We Are So Unimaginably Blessed Today

Psalms 107:31, “Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!”

If there has ever been a time in human civilization when people ought to be thankful to God with gratitude and appreciation, it is in these modern times of plenty and convenience.

20 Brutal Truths About How Pioneer Women Actually Smelled Like

I was indeed horrified after watching the preceding video. The average family in the 1800s lived in a 14' x 16' cabin for a home. Can you imagine? Today that is merely the size of an average large bedroom. We are so spoiled rotten compared to how humans lived centuries and millenniums ago. I understand that there are still many unfortunate people on the planet today, the poor, but the vast majority of us are living large in comparison to the 1800s and prior.

And in that 14' x 16' home they had no choice during those brutal winter months but to keep all their livestock animals inside the home. There was a makeshift wall of some sort that provided some separation but not from the foul odors. They kept pigs, chickens, goats and even a horse during extremely cold days, et cetera. The feces and urine from the animals saturated the ground beneath the straw, because there was no floor to the home. It was essentially a house and barn combined. Needless to say, they didn't place pee pads on the floor for their animals.

During frigid winter months, it was too cold for the family to use the outdoor toilet (a shed with a hole in the ground) in the wee hours of the morning. So, they kept a pot near or under their beds to defecate and urinate in, inside the house to use in the presence of family members, until the waste could be disposed of properly outside the next day. Can you imagine the smell?

The family wore the same uncleaned clothes for weeks at a time. There were no feminine products back then for women. Toilet paper was first marketed by Joseph C. Gayetty in the United States in 1857, and it was only available in certain areas, if you could afford it. And it wasn't double-ply comfortable toilet paper like we have today at Walmart. A pleasant smelling bar of soap was a rare commodity in the mid-1800s in the United States and Europe. Most people used lye mixed with animal fat, and that's how it stank. The lye would eat the skin off your hands if not used with caution. Bars of soap were given as gifts back then to your sweetheart, and she loved it! Today, a bar of soap means nothing 

The average American today uses about 80 gallons of water per day. Back then in the 1800s they had about 3 gallons per day, and that wasn't for bathing. There were no local hospitals. When you got sick you toughed it out at home and hoped you recovered. Pastor Jack Hyles' had two sisters who both died at age 7 at home like this. Times were harsh back then!

As I watched this shocking video about how women smelled back in the 1800s during primitive times in America, I thanked God repeatedly for putting my spirit into this body at this time in human civilization. Did you ever think about that? Why did God place my spirit into this particular family at this specific time in history? Perhaps I am thinking a bit too much, but the thought intrigues me as a human being. God could have placed my body into my uncle's (my father's older brother's) family, who was sadly killed during the Korean War (1950-1953).

Did you ever stop to realize that most of our freedoms were paid for with teenage blood? Most soldiers are just kids, barely 18 years of age. Millions of American teens shed their blood and sacrificed their lives so that we could enjoy freedom today. They never got married or became fathers, so that we could. THANK YOU to all of our nation's courageous veterans!

I frequently order things that I need from Amazon and Walmart. They bring it right to my front door, place the items on the outside table, ring my door bell, and leave. And wallah, whatever I want is delivered to me. Any order of at least $35 is free shipping from both Amazon and Walmart. I love it! I feel so blessed and spoiled rotten as an American today.

After watching this horrific video about poor hygrine conditions in the 1800s, and realizing that I can order over 12,000,000 products at the click of a mouse online from Amazon, I am bewildered and awestruck at God's goodness to Americans. Amazon sells over 600 million products across various categories. Most of these products are listed by third-party sellers, with only about 12 million sold directly by Amazon itself. I thank God to be an American, despite how messed up our country has become.

Most of the people on the planet don't have it so nice as we do in the United States, where we are free and blessed by God. Our economy is in bad shape, and inflation will continue to rise I assure you unless something drastic is done about it, but at least we have access to things that weren't even available to most people in the 1800s. We take so much for granted today. The following items simply weren't readily available in the 1800s: chocolate, toilet paper, soap, leather goods, feminine products, medications, et cetera.

Many items that we take for granted today were not readily available in the 1800s, such as canned goods, which only became common after the Civil War (1860-1865), and baking powder, which was sold commercially starting in the late 1860s. Other everyday items like processed foods and modern kitchen appliances were also not available during that time.

Many items we take for granted today were not readily available in the 1800s, such as canned goods, which only became common after the Civil War. Other everyday items like processed foods and modern kitchen appliances were also not available during that time.

Ready-made clothing did not exist in the 1700s as we know it today; most garments were custom-made or homemade. The concept of mass-produced clothing began to emerge later in the 19th century after the Civil War. So, for thousands of years you couldn't just go down to the nearest local retail store (e.g., Target, Walmart, JC Penny) to buy socks, underwear, shoes, pants, a dress, skirt or a shirt. Those simple things that we all take for granted today simply didn't exist for millenniums. Think about that dear reader!

The 1800s lacked many conveniences that we now consider essential. Canned foods became common only after the Civil War. The first commercially successful canned product was beans in tomato sauce, introduced by Van Camp in 1861. Baking powder was not available until the late 1860s. Prior to this, leavening was achieved using sour milk, molasses or other natural ingredients. Many processed foods we enjoy today did not exist. Items like hot dogs weren't introduced until the 1880s, and ketchup was first bottled by Heinz in 1876. Can you even imagine a world without ketchup? Modern kitchen appliances, such as electric mixers and refrigerators, were not invented yet. Cooking methods were much more labor-intensive, relying on basic tools and manual labor, which took several hours each day to prepare.

Anesthesia for surgery was first successfully demonstrated on October 16, 1846, when dentist William T.G. Morton used sulfuric ether during a surgical procedure at Massachusetts General Hospital. This marked a significant milestone in the history of medicine. Before anesthesia, doctors relied on speed and physical restraint to perform surgeries, often using alcohol or opium to dull pain. Patients were typically held down while undergoing procedures, which were extremely painful and traumatic. I cannot even imagine such horrors. That sounds more like popular “Saw” horror movies series. I THANK GOD for our modern medical technologies!

