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Walking In Wisdom #95 - Love That God Deserves

Walk in Wisdom, Edition 95 is now available. Look for it on my Walk in Wisdom Periodical page. If you'd like to receive it by email, please use the Response page.

 

Edition 95 - Love That God Deserves, released February 9, 2026, contains:

  • The Love and Respect God Deserves From Man - John T Polk II
  • Book of Ruth Outlined - free bonus outline by John T Polk II
  • Theophilus: Classic Evolution - Bob West cartoon
  • How Much of Your Heart Have You Given to God? - Edd Sterchi
  • Salted Speech - quotes and images from Karl A Menninger, Terri Guillemets, and various others about marriage, love, duty, and hatred

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Walk In Wisdom #93 - Christians with Islam?

Walk in Wisdom, Edition 93 is now available. Look for it on my Walk in Wisdom Periodical page. If you'd like to receive it by email, please use the Response page.
Edition 93, released January 26, 2026, contains:

  • Christians with Islam? - John T Polk II
  • New Testament Outlined - Free bonus material from John T Polk II
  • Theophilus: Life Without Direction - Bob West cartoon
  • Turn It Around - David Pharr
  • The Bible Confirmed - ESV Archaeology Study Bible
  • How Much More “Global Warming” Must We Bear? - New York Times (NYT) unlocked article
  • Salted Speech - quotes from Martin Luther and others about reading, Christian life, church, and God the Father

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Walk in Wisdom #89 - Living Faithfully

Walk in Wisdom, Edition 89 is now available. Look for it on my Walk in Wisdom Periodical page. If you'd like to receive it by email, please use the Response page.

 

Edition 89, released December 29, 2025, contains:

  • Living Faithfully To the End - He Psalm 119:33-44 - John T Polk II
  • What About Profanity? - Free bonus article from John T Polk II
  • Theophilus: Through the Years - Bob West cartoon
  • First a String - Barry Haynes
  • Showing Compassion - Bruce Sexton
  • Salted Speech - quotes from Seneca and Chinese proverbs about greed, wisdom, and happiness

 

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Walk In Wisdom #88 - Terms for God

Walk in Wisdom, Edition 88 is now available. Look for it on my Walk in Wisdom Periodical page. If you'd like to receive it by email, please use the Response page.

Edition 88, released December 22, 2025, contains:

  • What Difference Does It Make How We Worship? - John T Polk II
  • No One Can Corner Jesus - Free bonus material from John T Polk II
  • Theophilus: Too Busy - Bob West cartoon
  • Who Is Your God? - Ron Bartanen
  • Salted Speech - quotes from Agatha Christie, Roy T Bennett, and others about Instinct, believing, gratefulness, Christian life, and political correctness

 

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Walk in Wisdom #86 - Pagan "Christianity"

Walk in Wisdom, Edition 86 is now available. Look for it on my Walk in Wisdom Periodical page. If you'd like to receive it by email, please use the Response page.

Edition 86 - Pagan “Christianity”, released December 8, 2025, contains:

  • Pagan “Christianity” - John T Polk II
  • Jesus is NOT the “Reason for the Season” - Free bonus material from John T Polk II
  • Salted Speech - quotes and JLW Brooks and James Russell Lowell about entertainment, education, children, Christmas, love, generosity, sharing, and Christian fellowship

 

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Artificial or God’s Intelligence?

Words of Wisdom Articles are mini articles that have been printed in the Oneida, TN, Independent Herald newspaper since September 2019. “Words of Wisdom” is published online weekly and available on: https://www.indherald.com/p/words-of-wisdom. This week’s contribution is Artificial or God’s Intelligence?  from December 5, 2025. 

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Walk in Wisdom #85 - Credit Rules

Walk in Wisdom, Edition 85 is now available. Look for it on my Walk in Wisdom Periodical page. If you'd like to receive it by email, please use the Response page.
Edition 85 - Credit Rules, released December 1, 2025, contains:

  • What Can We Do About Seasonal Debt? - John T Polk II
  • Why Only “Ten Commandments” - Free bonus material from John T Polk II
  • The Cyrus Cylinder - British Museum
  • What a Difference Social Media World Would Be - Dan Lietha cartoon @ Answers in Genesis 
  • Theophilus: The Author of Division? - Bob West cartoon
  • Salted Speech - quotes from Alexis de Tocqueville and others about parenting, church growth, spiritual growth, relationship with God, church assembly, American greatness, and spiritual life

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The Youth Vote

Words of Wisdom Articles are mini articles that have been printed in the Oneida, TN, Independent Herald newspaper since September 2019. “Words of Wisdom” is published online weekly and available on: www.ihoneida.com/words-of-wisdom . This week’s contribution is The Youth Vote for August 6, 2024. 

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QA: Can My Dead Brother Give Me Advice From the Spirit World?

My QA: My dead brother came back from the dead and told me to sell my house; should I do it? from March 10, 2024, is now available. Look for the name of the file or the word "FEATURED" on the Questions Answered page.

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Walk In Wisdom, Edition 7 Now Out

Walk in Wisdom, Edition 7 is now available. Look for it on my NEW Walk in Wisdom Periodical page. If you'd like to receive it by email, please use the Response page.

