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A Spoonful of Sugar …
Bargain Basements for Guns
Borderline Personalities
Channels in Hell
CT Scan
DOGE Cuts Ballooning Government
Empty Shelves
Exotic Masks
Fixed Stamp Here: Mail-In Voting
Free Dental
Golden Dome
“Grandpa, What’s an election?”
Journey into Joy
Heartbreak Hotel
High Standards
“Impervise!”
Lost Cat, Goes by “Joy”
Kennedy Center Reopens as DOGE Hall!
Love Boat
Make America Comfy Again
Mask Etiquette
National Treasure
One Flew Over the Voter’s Nest
Old and Cranky Gift
Oxygen
Pastor Works Out
Political Pigs in the Parlor
Presidential Lucky Charm
Rapper in Chief
Release The Files
Relief
Sermon Preparation
Slow Dancing
Slow, Old iPhone Users
Solitary BINGO
St. Patrick Meets Pied Piper
Tesla Brain Charger
The Bully
The Caregiver
The Cat Problem
“The Holy Catholic Court”
The Firefighter
The “Imagination Proclamation”
The Liver & Onions Test
The Malaise of PTO Days
The Royal Pain
Transitions
Unfriend … Refriend
Vaping Atrophy
Windfall
Messages
A Little Grace for a Hard Place
Discover the Place of Your Resurrection
From Darkness into Light
God’s Continuity Plan – Ephesians Session 2
Great Preaching (Part II): Max Your Understanding in Preaching!
Great Preaching: (Final Cut) Run!
Heaven’s Gifts
In Touch with Your Creator
Jesus & Speeding Tickets
Jim’s Maxim
Peace in a Pandemic
Prayer for Uncertain Times
Thanksgiving – The True Holy Grail!
Someone Said the Prophet Wept
AI Brings Its Pet Human to Class
A Tale of AI “Friendly Class & Happy Closings”
Baptist vs. Methodist: My Spiritual Journey & Reflections on Faith and Community
Nativity of the Rustway
The Judas Principle
Spiritual Lessons Learned
Anger: The Wind that Blows out the Lamp of the Mind
a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance
Behind Bars of Resentment
Breakthrough
“Come and See!” Your Fabulous New Year
Common Ground
Costco Lady in the Mask
Covid Smart
Diagnosis of Terminal Bias
“Double Indemnity:” How to Visit a Church Like an Insurance Adjuster
Life Navigation
Make Lasting Friends in Church
Prayer Beads: An Essential Utensil in the Kitchen of Prayer
“Prayer: Dare to be Honest with God!”
The Church Mechanic
“Amen!” or “Oh, Me!”?
Christian Education in the Post Pandemic Church
Church in Place: A response to the coronavirus
Church of One Stringed Worship
For Flock’s Sake, Shorten Sermons!
How to Read the Bible in Church
“Overstuffed Sunday”: Situational Awareness
“Stick the Landing”: Exiting a Ministry with Grace
The Agony of Preaching
The Preacher’s Crawl
Those Who Sat In Darkness … Enjoyed the View!
“You Visited Me” – Home Communion Ministry
The Prophet's Grotto
Abuelo’s Final Sacrifice
A Day to Vote
Amendment XXVIII: The Establishment of the Unity Alliance Branch
Apartheid America: A Time to Plant
A Path Forward for a Partisan Nation: Walk Together
Are We Better Off … Living In Our Cars?
Baptist Preachers and Wishful Thinking
Behold! The Tariff!
Bitter Honey of Bigotry
Bond Wars: Markets, Mayhem & Mutiny – “Win or Watch Your Economy Crumble”
Boston ICE Tea Party
Brother Love’s Traveling DOGE Waste Cleaner Show
Bulldozers for Christ
“Can You Tell Me How to Get to Empathy Street?”
Christ of the Somalis
Coins of Truth: The Need for Good Faith Truth-Telling
Danger: Libraries Cause Literacy
Danger: Town Halls Ahead!
DEI Compliant Panda
Deportation of the Innocence
DOGE Audit: Day One
DOGE Land “Pay to Pray, Baby!”
DOGE Miners Find Blood Diamonds
DOGE REBRANDS TOWER OF BABEL
DOGE: The Agent Orange of the Digital Generation
Dream On
Drink DOGE Café
EFFICIENCY WITHOUT HUMANITY
Empathy is a Sin!