And yet, with all of our modern advancements in technology, we still cannot make an automated phone system that works properly. Go figure.

Modern man cannot build an affordable home security camera that can actually read a license plate number 40 feet away. I spent $2,200 for a GW Security camera system. My neighbour next door was robbed last year. My camera captured the thief's vehicle's license plate in their yard, but even at the highest quality settings, the video quality is so blurry that the license plate cannot even begin to be read. A decent security system starts at $15,000 and up.

It is tragic how corporate greed has ruined American society. I could write for hours about the inferior quality of so many things today—from the way that businesses and government agencies are poorly run, to the disgusting lack of quality in store bought bread today. Europeans make the best bread!

There is something very wrong with today's bread, that can sit for months in a bag and not mold. Today's bread can sit for months without molding due to the use of preservatives and emulsifiers that inhibit mold growth and staling. Yuk! Those additives make the bread hard. When I was a kid in the 1970s bread still began to mold after a few days, and that bread tasted great. I dread buying white bread anymore, because I cannot find even one loaf that is truly soft. I remember as a kid in Chicago eating Butternut brand of bread, which was super soft to touch. Those days are long gone!

Hey, but I am not complaining! In the 1800s, Victorian bakers added plaster of Paris to bread to whiten it and increase weight. They literally marched with their bare feet in the batch of dough to kneed it. Gross! Fresh Plaster of Paris foot-kneeded bread anyone?

The first public radio broadcast took place on January 13, 1910, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, featuring a performance by tenor Enrico Caruso. Although the broadcast quality was poor, it marked the beginning of public radio broadcasting.

The first public demonstration of television occurred on January 27, 1926, in London by Scottish inventor John Logie Baird using a mechanical scanning system. The first commercially made electronic television was produced by Telefunken in Germany in 1934, but the first widely recognized television service began in the UK with the BBC in 1936. Early TVs were expensive luxury items, making them accessible primarily to the wealthy at that time. In 1946 only 6,000 wealthy American households owned a television, but by 1952 that number skyrocketed to 22 million households. Sadly, television has emptied the churches.

There were no radios or televisions in 1800s! These clever devices hadn't been invented yet, if you can imagine that. 2026 marks the centennial anniversary of the first television broadcast. We are living in amazing times of technology and information. Just yesterday on August 30th, 2026, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (NGRST) was launched from NASA. This innovative new telescope will take large photos so big that one image would require 3,000 digital television screens to display. As a fan of astronomy, I eagerly await the photos and data.

I hope I have given you a small glimpse into the not too distant past dear reader, so that you can even more appreciate how blessed we are today in the United States. God has been so good to us. And, remarkably, if you could go back in a Time Machine and talk with those people who struggled to survive throughout the 1800s and before, they would praise God and testify to the Lord's goodness to them.

“The expectation of nothing is the foundation of gratitude.” —Pastor Jack Hyles

And if those early pioneers could take a trip to our future in the same Time Machine, to see just how marvellous we live today, with exceptions, they would be absolutely astounded with disbelief. When I was growing up, it wasn't uncommon to see people surviving in cardboard boxes in utter poverty in some alley in Chicago. Today the homeless use tents right out in the open, in parks and on public sidewalks, et cetera. But the problem of homeless is not one of living in a bad time; but rather, the wickedness of a society who doesn't care about them. Proverb:30:14, “There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.”

If you take some time to think about the literally thousands of modern inventions, material items, conveniences and helps that we have available today, it is astounding to say the least. Psalms 145:9, “The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.”

The Civil War Was Not Fought Over Slavery

Psalm 47:8, “God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.”

Everybody thinks that the Civil War was fought over slavery, but it wasn't. Abraham Lincoln even later said that if the south had not seceded, he had no intentions of freeing the slaves. Abraham Lincoln stated that his primary goal was to save the Union, and he would have preserved slavery if it meant maintaining the Union.

This is evident in his letter to Horace Greeley, where he emphasized that his paramount objective was not to free slaves but to restore the Union. The south messed up by trying to secede from the Union, which was their downfall.

Regarding Europe, they did not break business relations with the South due to an attack or rebellion; rather, the Confederacy attempted to use cotton diplomacy to coerce European nations into supporting their war effort by restricting cotton exports. However, this strategy ultimately failed as European countries sought alternative sources for cotton, leading to a decline in the Confederate economy.

As the old truthful adage goes: Hindsight is 20/20.

Sometimes The Best Thing To Do Is Absolutely Nothing

2nd Samuel 1:10-14, “So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou?  And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?”

I could show you umpteen examples from the inspired Holy Bible where people would have been MUCH better off had they simply done nothing. In our text Scripture passage from 2nd Samuel, an Amalekite confesses to King David that he has killed King Saul. He was lying of course, Saul commit suicide, but the Amalekite did attempt to kill Saul. He sincerely thought by slaying David's enemy that the king would be pleased and reward him handsomely, but to his horror David was enraged and instead ordered him to be executed for treason. Had the Amalekite done absolutely nothing when Saul begged for him to kill him, the Amalekite would have been just fine. The lesson here is clear: Be careful about doing what people ask you to do.

I cannot think of a better example of what not to do then the way the south handled the issue of slavery. For decades prior to the American Civil War (1860-1865) there had been protests and talk up north from activists and preachers about freeing the slaves down south. This constant antislavery rhetoric from the Union made southern Confederate slave owners paranoid, big time! I mean, the slaves were their cash cow, their life's blood. Without the slaves who would work the cotton and tobacco fields? The plantation owners down south didn't want to lose their slaves.

