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Walk in Wisdom #56 - Choosing an Apostle

Walk in Wisdom, Edition 56 is now available. Look for it on my Walk in Wisdom Periodical page. If you'd like to receive my weekly periodical by email for free, please use the Response page.

Edition 56, released May 12, 2025, contains:

  • Choosing an Apostle in the New Testament Church - John T Polk II
  • Having a Heart Like God - Edd Sterchi
  • People Whom God Loves - chart from Donnie Barnes
  • Salted Speech - quotes from James Madison and Tiffany Nairne

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Christmas in July

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. Lessons available from December 2023 are:

    - 12/11/2023 - Be Merry Without Alcohol    
    - 12/12/2023 - Profane Pleas                           
    - 12/13/2023 - Getting Jesus Right: No Mass   
    - 12/14/2023 - Jesus More Than Meets the Eye   
    - 12/15/2023 - Christ Or Christmas?     

    - 12/18/2023 - What Peace Did Jesus Bring?   
    - 12/19/2023 - No Seasonal Goodwill     
    - 12/20/2023 - Who Has Seen Jesus?  
    - 12/21/2023 - How God Delivers         
    - 12/22/2023 - Apollo 8 Tribute to God  

    - 12/25/2023 - Christmas Day Peace  
    - 12/26/2023 - Christian Living            
    - 12/27/2023 - The First Day of the Week 
    - 12/28/2023 - Labels Are Not Arguments 
    - 12/29/2023 - Insane New Year               

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Words of Wisdom: November 20 - December 8, 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. Previous lessons now available are:

    - 11/20/2023 - Street Crime
    - 11/21/2023 - Who’s Killing Jesus? Part 2 - Keepers of Moses’ Law 
    - 11/22/2023 - [Thanksgiving] Thank God
    - 11/23/2023 - What Is Discrimination?
    - 11/24/2023 - Being Religious Without Jesus - Cornelius

    - 11/27/2023 - Getting Jesus Right: Bible Order 
    - 11/28/2023 - Getting Jesus Right: Birth Date  
    - 11/29/2023 - Baby Jesus, Part 1
    - 11/30/2023 - Baby Jesus, Part 2
    - 12/1/2023 - What Is Your Truth?
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    - 12/4/2023 - The Influence of Jesus Christ
    - 12/5/2023 - We have Found the Messiah: Came From God
    - 12/6/2023 - We have Found the Messiah: No One Spoke Like Him
    - 12/7/2023 - We have Found the Messiah: Speaks Boldly
    - 12/8/2023 - What Peace Did Jesus Bring?

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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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What Are Fathers For?

My sermon slides What Are Fathers For? based on Psalm 78:1-8, and delivered June 14, 2023, is now available. Look for it on Sermon Powerpoints.

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Words of Wisdom: Edition 6 Now Out

Walk in Wisdom, Edition 6 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 6, released May 27, 2024, contains:

  • The Cross of Christ: A Lesson Outline - John T Polk II
  • Where Are You Going to Place Your Bet? - Edd Sterchi
  • Salted Speech - quotes from Aly Raisman, Steven Wright, and Anonymous
  • Six Four-Letter Words for Christians - Donnie Barnes chart

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Why Mary? Now Available

In honor of mothers and wives for Mother's Day, my sermon slides for Why Mary? based on Luke 1:26-38 and delivered May 14, 2023, is now available. Look for the name of the file or the word "FEATURED" on Sermon Powerpoints.

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Walk in Wisdom, Edition 2 is Out Now

Walk in Wisdom, Edition 2 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 2, released April 29, 2024, contains:

  • Millennial Antichrists - John T Polk II
  • Salted Speech - quotes from Socrates & Ronald Reagan

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Walk in Wisdom, Edition 1

Welcome to the debut of my new personally produced, curated, and authored periodical, Walk in Wisdom! I will try to produce one a week and share it on my NEW PAGE for Walk in Wisdom. Please visit the Response page and complete the form to be added to the mailing list and receive a copy by email. This periodical is free of charge and provided in PDF format.

Walk In Wisdom, Edition 1, April 22, 2024, includes the following:

  • Spiritual "Addiction"  by John T Polk II
  • A Pulpit Commentary on 2 Corinthians by John T Polk II
  • Bob West's Theophilus: The Evolution of the Clock

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The Whole Saved Family

My sermon The Whole Saved Family, based on Ephesians 3:14-19 and delivered June 25, 2023, is now available. Look for the word "FEATURED" or the name of the file in Sermon PowerPoints.

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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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Has Christ Died In Vain?

My sermon slides Has Christ Died in Vain? based on Galatians 2:15-21 and delivered November, 2023, is now available. Look for the name of the file or the word "FEATURED" in the Sermon Powerpoints page.

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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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QA: I Confessed God Forgave My Sins Before Baptism

My QA: I confessed that God had forgiven my sins before I was baptised. Do I need to be baptised again? taken from 1 John is now available. Look for the word "FEATURED" or the name of the file in Questions Answered. This featured in my 500th -- and final -- bulletin issue for the Oneida church of Christ, Oneida, Tennessee. I hope to continue with my own periodical shortly. Please use the Response page to request to be added to my periodical mailing list.

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QA: How Can I Tell When the Holy Spirit Speaks Today?

My QA: How can I tell when, and what, the Holy Spirit says to me today? from March 3, 2024, is now available. Look for the name of the file or the word "FEATURED" on the Questions Answered page.

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Donnie Barnes Charts Now Available

I have added more of Donnie Barnes' charts to my page dedicated to preserving and spreading his talented single page charts:

  • Bible Statements on Marriage
  • Declared Son of God
  • Facts to Know About Christ
  • New Things in the New Testament
  • Spiritual Growth
  • The New Testament Church

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God Is Close: Slides available

My sermon slides for God Is Close: The Book of Deuteronomy is now available. Look for the name of the file or the word "FEATURED" in the Sermon Powerpoints 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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Donnie Barnes' The Ark & the Church

Donnie Barnes' The Ark & the Church is now available in my page dedicated to Charts from Donnie Barnes. It compares Genesis 6 and Noah's Ark to the church in Matthew 16, among others.

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QA: Who Were the Wise Men? and QA: What Can We Give God?

My QA: Who were the "wise men" who saw baby Jesus? from December 10, 2023, and QA: God gave us Jesus, what can we give Him? from December 17, 2023, are now available. Look for the word "FEATURED" or the name of the file in Questions Answered.

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  Tags matthew john luke micah psalms romans 1 peter 1 timothy 2 peter james hebrews galatians birth of jesus burton coffman martin luther r h bainton nativity wise men traditions of men star baby jesus miracle light gifts obey god
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