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Why Clear & Simple Media?
By Tom Castor |
After I was introduced at a recent conference, I was asked the two questions that people ask most frequently when they first hear about what we are doing. Why Clear and Simple Media? Why English? The WHY for Clear and Simple Media grows out of a theological conviction – specifically our confidence in the Bible….
The Whats and Whys of Psalm 37.
By Tom Castor |
This post begins a series of “occasional” thoughts on what I am reading in the scriptures. ________________________________________ THIS MORNING, I was looking over a few passages that I thought might be of comfort to a friend of mine who has been experiencing a rough patch in ministry of late. Ministry is not easy. There are…
Linguistically Simple, Theologically Clear, Biblically Faithful
By Tom Castor |
Linguistically Simple, Theologically Clear, and Biblically Faithful. These three-word sets give some sense of who we are and what we hope to accomplish in our writing. But they also provide an internal reminder, a collection of checkpoints for us as we write. None are redundant. Linguistically Simple shapes Theologically Clear on one side and Biblically…
You Can Do More Than Pray
By Tom Castor |
That heading comes from a quote that I found lurking around in my memory a few days ago. It is from S. D. Gordon (1859-1936), an influential lay-worker and missionary from a century ago. The full quote goes like this: “You can do more than pray after you have prayed but you cannot do more…
HOLY AMBITION
By Tom Castor |
A bit over thirty years ago, I sat in a course in linguistics in which the professor frequently reminded us that, “there is no such thing as a true synonym.” By the time we had finished the course, we were convinced as well. However, there are times when a good synonym (or related word) is the only…
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT: REVELATION
By csmad |
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. All of the books come from the first followers of Jesus. Some of the books take only a few minutes to read. But before you read the books in the New Testament, it helps to know what each book is about. When you see a…
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT: JUDE
By csmad |
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. All of the books come from the first followers of Jesus. Some of the books take only a few minutes to read. But before you read the books in the New Testament, it helps to know what each book is about. When you see a…
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT: 2 JOHN & 3 JOHN
By csmad |
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. All of the books come from the first followers of Jesus. Some of the books take only a few minutes to read. But before you read the books in the New Testament, it helps to know what each book is about. When you see a…
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT: 1 JOHN
By csmad |
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. All of the books come from the first followers of Jesus. Some of the books take only a few minutes to read. But before you read the books in the New Testament, it helps to know what each book is about. When you see…
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT: 2 PETER
By csmad |
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. All of the books come from the first followers of Jesus. Some of the books take only a few minutes to read. But before you read the books in the New Testament, it helps to know what each book is about. When you see a…
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT: 1 PETER
By csmad |
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. All of the books come from the first followers of Jesus. Some of the books take only a few minutes to read. But before you read the books in the New Testament, it helps to know what each book is about. When you see a…
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT: JAMES
By csmad |
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. All of the books come from the first followers of Jesus. Some of the books take only a few minutes to read. But before you read the books in the New Testament, it helps to know what each book is about. When you see a…
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT: HEBREWS
By csmad |
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. All of the books come from the first followers of Jesus. Some of the books take only a few minutes to read. But before you read the books in the New Testament, it helps to know what each book is about. When you see a…
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT: PHILEMON
By csmad |
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. All of the books come from the first followers of Jesus. Some of the books take only a few minutes to read. But before you read the books in the New Testament, it helps to know what each book is about. When you see a…
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT: TITUS
By csmad |
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. All of the books come from the first followers of Jesus. Some of the books take only a few minutes to read. But before you read the books in the New Testament, it helps to know what each book is about. When you see a…
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT: 2 Timothy
By csmad |
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. All of the books come from the first followers of Jesus. Some of the books take only a few minutes to read. But before you read the books in the New Testament, it helps to know what each book is about. When you see a…
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT: 1 Timothy
By csmad |
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. All of the books come from the first followers of Jesus. Some of the books take only a few minutes to read. But before you read the books in the New Testament, it helps to know what each book is about. When you see a…
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT: 2 THESSALONIANS
By csmad |
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. All of the books come from the first followers of Jesus. Some of the books take only a few minutes to read. But before you read the books in the New Testament, it helps to know what each book is about. When you see a…
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT: 1 THESSALONIANS
By csmad |
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. All of the books come from the first followers of Jesus. Some of the books take only a few minutes to read. But before you read the books in the New Testament, it helps to know what each book is about. When you see a…
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT: COLOSSIANS
By csmad |
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. All of the books come from the first followers of Jesus. Some of the books take only a few minutes to read. But before you read the books in the New Testament, it helps to know what each book is about. When you see a…
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT: PHILIPPIANS
By csmad |
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. All of the books come from the first followers of Jesus. Some of the books take only a few minutes to read. But before you read the books in the New Testament, it helps to know what each book is about. When you see a…
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT: EPHESIANS
By csmad |
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. All of the books come from the first followers of Jesus. Some of the books take only a few minutes to read. But before you read the books in the New Testament, it helps to know what each book is about. When you see a…
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT: GALATIANS
By csmad |
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. All of the books come from the first followers of Jesus. Some of the books take only a few minutes to read. But before you read the books in the New Testament, it helps to know what each book is about. When you see a…
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT: 2 CORINTHIANS
By csmad |
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. All of the books come from the first followers of Jesus. Some of the books take only a few minutes to read. But before you read the books in the New Testament, it helps to know what each book is about. When you see a…
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT: 1 CORINTHIANS
By csmad |
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books. All of the books come from the first followers of Jesus. Some of the books take only a few minutes to read. But before you read the books in the New Testament, it helps to know what each book is about. When you see a…