So, when Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was elected as U.S. President on November 6, 1860, the south panicked. The best thing that they could have done was absolutely NOTHING! But under the misguided leadership of the first and only president of the Confederate States, Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), the south decided to secede from the northern Union, and that is what compelled President Lincoln to start the Civil War. If the southern states simply hadn't seceded, they could have kept their slaves. Abraham Lincoln said so, as I will show you in a moment.

Several hundred thousand men and teenage boys were killed by each other. Approximately 250,000 to 420,000 boys under the age of 18 were involved in the American Civil War, with estimates suggesting that around 100,000 Union soldiers were 15 years of age or younger. That is a shocking statistic! Sadly, many of them were killed in a needless battle over slavery that didn't even need to be fought!

The most common musket balls used during the Civil War were .58 caliber Minié balls, which were designed for rifled muskets, and .69 caliber balls for smoothbore muskets. The .58 caliber Minié ball was approximately 0.58 inches in diameter, while the .69 caliber ball was about 0.65 inches in diameter. Minié balls caused extensive damage to the body due to their design and high velocity, often resulting in severe tissue destruction and shattered bones. This led to a high number of amputations during the Civil War. An estimated 60,000 amputations were performed during the Civil War, with a significant portion of those being necessary due to the severe injuries caused by the weapons of the time. Approximately 75% of those who underwent amputation survived the procedure, many wishing they had died.

Abraham Lincoln Wasn't Concerned About Freeing Slaves

In a shocking letter written by President Lincoln to Horace Greeley (founder and editor of the New-York Tribune newspaper) on August 22, 1862, Lincoln states:

Executive Mansion,
Washington, August 22, 1862.

Hon. Horace Greeley:
Dear Sir.

I have just read yours of the 19th. addressed to myself through the New-York Tribune. If there be in it any statements, or assumptions of fact, which I may know to be erroneous, I do not, now and here, controvert them. If there be in it any inferences which I may believe to be falsely drawn, I do not now and here, argue against them. If there be perceptable in it an impatient and dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend, whose heart I have always supposed to be right.

As to the policy I "seem to be pursuing" as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt.

I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be "the Union as it was." If there be those who would not save the Union, unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.

I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty; and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men every where could be free.

Yours,
A. Lincoln.

Wow! All that President Lincoln cared about was saving the northern Union. The Confederacy fought a costly and egregious war that never even needed to be fought in the first place, all because they were enamored with unwarranted paranoia and fear over nothing. If the south had just done NOTHING, no slaves would have been freed. The south created their own dilemma by wrongly reacting due to their fear (False Evidence Appearing Real). Pastor Jack Hyles was absolutely right, who said: “It's not our actions that destroy us; it's our reactions.”

I admit that I am guilty of having often done this very same thing throughout my life, allowing my stupid fears to cause me to make bad decisions that caused even more pain, loss, suffering and grief. I am a worrier by nature, which makes it all ten times worse! So, knowing this about myself, I have to be careful not to make hasty decisions. I have painfully learned that oftentimes the best thing to do is absolutely NOTHING. Or as Dr. Jack Hyles used to wisely say, “Don't make decisions when your decision maker is broken.”

For every time in my past that I regret having not taken action when I should have, there are far more times that I regret having taken action instead of just doing nothing. This is why we all desperately need God's wisdom, to know how to respond in different given situations.

When the Apostle Peter drew His sword and cut off the servant's ear in defense of Jesus, Peter would have been better if he had done nothing. Peter had previously told Jesus that he would prevent Him from being crucified, for which Jesus called the apostle, “Satan” (Matthew 16:23). Peter had good intentions, but he was very wrong (Proverbs 14:12). It was absolutely necessary for Jesus to be crucified that God's free gift of salvation could be offered to humanity. Peter had tunnel vision, failing to grasp the big picture of what was going on.

So, when you're in a situation and not sure what to do, sometimes doing nothing is the best thing. Let the other person make the first move. It all depends on the particular situation, but I think in many cases we'd be better off doing nothing. Exodus 14:14, “The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.” You don't have to always react to someone's words or a situation. Psalm 46:10, “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”

Priceless Gems From 'The Sword Scrapbook'

I just purchased the 'SWORD SCRAPBOOK' volumes I (1969) and II (1975) on eBay by Dr. John R. Rice's loyal lifelong secretary Miss Viola Walden (1915-2007). I snapped some photos today of interesting things in Volume I.

The Victims Of 911 Will Get Justice In Eternity

The truth is being censored by the CONTROLLED NEWS MEDIA. I wrote this article back in 2015 titled, “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗼 𝗧𝘆𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆.” If you search for this title on Google, it does not appear anywhere! When I search for the title on Duckduckgo, it comes up fourth in the search engine. Google is censoring THE TRUTH!!!

Thousands of lying shady websites today downplay THE TRUTH of what really happened on 911. The FACT that World Trade Center buildings 1, 2 and 7 were brought down by carefully planned DEMOLITION (using thermite charges in buildings 1 and 2) is undeniable. Thousands of licensed engineers and architects from around the world have agreed that planes DIDN'T bring down the WTC on 911.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks did their own private investigation and determined that fires did NOT bring down WTC building 7 on 911. We have been deceived by our own treasonous ungodly lying government! The wicked U.S. Justice Department refused to investigate the crimes of 911, citing matters of national security.

Former FBI Deputy Director John O'Neill raised serious concerns prior to 911 that something strange was going on, and he suspected a terrorist attack in the works. John O'Neill was given a promotion as security director for the WTC. 911 was his first day on the job, and he was murdered in the aftermath. Truth is stranger than fiction.

President George W. Bush's younger brother Marvin Bush headed up the electronics security company that oversaw all security cameras for the WTC complex for the 2-years leading up to 911. Marvin also handled the Dulles Airport in Dallas, where the plane came from that attacked the Pentagon. This is how these criminals were able to have contactors plant demolition charges throughout the WTC.