Emperor Worship
False Gospel of the “Tin Man”
Fascism Rising
Federal Workers’ Hiding Place
Five Bullet Points … of a Last Week
For-Profit Prisons
From ICE’s Shadow to Mary’s Song: Aretha Franklin’s Cry for Freedom and Hope
From Lock Up to Look Up
Gold Standard Traded for Fool’s Gold
Gone to Meddlin’
Grandpa’s Final Investment
How to Get to Empathy Street: The Good Samaritan’s Timeless Guide to Compassion
If I Had a Hammer
I’m a Believer
In Stillness Between Sirens …
It’s Carnival Time
“I Want to Break Free … Of the Lies that Bind”
Just War Theory: When U.S. Interventions Become Piracy in the Caribbean and Beyond
Liberty & Justice for All: A Nation in the Rearview Mirror of War, Poverty & Political Strife
Lift Every Voice and Sing: “No Ape King!”
Lions Not Lambs: From Pray to Prey
MAGAburger: Real Whoppers Told Here!
MAGA Lab Monkeys “Put Girls in Kitchen Again”
MAGA’s False God & Servants of the Most High DOGE
MAGA’s Monarch Invades Los Angeles
Manifest Indigestion: The False Flag of Faith
Mexico: Unlikely Hero
Middle Class Now 3rd Class
Missing: Michigan Auto Plant – Goes by the Name of “GM.” Last Seen in Detroit
MISSOURI SEEKS TO ADD PREGNANT WOMEN FAIR GAME
“Move Fast … and Break Things:” The Game Played in the Devil’s Alley
Neobigotry: A Genteel Racism
No Eggageration
No Prisoner Beyond God’s Love
Not Who But What is Running U.S.?
One Tax Free Notion under God
Only You Can Prevent Fascist Liars!
People of the Mirage
Physician, Heal Thyself
Plan B?: Security Equity for Schools
Politics of Hate Awakens Democracy
Red Velvet Rope Economics
Religious Freedom … from Government
RESPECT: In a Land of Daddy Warbucks, Be a Rosa Parks
Rocket Stove Economics
RV Nation: Border Crisis Solution
Separate Church and Hate
Separation of Church and Hate
Separation of Church and State of Mind
Shhh! He Doesn’t Know He is Alone!
Student Loans
Sultan of America
Sunday School Party Animals
Tariffs: Nothing to Crow About
TARIFFying! Frankentax Rises from the Grave of Emptied Wallets
Teaching for Testing
The Age of Smart Gun Laws
The American Ownership Amendment
The Ballad of Sgt. Buck and Banjo!
The Big Beautiful Orange Bill
America’s Child: The Future of Hope
The Constitution Deported
The Crosswalk
The Day the Easter Bunny Came to Church
The Day the President Told the Truth
The Deal of Misfortune
The Fog of War … Between the Ears
The Freedom of My Religion
The Golden Cage
The Great Sacrifice: Rabbi, Minister, Politician, and the Insurrection Joke
THE GREAT WALL
The House of Ishmael: Jewel of Gaza
The New Driver
The Pastor and the Floozy
The Pentagon Gets “One Tin Soldier”
The Perfect Cause for the Rich
The Press Conference: “No Truth for You!”
The Pretti Good Immigration Decency Act
The Quantum Balance of Separation of Church and State
The Revenge of the DOGE
The Secret Gift of Immigration
The Sermon on The DOGE
The SHOT Line: A Subsurface Canal Bypassing Hormuz
The Silence of the Lambs: How America became Complicit in Deporting its Future
The Unity Alliance
The U.S. Takes a Haircut
TIME PERSON OF THE YEAR 2025: The Unknown Attorney
Today’s Freedom Riders Travel the Digital Highways to the Tri-Cities of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Ultramodern Church: Space for Worship
United States Through the Looking Glass
Voice of America Gagged
“Walk Together Economics”
“Wait Till Your Holy Father Gets Home!”
WWE’s Master of Education Disaster
Yo-Yo Tariffs
Views of America – Podcast
Baptist Preachers and Wishful Thinking
Gold Standard of Federal Workers Traded for Fools Gold in Mass Layoffs
“Onward Christian Soldiers:” How the Prosperity Gospel Leads to Christian Nationalism
Pastor Jim's "What's Next?" from ChristiansNeedtoKnow.com
The Secret Gift of Immigration
Year 2225: The Legacy
The Curator’s List & Bookstore
Premiere of Slinkk and Stinkk
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Welcome to Christians Need to Know
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About Pastor Jim
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A Good Word
With Liberty, Justice and Care for All
Be Amused
$1.9 Trillion Relief in Miles
Aging Church
A Spoonful of Sugar …
Bargain Basements for Guns
Borderline Personalities
Channels in Hell
CT Scan
DOGE Cuts Ballooning Government
Empty Shelves
Exotic Masks
Fixed Stamp Here: Mail-In Voting
Free Dental
Golden Dome
“Grandpa, What’s an election?”
