in Judah. His book is, in our modern version, 66 chapters long, the same as the number of the books in our Bible. Some have called it a microcosm of the whole Bible. Indeed, we can find many of the elements throughout the Bible in this one book, … Continue reading Isaiah Chapter One: The Price of Doing What You Want
Many authors have uploaded their ebooks onto Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing site to reach readers. Amazon is a great place, and some authors even choose to be exclusive there, in the Kindle Unlimited program, through KDP Select. However, if you choose to distribute your books widely, here are three options for getting them into many … Continue reading Pronoun, Smashwords, and Draft 2 Digital — The “Other” ebook sales sites
Here's a video version of this post. https://youtu.be/uicQSmILvs4 Yesterday in our Sunday school class we were talking about the true meaning of the Sabbath. Some people believe the Sabbath is obsolete because it was part of the law. But Jesus kept the Sabbath, and never said we shouldn't. He often said, however, that the Sabbath … Continue reading A “To God” List
(Pictured above is one example of an ebook cover I made as a sample of my work. It incorporates many of the elements covered in this post. Can you spot the layering, use of vectors, and making the font complement the genre-specifics of the cover?) This post may get a little involved and technical, but … Continue reading The Basics of EBook Cover Design — post by Mary C. Findley
I recently helped an author friend make a print version of an ebook cover at CreateSpace. He asked me to give some instructions for the next time. This post assumes you have an image manipulation program and know how to use it fairly well. I won't be explaining details about tools and techniques. I assume … Continue reading How to Make a Print Cover for Your Book — Post by Mary C. Findley
Here's a video version of this post. https://youtu.be/uicQSmILvs4 The Law and the teachings of Jesus allowed for 3 classes: business owner (such as shepherds), hireling, and slave. In reality, there were other classes such as politicians, professional soldiers, and destitute poor people who were not slaves. Though not an exhaustive list, the Law, Proverbs, the … Continue reading Working With Your Own Hands — Post by Michael J. Findley
A dozen times the New Testament refers to the Old Testament as the Law and the Prophets. In Luke 24:44 Jesus said “the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms.” Yet most of the Hebrew Old Testament, Joshua through Esther in the English arrangement, are primarily historical. They are quoted in … Continue reading How God Preserved His Word History 1
Please forgive the oversimplification. But radiocarbon dating, like all radiometric dating, begins with assumptions (beliefs, paradigm) and uses those beliefs as proofs of dates. Science is the accurate examination of the evidence. The evidence of radiocarbon in the remains of organism which were once alive does not produce a date. It produces a 14C:12C ratio. … Continue reading Actual Dates and 14C Dates — Michael J. Findley
The Torah for modern readers is Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Some arrangements in the past have included Joshua, but that has not been the case for centuries for English readers. We believe that the Law itself was given by the LORD God on Sinai. God could have added to and edited information Moses … Continue reading How God Preserved His Word For Us: Torah — post by Michael J. Findley
Some very godly men might disagree in a few points of this traditional view. Martin Luther certainly did on the book of James. But if someone has more than a few disagreements and they might not be firmly grounded in the faith. Perhaps they might not be believers at all. As a complete book, Job … Continue reading How God Preserved His Word For Us: Job — post by Michael J. Findley
Why do good people make bad decisions? Dear friends, stop believing every spirit. Instead, test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 1 John 4:1 Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are savage wolves. You … Continue reading Discernment — Post by Michael J. Findley
When confronted about his adultery with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband Uriah, did David say this to Nathan the prophet? “I apologize to ... for how distracting and divisive this has been.” Are these the words of Paul to Jesus on the road to Damascus? Yet this insult has been used in place … Continue reading Repent For the Kingdom of Heaven Is At Hand: The Message of John the Baptist –Post by Michael J. Findley
Russell Moore, President of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) filed an amicus brief supporting the construction of a mosque in New Jersey in 2016. The International Mission Board also signed the amicus brief. Dr. Moore was questioned about this by a Pastor from the floor of the SBC annual meeting … Continue reading SBC supports building NJ Mosque — post by Michael J. Findley
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