On 911, first responder New York City (NYC) firefighters testified that they heard multiple chains of explosions (bombs) going off just before the buildings came down. A corrupt NYC judge put a gag order on the firemen, ordering them to shut up! Rudy Dent was a 32-year veteran of the FDNY. He passed away in Arizona in 2021 at age 75. Rudy was interviewed in 2001 by Infowars...

Rudy was also a Vietnam veteran and a police officer for 4 years in NYC. Rudy in the interview grieves for his 343 firefighter brethren who were murdered on 911. Rudy 100% was convinced that 911 was an INSIDE JOB!!! Umpteen lawsuits were filed against President George W. Bush by victim's families, claiming that he had prior knowledge, hoping that the lawsuits would spark some legitimate investigations, but none were ever done.

All of the debris from 911 was immediately shipped off to China and no metallurgical testing was ever done to determine if thermite charges were used. There's no way that things went down this way unless it was a massive evil cover-up. It couldn't be more obvious from the improper way that things were handled that it was a cover-up. To no surprise, my article, “𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?” has also been banned on Google, but it appears a dozen links down on Duckduckgo. ...

The lying White House and controlled media have lame excuses for everything, but they're not fooling everyone. When told that our nation was under attack, President Bush just sat there in a kindergarten class, like nothing happened. Clearly, he was creating an alibi to avoid culpability in the attacks. George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and company have blood all over their hands! I am firmly convinced that the White House had prior knowledge of 911. They FALSELY ACCUSED Iraq of having Weapons of Mass Destruction, which were never found. Thankfully, not all of our elected leaders are asleep at the wheel.

TWO planes cannot bring down THREE buildings! In the history of skyscrapers, not once has a fire ever caused the entire building to implode to the ground within less than 10 seconds, let alone THREE BUILDINGS in one day!

When any honest observer takes into consideration the literally HUNDREDS of pieces of concrete damning evidence, one can only conclude that 911 was an INSIDE JOB that was carefully plotted, implemented and orchestrated by our own criminal White House.

The way that CNN, others and Fox News attacked and demonized sincerely Americans for merely asking questions about what really happened on 911 is clear evidence of a thug campaign to white wash the crimes. I still remember Bill O'Reilly literally getting heated and angry at people for daring to just ask questions. HOW DARE YOU!!! That devilish clown Sean Hannity did the same thing.

Just as with the alleged Sandy Hook Shootings in 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut, no one was allowed to challenge the official bullcrap story or even ask sincere questions. The corrupt governor of Connecticut even threatened to have anyone arrested who questioned the official story. THAT IS COMMUNISM!!! It couldn't be more obvious that there was a cover-up for the truth.

I thank God for God's promise of justice in 𝗘𝗰𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝟱:𝟴, “𝗜𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿: 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗵; 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆.” NO ONE ever gets away with doing evil.

There still are thousands of unsolved mystery crimes. No one knows who the Zodiac Killer was in California in the 1960's, but they have some guesses. Only God knows! There will be justice! There are mass murderers walking around free, who still have not been caught, but even if they escape justice in this world, they won't escape God (Hebrews 10:31). I find great comfort in knowing that truth!

George W. Bush and his monster accomplices won't get away with 911. I long to see their day of reckoning, so that all the murdered 343 firemen and their hurting families will finally be given JUSTICE! I long to see justice for the 1,455,590 murdered people in Iraq, whose blood is upon the Bush Administration's hands, who FALSELY ACCUSED them of something their nation didn't do. Woe unto the United States for all the innocent blood that we have shed.

The Tragic Life And Death Of Elvis Presley (1935-1977)

1st Corinthians 3:11-15, “For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.”

I love this song that Elvis Presley (January 8, 1935 - August 16, 1977) sang. I know that he lived a wicked life. Pastor Jack Hyles once met Elvis in an elevator in Garland, Texas. Dr. Hyles asked Elvis if he was saved and he affirmed that he was indeed a Christian. Elvis said he attended a revival with his grandmother as a boy and got saved. Dr. Hyles asked him why he was living in sin. Elvis said he wanted "to be free." Brother Hyles taught us that there is more freedom within the fence (the rules, God commandments), than there is outside the fence (where the hungry Pitbull, the Devil is lurking). This is a beautiful song...

Are You Lonesome Tonight (Elvis Presley)

God gave Elvis such a beautiful voice. After "the king" (as the music industry called him) died in 1977, an autopsy showed that Elvis had at least 10 different prescription drugs in his blood. In just one year his personal physician prescribed over 10,000 pills to Elvis. Anyway, I really like this song that Elvis sings. It is so surreal. He died a short time after this concert. If he were still alive today, Elvis would have been 89 years old. In fact, tomorrow (August 16th) is the 47th anniversary since Elvis passed away in 1977. I do believe that Elvis went to Heaven. A man's salvation is determined by where he is looking, not upon the life he is living. Isaiah 45:22, “Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.”

Elvis lived a horrible life of sin, shaming the name of Jesus with his sexual immorality, substance abuse and worldliness. I chose 1st Corinthians 3:11-15 as our text passage because I thought it was fitting for Elvis. Specifically 1st Corinthians 3:15, “If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.” I do believe that Elvis was saved through faith alone in Jesus, having the correct foundation; but upon that solid foundation he built a house of wood, hay and stubble. At the Judgment Seat of Christ Elvis' works will all be burned up, but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. That is, he barely escaped the fires of Hell.

Elvis received adoration from millions of fans, but he never honored God with his life. I've heard Elvis thank God here and there, but when everyone was idolizing and worshipping him he accepted their worship, just like wicked Herod (Acts 12:22-23). There are millions of comments of praise expressed on social media toward Elvis, as if he were a god. That is evil and wrong. Woman by the thousands fantasized about kissing Elvis. They melted and fainted at his concerts. Elvis had a habit of kissing (even smooching) with female fans in the audience. They paid good money to deliberately sit up front, hoping to kiss “the king.” Elvis loved the attention and fanfare and I don't blame him. Who wouldn't? Uh Huh-Huh!