Journey into Joy
Heartbreak Hotel
High Standards
“Impervise!”
Lost Cat, Goes by “Joy”
Kennedy Center Reopens as DOGE Hall!
Love Boat
Make America Comfy Again
Mask Etiquette
National Treasure
One Flew Over the Voter’s Nest
Old and Cranky Gift
Oxygen
Pastor Works Out
Political Pigs in the Parlor
Presidential Lucky Charm
Rapper in Chief
Release The Files
Relief
Sermon Preparation
Slow Dancing
Slow, Old iPhone Users
Solitary BINGO
St. Patrick Meets Pied Piper
Tesla Brain Charger
The Bully
The Caregiver
The Cat Problem
“The Holy Catholic Court”
The Firefighter
The “Imagination Proclamation”
The Liver & Onions Test
The Malaise of PTO Days
The Royal Pain
Transitions
Unfriend … Refriend
Vaping Atrophy
Windfall
Messages
A Little Grace for a Hard Place
Discover the Place of Your Resurrection
From Darkness into Light
God’s Continuity Plan – Ephesians Session 2
Great Preaching (Part II): Max Your Understanding in Preaching!
Great Preaching: (Final Cut) Run!
Heaven’s Gifts
In Touch with Your Creator
Jesus & Speeding Tickets
Jim’s Maxim
Peace in a Pandemic
Prayer for Uncertain Times
Thanksgiving – The True Holy Grail!
Someone Said the Prophet Wept
AI Brings Its Pet Human to Class
A Tale of AI “Friendly Class & Happy Closings”
Baptist vs. Methodist: My Spiritual Journey & Reflections on Faith and Community
Nativity of the Rustway
The Judas Principle
Spiritual Lessons Learned
Anger: The Wind that Blows out the Lamp of the Mind
a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance
Behind Bars of Resentment
Breakthrough
“Come and See!” Your Fabulous New Year
Common Ground
Costco Lady in the Mask
Covid Smart
Diagnosis of Terminal Bias
“Double Indemnity:” How to Visit a Church Like an Insurance Adjuster
Life Navigation
Make Lasting Friends in Church
Prayer Beads: An Essential Utensil in the Kitchen of Prayer
“Prayer: Dare to be Honest with God!”
The Church Mechanic
“Amen!” or “Oh, Me!”?
Christian Education in the Post Pandemic Church
Church in Place: A response to the coronavirus
Church of One Stringed Worship
For Flock’s Sake, Shorten Sermons!
How to Read the Bible in Church
“Overstuffed Sunday”: Situational Awareness
“Stick the Landing”: Exiting a Ministry with Grace
The Agony of Preaching
The Preacher’s Crawl
Those Who Sat In Darkness … Enjoyed the View!
“You Visited Me” – Home Communion Ministry
The Prophet's Grotto
Abuelo’s Final Sacrifice
A Day to Vote
Amendment XXVIII: The Establishment of the Unity Alliance Branch
Apartheid America: A Time to Plant
A Path Forward for a Partisan Nation: Walk Together
Are We Better Off … Living In Our Cars?
Baptist Preachers and Wishful Thinking
Behold! The Tariff!
Bitter Honey of Bigotry
Bond Wars: Markets, Mayhem & Mutiny – “Win or Watch Your Economy Crumble”
Boston ICE Tea Party
Brother Love’s Traveling DOGE Waste Cleaner Show
Bulldozers for Christ
“Can You Tell Me How to Get to Empathy Street?”
Christ of the Somalis
Coins of Truth: The Need for Good Faith Truth-Telling
Danger: Libraries Cause Literacy
Danger: Town Halls Ahead!
DEI Compliant Panda
Deportation of the Innocence
DOGE Audit: Day One
DOGE Land “Pay to Pray, Baby!”
DOGE Miners Find Blood Diamonds
DOGE REBRANDS TOWER OF BABEL
DOGE: The Agent Orange of the Digital Generation
Dream On
Drink DOGE Café
EFFICIENCY WITHOUT HUMANITY
Empathy is a Sin!
