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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 #21 - QA: Social Media Dangers?

Walk in Wisdom, Edition 21 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 21 - QA: Why Is There Outcry About the Dangers of Social Media?, released September 9, 2024, contains:

  • QA: Why is there so much outcry about the Dangers of Social Media? - John T Polk II
  • Worship of Entertainment - Bob Pritchard
  • Theophilus: Bible Commentary - Bob West cartoon
  • 15 Things Spouses Need to Eliminate - Kevin Rhodes
  • Salted Speech - quotes and images from Peter Drucker, Alice Wellington Rollins, and Thomas Paine about leadership, virtue, vice, education, study, marriage, relationships, and commentaries

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Walk in Wisdom #13 - The Dangers of Social Media and Global Warming

Walk in Wisdom, Edition 13 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 13 - The Dangers of Social Media and Global Warming, released July 15, 2024, contains:

  • What are the Dangers of Social Media? - John T Polk II
  • When “Global Warming” Was Summer 
  • Which Classical Writing is Best Preserved? - Josh McDowell
  • Theophilus: Make It Right - Bob West cartoon
  • Salted Speech - quotes from Henry Van Dyke, Charles Kettering, and Robert Frost about time, worry, and free thinking

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The Time is NOW ... and Are You Double Minded?

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 The Time is Now for June 3, 2024. This week’s contribution is Are You Double-Hearted? for June 10, 2024. 

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The Time is NOW ... and Are You Double Minded?

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 The Time is Now for June 3, 2024. This week’s contribution is Are You Double-Hearted? for June 10, 2024. 

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QA: Why Is There Outcry Over the Dangers of Social Media?

My QA: Why is there so much outcry about the dangers of social media (such as Facebook, Twitter aka X, Zoom, etc.)? from April 2, 2024, is now available. Look for the name of the file or the word "FEATURED" in Questions Answered.

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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 

Older Words of Wisdom radio minutes from 2014 onwards are found in Words of Wisdom Archive

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Bible History IS History

Linda Lacour Hobar's Bible History IS History is summarised and available in Publications from Guest Authors. It is also available in Church History.

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Words of Wisdom August 28 - September 1, 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 week’s lessons are:
- 8/28/2023 - Monumental Destruction  
- 8/29/2023 - No Total Depravity           
- 8/30/2023 - Work, Work, Work           
- 8/31/2023 - Labor Day              
- 9/1/2023 - In the Midst of Sinners     

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Words of Wisdom: July 24-28, 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 week’s lessons are:
- 7/24/2023  The Summer Drought     
- 7/25/2023  The Time Is Now              
- 7/26/2023  The Lord’s Church Are the Lord’s Saved 
- 7/27/2023  Keep Jesus In Baptism          
- 7/28/2023  Blaspheming God’s Word       

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Interesting Facts About the Judges

Donnie Barnes' chart Interesting Facts About the Judges is available now in Bible Books Outlined.

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Whose Is It? Was It Not Your Own?

My sermon slides for Whose Is It? based on Acts 5:1-11 and presented February 5, 2023, is now available. Look for the word "FEATURED" or the name of the file in my page Sermon Powerpoints.

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Some Do's of Bible Study

Donnie Barnes' chart Some Do's of Bible Study is now available in Bible Basics. It is also available in my dedicated page Charts from Donnie Barnes.

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A Brief Chronology of the Bible

Donnie Barnes' A Brief Chronology of the Bible is now available in The Bible and Evolution. It is also available on my dedicated page Charts from Donnie Barnes.

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True Purpose of Life: Slides Available

My sermon slides True Purpose of Life, based on Ecclesiastes 9:13-18 and delivered January 22, 2023, is now available in Sermon Powerpoints. It is also available in Commentaries on Assorted Chapters.

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Donnie Barnes' A Journey Through the Bible

For those beginning a sequential Bible Study in 2023, Donnie Barnes' A Journey Through the Bible charts out the sequence in a graphic that is now available in Charts from Donnie Barnes.

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QA: Why Is It, No Matter Who Is Elected, Government Doesn't Change?

My QA: Why does it seem that, no matter what people are voted into office, government(s) never seem to change? based on Deuteronomy17:14-20, is now available in Questions Answered.

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Donnie Barnes' Five Pillars Which Support a Nation

This election season, Donnie Barnes' Five Pillars Which Support a Nation would be helpful to remember - and it's on my new page, Charts from Donnie Barnes.

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What Faith Requires

My sermon What Faith Requires, taken from Joshua 1:10-18, is now available in Sermon Audios. The slides are also available in Sermon Powerpoints.

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Proverbs Commentary Continues

My commentary on Proverbs continues with Segment #165: If It's Over Your Head, Think Again, based on Proverbs 24:7, Proverbs 8:32-36, and Proverbs 10:14; and #166: The Road To Hell Is Paved With Bad Intentions, based on Proverbs 24:8-9, Proverbs 21:24, and Proverbs 24:16. These are all available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs.

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