Personally, I love many of Elvis' songs, especially his earlier stuff from the 1950's. But as a Christian I also realize that Elvis did not honor God with his sinful life. He did sing some beautiful Gospel songs from time to time, and I do believe he was saved. But not once at any place in his music career have I ever found where Elvis ever shared the Gospel with anyone. If he did preach the Gospel, the world would have rejected him (2nd Timothy 3:12).

I read some fool's comments are YouTube, where they said Elvis was classy for not answering personal questions about his views on Women's Liberation, et cetera. No, Elvis was an opportunist, a coward, who didn't want to commit career suicide. He intentionally stayed vague and avoided sharing his personal views at risk of being crucified by the ravenous media, and I don't blame him, but he wasn't being “classy.”

Another person expressed admiration for Elvis that he forgot his words while singing a song, but said Elvis was “classy” for laughing instead. It is so obvious as I watched the video that Elvis didn't forget anything, he was just chuckling a little while sinning. It annoys me that there's an army of worship-mongers who idolize Elvis, micro-analyzing him to the point of insanity. If they could, they'd claim that Elvis' was “classy” for not washing his dirty underwear because he didn't want to waste water. People are moronic idiots! Elvis was the king of sin and shame, who died on his throne (a toilet) at age 42 when he overdosed on drugs. The inspired Holy Bible warns in James 4:4, that no one can be a friend of the world, and also be God's friend. To be a friend of the world is to be God's enemy!

Here is what Pastor Hyles said about meeting Elvis:

"Many years ago when I was pastoring in Garland, Texas, I had a daily radio broadcast. Ordinarily the broadcast was live. However, on occasion, if I were scheduled to be out of town for a day or so, I would make a tape and take it to the radio station located on the eleventh floor of the Stoneleigh Hotel of Dallas, Texas. On one occasion I took a tape to the station. When I got on the elevator, I told the operator, who was an attractive young lady, that I wanted to go to the eleventh floor. She didn't hear a word I said! She was in a daze because Elvis Presley had just ridden her elevator. Finally I convinced her that I needed to go to the eleventh floor, and all she talked about was the fact that she had been alone with Elvis Presley for a few minutes. She finally gathered herself together and took me to the eleventh floor. She waited as I took the tape across the hallway to the station and then took me back to the main floor. On the way, however, she stopped the elevator, and Elvis Presley got on. He had on a green satin suit and at that time was in his heyday. I introduced myself to Elvis, we shook hands, and then I asked him, "Elvis, do you know, if you died today, you would go to Heaven?" His answer was startling. "I certainly do," he said. "I was saved when I was a child." Then he proceeded to tell me the circumstances. As best I remember, he said that his grandmother or some other relative had taken him to hear an old-fashioned Gospel preacher. He had received Christ as his Saviour. He told me in clear, positive language of his salvation. I then looked him square in the eye and said, "Elvis, how could a person who is born again live the kind of life that you are living?" He said, "Jack, I got tired of the rules. I wanted to be free." Need I say more? The very type of death that he died is living proof that though he thought he was leaving slavery to go to freedom; he was leaving freedom to go to slavery." —Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001)

They had real music back then...

Return To Sender

Inspiring Quotes By Missionary To China, C.T. Studd

Charles Thomas Studd (1960-1931) was born in 1860. He was commonly known as, “C.T. Studd.” He became an expert Cricket player in his youth, but decided to become a missionary to China later on. Charles was born-again at age 18, through faith alone in Jesus Christ. You can read his biography here if you'd like. In this blog I wanted to share some of his notable inspiring preacher quotes:

“Only one life, ’twill soon be past, Only what’s done for Christ will last.” ―C.T. Studd

“Some want to live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop, within a yard of hell.” ―C.T. Studd

“If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.” ―C.T. Studd

“Let us not glide through this world and then slip quietly into heaven, without having blown the trumpet loud and long for our Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Let us see to it that the devil will hold a thanksgiving service in hell, when he gets the news of our departure from the field of battle.” ―C.T. Studd

“The light that shines farthest shines brightest nearest home.” ―C.T. Studd

“The “romance” of a missionary is often made up of monotony and drudgery; there often is no glamour in it; it doesn’t stir a man’s spirit or blood. So don’t come out to be a missionary as an experiment; it is useless and dangerous. Only come if you feel you would rather die than not come. Don’t come if you want to make a great name or want to live long. Come if you feel there is no greater honor, after living for Christ, than to die for Him.” ―C.T. Studd

“God's real people have always been called fanatics.” ―C.T. Studd

“True religion is like the smallpox. If you get it, you give it to others and it spreads.” ―C.T. Studd

“WE ARE FRITTERING AWAY TIME AND MONEY IN A MULTIPLICITY OF CONVENTIONS, conferences, and retreats, when the real need is to go straight and full steam into battle, with the signal for "close action" flying.” ―C.T. Studd

“Some wish to live within the sound of a chapel bell, I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of Hell.” ―C.T. Studd

“I am getting desperately afraid of going to heaven for I have had the vision of the shame I shall suffer as I get my first glimpse of the Lord Jesus; His majesty, power, and marvellous love for me, who treated Him so meanly and shabbily on earth and acted as though I did Him a favour in serving Him! No wonder God shall have to wipe away the tears off all faces, for we shall be broken-hearted when we see the depth of His love and the shallowness of ours.” ―C.T. Studd

What The United States Was Like In 1900

Daniel 12:4, “But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.”

In the year 1900...