Edition 7, released June 3, 2024, contains:

  • How Can We Trust the Scriptures?: A Lesson Outline - John T Polk II
  • Lessons From the Tornado - Bill Brandstatter
  • Salted Speech - quotes from Aesop and Anonymous
  • Shameful, Irrational, and Erroneous Efforts of False Teachers - David Sproule
  • Pearls Before Swine: A National Pastime cartoon

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Walk In Wisdom Edition 5: Out Now

Walk in Wisdom, Edition 5 is now available. Look for it on my NEW Walk in Wisdom Periodical page. If you'd like to receive it by email, please use the Response page.

Edition 5, released May 20, 2024, contains:

  • The Things I Can Control: A Lesson Outline - John T Polk II
  • History’s Mysteries: The Petrified Tree Stump - John T Polk II

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Don't Keep It a Secret ... and What God Still Requires

Words of Wisdom Articles are mini articles that have been printed in the Oneida, TN, Independent Herald newspaper since September 2019. “Words of Wisdom” is published online weekly and available on: www.ihoneida.com/words-of-wisdom . Last week’s contribution was Don’t Keep It A Secret for May 6, 2024. This week’s contribution is What God Still Requires for May 13, 2024. 

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The Bible: God's Autobiography

My sermon on The Bible: God's Autobiography, taken from Galatians 3:1-29 and delivered April 7, 2024, is now available. Look for the word "FEATURED" or the name of the file in Sermon PowerPoints.

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Donnie Barnes Charts on Jesus Christ

Several of Donnie Barnes' charts relating to Jesus Christ, His death, burial, and resurrection in particular, have been added to the dedicated page for Charts from Donnie Barnes:

  • The Three Persons on the Cross
  • A Look At the Three Crosses
  • The Woman At the Well
  • There Must Be Repentance
  • Examples of Conversion
  • The Tears of Our LORD

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An Impressed Life

My sermon An Impressed Life, taken from 1 Peter  1:17-25 and delivered October 22, 2023, is now available. Look for the name of the file or the word "FEATURED" on the Sermon Powerpoints page.

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QA: How Are Christians Today Supposed To Help People?

My QA: How Are Christians Today Supposed To Help People? Are There Miracles Today? from January 14, 2024, is now available in Questions Answered. Look for the name of the file or the word "FEATURED" on the page.

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Words of Wisdom Radio November 6 - 17, 2023

My Words of Wisdom Audios are 1-minute radio lessons which are studies from the Bible for our current times. They are broadcast on www.wecoradio.com/ FM 101.3 after the 12 noon news and after the 3pm news. Transcripts are available at Words of Wisdom Radio Transcripts, for lessons 2014 till now. Two week’s lessons from November 2023 are:

    - 11/6/2023 - Who Is a Christian? Part 2
    - 11/7/2023 - Who Is a Christian? Part 3 
    - 11/8/2023 - Who Is a Christian? Part 4 
    - 11/9/2023 - The Lord’s Church Are the Lord’s Saved   
    - 11/10/2023 - What Is Discrimination? Part 5 

    - 11/13/2023 - The Doctrine and Baptism 
    - 11/14/2023 - Signs of the End, Part 1   
    - 11/15/2023 - Signs of the End, Part 2  
    - 11/16/2023 - Signs of the End, Part 3  
    - 11/17/2023 - False Teachers Suppose Their Doctrine   

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QA: What Can We Do About Debt? and QA: Why Is our Economy Seemingly Failing?

My QA: After We’ve Gone Through a Massive Buying Season, Many Cannot Pay Off Their Credit Cards. What Can We Do? from December 31, 2023 and my QA: Why  is our economy seemingly failing? from September 17, 2023, are now available. Look for the names of the file or the word "FEATURED" in Questions Answered.

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QA: Are People More Peaceful at Christmas? and QA: Why Wish For A "New Year"?

My QA: Are people more peaceful at Christmas? from December 24, 2023, and my QA: Why wish for a "New Year"? from January 1, 2023, are now available. Look for the name of the file or the word "FEATURED" on the Questions Answered page.

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Words of Wisdom Radio October 23 - November 3, 2023

My Words of Wisdom Audios are 1-minute radio lessons which are studies from the Bible for our current times. They are broadcast on www.wecoradio.com FM 101.3 after the 12 noon news and after the 3pm news. Transcripts are available at Words of Wisdom Radio Transcripts, for lessons 2014 till now. This past two week’s lessons are:
    - 10/23/2023 - The Time is NOW 
    - 10/24/2023 - Hate-filled Strife   
    - 10/25/2023 - Promise to Give Kingdom to Others 
    - 10/26/2023 - What Law Did Jesus Fulfill?  
    - 10/27/2023 - God’s Land Promise  

    - 10/30/2023 - Jesus and the Last Days  
    - 10/31/2023 - Good and Evil  
    - 11/1/2023 - The Wicked Will Not Escape
    - 11/2/2023 - God Hears Help 
    - 11/3/2023 - Why Wickedness Continues 

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