Emperor Worship
False Gospel of the “Tin Man”
Fascism Rising
Federal Workers’ Hiding Place
Five Bullet Points … of a Last Week
For-Profit Prisons
From ICE’s Shadow to Mary’s Song: Aretha Franklin’s Cry for Freedom and Hope
From Lock Up to Look Up
Gold Standard Traded for Fool’s Gold
Gone to Meddlin’
Grandpa’s Final Investment
How to Get to Empathy Street: The Good Samaritan’s Timeless Guide to Compassion
If I Had a Hammer
I’m a Believer
In Stillness Between Sirens …
It’s Carnival Time
“I Want to Break Free … Of the Lies that Bind”
Just War Theory: When U.S. Interventions Become Piracy in the Caribbean and Beyond
Liberty & Justice for All: A Nation in the Rearview Mirror of War, Poverty & Political Strife
Lift Every Voice and Sing: “No Ape King!”
Lions Not Lambs: From Pray to Prey
MAGAburger: Real Whoppers Told Here!
MAGA Lab Monkeys “Put Girls in Kitchen Again”
MAGA’s False God & Servants of the Most High DOGE
MAGA’s Monarch Invades Los Angeles
Manifest Indigestion: The False Flag of Faith
Mexico: Unlikely Hero
Middle Class Now 3rd Class
Missing: Michigan Auto Plant – Goes by the Name of “GM.” Last Seen in Detroit
MISSOURI SEEKS TO ADD PREGNANT WOMEN FAIR GAME
“Move Fast … and Break Things:” The Game Played in the Devil’s Alley
Neobigotry: A Genteel Racism
No Eggageration
No Prisoner Beyond God’s Love
Not Who But What is Running U.S.?
One Tax Free Notion under God
Only You Can Prevent Fascist Liars!
People of the Mirage
Physician, Heal Thyself
Plan B?: Security Equity for Schools
Politics of Hate Awakens Democracy
Red Velvet Rope Economics
Religious Freedom … from Government
RESPECT: In a Land of Daddy Warbucks, Be a Rosa Parks
Rocket Stove Economics
RV Nation: Border Crisis Solution
Separate Church and Hate
Separation of Church and Hate
Separation of Church and State of Mind
Shhh! He Doesn’t Know He is Alone!
Student Loans
Sultan of America
Sunday School Party Animals
Tariffs: Nothing to Crow About
TARIFFying! Frankentax Rises from the Grave of Emptied Wallets
Teaching for Testing
The Age of Smart Gun Laws
The American Ownership Amendment
The Ballad of Sgt. Buck and Banjo!
The Big Beautiful Orange Bill
America’s Child: The Future of Hope
The Constitution Deported
The Crosswalk
The Day the Easter Bunny Came to Church
The Day the President Told the Truth
The Deal of Misfortune
The Fog of War … Between the Ears
The Freedom of My Religion
The Golden Cage
The Great Sacrifice: Rabbi, Minister, Politician, and the Insurrection Joke
THE GREAT WALL
The House of Ishmael: Jewel of Gaza
The New Driver
The Pastor and the Floozy
The Pentagon Gets “One Tin Soldier”
The Perfect Cause for the Rich
The Press Conference: “No Truth for You!”
The Pretti Good Immigration Decency Act
The Quantum Balance of Separation of Church and State
The Revenge of the DOGE
The Secret Gift of Immigration
The Sermon on The DOGE
The SHOT Line: A Subsurface Canal Bypassing Hormuz
The Silence of the Lambs: How America became Complicit in Deporting its Future
The Unity Alliance
The U.S. Takes a Haircut
TIME PERSON OF THE YEAR 2025: The Unknown Attorney
Today’s Freedom Riders Travel the Digital Highways to the Tri-Cities of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Ultramodern Church: Space for Worship
United States Through the Looking Glass
Voice of America Gagged
“Walk Together Economics”
“Wait Till Your Holy Father Gets Home!”
WWE’s Master of Education Disaster
Yo-Yo Tariffs
Views of America – Podcast
Baptist Preachers and Wishful Thinking
Gold Standard of Federal Workers Traded for Fools Gold in Mass Layoffs
“Onward Christian Soldiers:” How the Prosperity Gospel Leads to Christian Nationalism
Pastor Jim's "What's Next?" from ChristiansNeedtoKnow.com
The Secret Gift of Immigration
Year 2225: The Legacy
The Curator’s List & Bookstore
Premiere of Slinkk and Stinkk