• The average life expectancy in America was 47.3 for women, 46.3 for men, and 33 for blacks.
• Only 14% of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
• 18% of American households had at least one full-time servant or domestic.
• Only 8% of the homes had a telephone.
• Policeman arrested women for smoking in public.
• A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost $11.
• Sugar cost $0.04/pound. Eggs were $0.14/dozen. Coffee cost $0.15/pound.
• There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S. and only 144 miles of paved roads.
• The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
• Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the 21st most populated state in the Union.
• There was $46,000,000 in the U.S. Treasury.
• The average wage in the U.S. was $0.22/hour.
• The average worker made $12.98/week for 59 hours.
• The average American worker made between $200-$400/year.
• A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000/year, a dentist $2,500/year, a veterinarian between $1,500-$4,000/year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000/year.
• More than 95% of all births in the U.S. took place at home.
• 90% of all U.S. physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard."
• The five leading causes of death in the U.S. were:

1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke

• The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.
• The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was 30.
• One in ten American adults couldn't read or write.
• Only 6% of all Americans had graduated from high school.
• Only 5 percent of households consisted of people living alone while 20 percent had seven or more people.
• Electric traffic lights had not yet been invented.
• Fewer than 1 percent of the nation's men and women (age 15 and over) were divorced.
• There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S.
• Public school students were led each day in prayer and Bible reading.
• The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
• There were no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
• Radio and TV had not yet been invented.
• The Ice Cream Cone had not yet been invented.
• Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented.
• Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
• Coca Cola contained cocaine.
• Marijuana, heroin and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and the bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."
• Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason.

Wow, I don't know about you dear friend, but after reading those startling facts, I am grateful to have lived in the latter 20th and early 21st century. We are so blessed today! I am more than amazed how much the world has advanced in KNOWLEDGE, and in man's ability to travel TO AND FRO, over the past century. We are living in a time of fulfilled Bible prophecy.

Some Interesting Things About Evangelist Billy Sunday

I have an old book authored in 1936 by Homer Rodeheaver titled, “TWNETY YEARS WITH BILLY SUNDAY.” I am going to share some interesting things about Billy Sunday that you likely have never heard before, and some perhaps you may have. Billy Sunday (1962-1935) was, and still is, considered by many to be the world's greatest evangelist of all time. Mr. Sunday was famous (or infamous based on your perspective) for preaching uncompromisingly against booze, illicit gambling and immoral dancing. Billy Sunday rightly said that the work of a pastor is to comfort the afflicted, but the work of an evangelist is to afflict the comforted. Amen!

On page 10 we read about Billy Sunday:

“Of his outstanding characteristics first place must be given his unreserved consecration to the task of preaching the Gospel, born of an unswerving faith in the infallibility of the Scriptures and belief in God's plan of salvation. He had a positive conviction as to the authenticity of Holy Writ which permitted no question or quibble. He was just as certain of his call to preach. 

Invariably he opened the Bible and placed his sermon notes upon the passage of Isaiah, first verse of the sixty-first chapter, which reads: 'The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.' 

Many people wanted to posses the Bible Mr. Sunday had used during a campaign. When he granted the request it would be found that these pages in the book of Isaiah were almost worn out.”

SOURCE: “TWENTY YEARS WITH BILLY SUNDAY,” chapter 1 - “THE MAN,” p. 10, by Homer Rodeheaver; 1936

On page 11-13 the following words describe “THE MAN,” Billy Sunday...

“Mr. Sunday fought sin, but not the sinner. He rarely ever attacked an individual. Not “Mayor Brown,” but “any mayor who violates his trust should be put out of office.”

Saloonkeepers admired him for his courage, and many fights started in saloons because the bartender or some customer defended him against lies or personal abuse.

One saloonkeeper said, “You can't talk about Billy Sunday that way in my saloon. He knocks my business, but he's a square-shooter.”

He was the foe of so-called modernism in religious thought and attacked impartially in high and low places leaders whom he believed to be traitors to truthful in interpretation of the Bible. 

Many unprintable stories were told about him. These followed him from place to place and were so similar in form as to suggest a common origin.  The same stories and attacks attributed to Mr. Sunday had been used in attacks on other evangelists many years previously. 

I never knew him to tell a vulgar story, either on or off the platform. He was clean in his thinking and had a wholesome antipathy for anything savoring of suggestiveness. 

Much of his work on the platform gave rise to the impression that he was of a particularly belligerent disposition. Apparently he was ready to fight all opposition at the drop of a hat, giving no odds and asking none. He seemed to delight in stirring up an antagonist and knocking him into a cocked hat; yet off the platform his attitude was far from pugnacious. On the contrary, there were pronounced elements of sweetness and gentleness in his character. When he was in the company of others he had the graces of self-effacement and unaffected modesty—the innate qualities of a gentleman. 

He was not at ease in social gatherings. Likewise when folks sought to ionize him it provoked both surprise and amusement. He had no capacity for trivial conversation. He was a good listener and entertained a constant hope that from each new acquaintance he would gain some fresh idea, fact, or illustration which might be embodied in a sermon. 

He had a terror of social functions. ...”

SOURCE: “TWENTY YEARS WITH BILLY SUNDAY,” chapter 1 - “THE MAN,” pp. 11-13, by Homer Rodeheaver; 1936

That is very interesting information. I'm not that some of my readers, as I do, can relate to some of Billy Sunday's traits. I also feel awkward in social functions, a bit nervous in groups of people. I can also relate to Mr. Sunday in that people often think I am belligerent in my Bible preaching, seeing the uncompromising aggressiveness of my Bible preaching on social media; but if you were to meet me personally, you'd see that I am sweet, humble and a gentleman. 

On page 34-36 the following words describe the prayer life of Billy Sunday...

“Mr. Sunday was a man of prayer. He placed entire dependence upon God. He never set aside a long period of time each day, nor shut himself in a closet to commune with his Maker, but constantly through the day he felt the presence of God. 

...If you were in his room when he was shaving' or bathing, you would have heard him talking to Jesus about his problems. You would hear him say, 'Now, Jesus, this is a hard problem we have here.' I don't know exactly what we ought to do about it or I don't know how it ought to be done; so if it is done at all successfully, you're going to have to help me with it. I'm depending on you, Jesus. Show me what to do and what to say about this, Give me the wisdom I need. Give me the courage, give me the strength I need for this task.' As he would walk from room to room, you'd see his lips moving, even when you could not hear the words, and you would know that he was talking to his God about some of these intricate, serious, important problems.

As he rode in the automobile to his meetings, while others would be talking about things of local interest, you could hear him saying, 'Jesus, I am depending upon you to help me out at this meeting,' and then he would talk intimately and personally about the important, individual problems and the particular task that was lying just before him. 

No one who heard him pray in public could question his sincerity or accuse him of lacking of originality. His approach to God had the same elements of faith and confidence that a little child would have. His intimate conversations with the Lord startled and shocked those of his hearers who were accustomed to stereotyped, dignified form. Yet the manner in which Mr. Sunday did it conveyed not the slightest suggestion of irreverence. The same words from the mouth of another might have seemed almost blasphemous. 

Sometimes he would stop in the midst of prayer and say: 'Rody, What was the name of that fellow who took us through the foundry?—Bill Jones?—O yes, Lord; bless Bill and his family and the boys at the foundry; Don't let them get hurt.'

His prayers were seldom alike. No one knew what to expect when he prayed. One night the whole petition might concern one particular thing. The following night he would race to twenty different subjects. 

Sometimes he would be carried away by flights of imaginative fancy. Lovely illuminating phrases would pour forth in a torrent. Sentences would be models of grace and the climax an example of the finest oratory. Then again words would come out in a sort of machine-gun fire, crisp, snappy, sentences broken and interrupted, or even started and then abandoned completely. His sermons were carefully prepared; his prayers were extemporaneous expressions. 

In the hearts of many of his hearers often there must have been the wish that they could have the same friendly, intimate, affectionate relationship with their God which it was evident Billy Sunday possessed. 

He had an astounding habit of suddenly breaking off his talk with the Lord and beginning a conversation with the devil. When he did this he imagined his Satanic majesty somewhere down below him. He would lean over as if gazing into the pit of hell and fire at the devil all the excoriating, vilifying epithets he could command After he thought he had cleaned up on Satan sufficiently for the time being he would switch back and finish his conversation with the Lord. 

There never was a pattern for Mr. Sunday's prayers. Perhaps they were the most original, distinctive things about all his work.  No one ever prayed publicly in the same fashion that he did, and probably no one ever will.”

SOURCE: “TWENTY YEARS WITH BILLY SUNDAY,” chapter 3 - “PRAYER,” pp. 34-36, by Homer Rodeheaver; 1936

That is amazing information about Billy Sunday. I remember in 1999 when I attended training for my job at the U.S. Postal Service. The training center is still in Norman, Oklahoma today. They also have a 1,000 room Marriott hotel for the trainees. One afternoon I was walking around the outdoor campus and talking outloud to the Lord. I had a heavy heart and was speaking to the Lord as I would to a person walking with me.

Then two younger security guards for the postal service rudely approached and confronted me as I was walking, informing me that a woman said there is some crazy guy talking to himself on the campus grounds. They were rude, insensitive and belligerent toward me over the matter. I kindly replied that perhaps I am a Christian and I'm talking to God, and they and the woman accusing me were misjudging me. One of the guards then rudely said that it would be better if I went up to pray in my hotel room.

That was in 1999,before I truly understood what The Bill of Rights was. I had learned those things back in high school, but at the time it just seemed like boring history. Had I been privileged to have a teacher inspire me about our American rights, I no doubt would have understood the significance of such rights, but no one ever inspired me as such. I didn't learn about the Bill of Rights until after I began my website ministry in April of 2022, at age 35, and my eyes were opened for the first time in my life to the diabolical New World Order.

Thanks be to God, patriotic men like Alex Jones (he was better in the earlier days of his show) helped open my eyes to the evils in this world, and emphasized our duty as free men to stand against the evil, tyranny, corruption in government, and complacency of good men that leads us into Communist slavery. Had I known back in 1999 what I know today, I would have hired the Christian Law Association (CLA) and sued the U.S. Postal Service in Norman, Oklahoma for violating my First Amendment rights to freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom or press.

Those two woefully ignorant thug guards were inspired by demons that day! They committed a legal crime against me, by depriving me of my First Amendments rights to free speech and freedom of religion. I could have sued them. Dear reader, you and I as Americans and as God's children anywhere in this world, have every God-given right to talk and pray outloud to our great God. Prayer is asking. Talking is fellowship with God. Please don't ever let anyone tell you that you cannot pray audibly in public, because you CAN pray and talk outloud for others to hear (but don't do it in a library or you'll be kicked out...lol).

And for that matter, even if you are just thinking outloud and not praying, you still have a legal and biblical right to do so. As a consequence of that horrible injustice in 1999 at the U.S. Postal Training Center in Norman, Oklahoma, I NEVER stepped foot into that hellhole again. I told my boss on Guam that I refused to go, and I didn't go. I refuse to go anywhere that violates my right to free speech and religion. SHAME on the U.S. Postal Service!!!

In the summer of 2009, I was terminated from employment at the U.S. Postal Service, put out of work by their new Employee Reassessment Program, due to a horrible fall at work in 2004 that injured my spinal cord and left me on disability (displaced disks, stenosis and radiculitis). I am very grateful to God for my disability, without which I would be homeless. I tried to continue working for a few years after my injury in 2004, but it progressively got worse to the point that I could no longer function in 2008, because of the intense radiating pain down my arms and legs. The pain is 80% on my right side, 20% left. The whole right side of my body feels half asleep all the time. Both of my arms feel like they are inflated with air. I underwent two major neck surgeries. The first in 2009 at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angels, California, which is one of the WORST and ABUSIVE hospitals I've ever been in, but that's another long horror story.

My second surgery was in 2010 in Long Beach, California at the Pacific Hospital Of Long Beach. I had actually flown to San Diego to get the surgery, but it came to light a couple years later that my surgeon had been an accomplice to a criminal outfit, where the hospital was using unapproved illegal surgical hardware to receive kickback money. The OIG (Office of Inspector General) investigated the hospital and dozens of medical staff, surgeons and CEO's were convicted. Some went to prison. I still have the letter from the OIG, explaining what happened. As far as I can tell, the illegal surgical hardware in my neck didn't hurt me in any way (but still remains to be seen in the future). There is so much evil, corruption and tyranny in this world.

Anyway, I mentioned all of this to relate to Billy Sunday's audibly obvious walk with God. Billy Sunday prayed and talked outloud to God everywhere that he went, having no shame or embarrassment over what others might have thought, and I have been doing the same for most of my adult life. Since I live alone (and have since 2006 when my former wife abandoned and divorced me), I need to talk outload to the Lord each day. Everybody needs someone to talk to, even me. Jesus is the only Friend I have when I am alone at home, which is where I am most of the time due to my chronic neck pain and related bodily discomfort. I am often sad, discouraged and depressed from loneliness. I have tried to meet a Christian woman to marry, but haven't found anyone yet.

I almost found a wife on Guam in 2017, but the ungodly senior pastor of Harvest Baptist Church on Guam (Marty Herron) hated me, and refused to allow me to date his employee (their school nurse) that liked me (and I liked her), because I reproved Harvest's incompetent pastors in 2014 for preaching the Devil's lie of Lordship Salvation, and for promoting Devil's bibles, and for teaching a perverted meaning of repentance (i.e., the heresy that you must turn away from a sinful lifestyle to get to Heaven). Mr. Herron is now further ruining young people's lives as the incompetent vice president of Faith Baptist Bible College And Theological Seminary in Ankeny, Iowa. That ungodly rascal gets paid a much undeserved 6-digit salary.

Marty is a devil, that if I had my way, he would be serving a lengthy prison sentence for his spiritual crimes against God and humanity, and for his cruel abuse toward me as a needy human being. Pastors are destroying America! Jeremiah 12:10, “Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.” Jeremiah 23:1, “Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!  saith the LORD.” Despite my pleas for Pastor Herron's mercy, he cruelly threw me under the bus and left me for dead. God will be His only Judge, and damnation his fate for trusting in a counterfeit gospel. Herron is a graduate of the Bob Jones University cult. Take a look at the Satanic heresy that they and Mr. Herron wickedly preach!!! Here are some backup articles showing BJU's damnable heresy.

Like Billy Sunday, I have taken an uncompromising stand against the corrupt Bob Jones cult, exposing their Satanic Calvinist preaching of Lordship Salvation (which is not the Gospel of free grace). I love this simple but effective chart...

The true Gospel always points you to CHRIST;
a false gospel always points to YOU.

I am no Billy Sunday, and that is not my goal. My sincere goal is to PREACH THE WORD. 2nd Timothy 4:2, “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.” My goal is to let God's Holy Spirit work through me to help others—to feed Jesus' sheep, to educate and edify believers with THE TRUTH, and to win lost sinners to Christ with a clear presentation of THE GOSPEL.

Dear reader, please never forget:

There's a fine line between badass and dumbass.

There's a fine line between bravery and stupidity.

There's a fine line between faith and foolishness.

I just had to include those greater words of wisdom...lol.

I just want to let God be a blessing to others, by walking in the Spirit so that God can work through me as His humble servant, and in so doing make an impact for God (Galatians 5:22-25). The greatness of Billy Sunday was that he emptied himself of self, and yielded himself to God's Holy Spirit. A brilliant quote comes to mind from Pastor Dwight L. Moody:

“The world has yet to see what God can do with a man fully consecrated to him. By God’s help, I aim to be that man.”

In hindsight, we see the mighty impact that God made upon the world through men like Dwight Moody (1837-1899), Harry Ironside (1876-1951), Billy Sunday (1862-1935) and Jack Hyles (1926-2001). They weren't perfect men. Their doctrine wasn't always perfect. They were redeemed sinful men, just like you and me dear friend, but they were yielded to God. May we follow their example, by yielding our spirit, soul and body to be used of God.

These men never sought greatness, but to do the little things greatly. The most important job is the one that doesn't get done. Dr. Jack Hyles taught me that. If you care dear friend, then YOU WILL be diligent to pay attention to the details. I started doing something 20 years ago. I noticed one day that everyone abbreviates the books of the Holy Bible (e.g., Deut., Psa., Jn.). That bothered me a lot. Does not God's Word deserve the utmost respect? Yes, it does. Would you abbreviate your mother's name? Would we refer to President Joe Biden as “JB”? If you do, you shouldn't.

I have heard new-evangelicals refers to Jesus Christ as “JC.” That is taking the Lord's name in vain in my humble opinion. Perhaps you think this matter of abbreviating the books and names of the Bible as something small, but it is important to me. Hence, if you read ANY of my articles, blogs and books that I've written over the past 21 years of my website ministry for Jesus, you won't find any abbreviated books of the Bible. I always spell out the whole name of the book, out of respect for the inspired Word of God. There are many little things like that, which I do because I care about the little things, which is a form of greatness.

When I go to any store, I nearly always grab an empty cart in the parking lot to bring with me into the store. I'm going that way anyway. It helps the store. It sets a good example for others to see. Most of all, it keeps me in the humble spirit of living for others instead of myself. When most people think of greatness, they see Jesus feeding the 5,000 hungry people; but God saw the greatness of the little boy who gave up his lunch so that others could eat. Jesus could have just as easily made the food from the dirt of the ground, as he turned the water into desirable quality wine. But the dear Savior chose to use a little boy's lunch. That is very interesting. Pastor Jack Hyles preached a wonderful sermon based upon this miraculous Bible event, titled: "How Many Loaves Have Ye?"

Lord willing, I am still reading this classic old book about Billy Sunday from 1936, “TWENTY YEARS WITH BILLY SUNDAY,” and plan to write some more articles. Thank you for reading.

Evangelist Billy Sunday
(1862-1935)