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Summary Most authors don’t know they can pressure Amazon into price-matching a free eBook. Here’s how one author figured out the magic words to make it happen. Key takeaways The Loophole Most Authors Don’t Know About Here’s something most people don’t know about Amazon. They won’t let authors offer their eBooks for free. But there’sContinue reading “How I Got Amazon to Make My Christian eBook Permanently Free”

A couple of months ago, I decided to memorize the entire Gospel of John. Not every word. Rather, I memorized one key passage from each chapter along with a simple summary that connected all 21 chapters together into what I call a “memory chain.” It ended up changing far more than just my memory. Here’sContinue reading “I Memorized the Entire Gospel of John in Two Months. Here’s What Happened.”

I really had no great desire to start a YouTube channel. I didn’t want to start back at zero after having worked for the past several years to build my Instagram and TikTok to more than 170,000 followers combined. But… A Reading Challenge Changed Everything For my 40th birthday, I challenged myself to read 40Continue reading “Why I Finally Started a YouTube Channel”

A few months ago I read Atomic Habits for my 40th birthday reading challenge of reading 40 of the most influential books ever written. It was… fine. Honestly, I thought it was mostly common sense. But one of the principles struck me: Decide first what kind of person you want to be, then build habits that get youContinue reading “I Memorized the Gospel of John (My First YouTube Video!)”

A few months ago, I read Atomic Habits. My reaction at first? Pretty good book. Helpful. But honestly, nothing life-changing for me personally. Then I actually applied it. I started building what I call a “memorization chain.” Every day during my commute, I memorize one key verse from each chapter of John’s Gospel. Not justContinue reading “🌐 SOMETHING THAT’S CHANGED MY WALK WITH GOD”

I wanted to like audiobooks. I really did. I’d put one on in the car with the best of intentions- only to find my thoughts drifting elsewhere. Time and again, I’d realize I’d zoned out, the book having faded into background noise minutes earlier.  That changed during a three-and-a-half-hour ride home from my sister’s house in NewContinue reading “The Surprising Origin of Dear Judas”

Introduction God reveals Himself through nature, history, and humanity (General Revelation) and mighty deeds, divine speech, and the incarnation of Christ (Special Revelation).The Creator of the universe invites His creation to know Him, saying, “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not theContinue reading “THE GOODNESS OF GOD”

I’ve heard it said that, with the change of one letter, millions of people would immediately change their view of Christianity. And that letter is “a.” These people would change their view if Christians would only proclaim Jesus to be a savior instead of the Savior. Adherents of this view often practice what is known as a “Buffet Religion.”Continue reading “Jesus the Only Way?”

I am going to argue that Scientific Naturalism is beset with critical shortcomings when we examine various scientific, philosophical, and historical arguments for the existence of God. Perhaps most conspicuous is that Naturalism, by definition, rules out the possibility of the supernatural ahead of time! As indicated by the name, Naturalists presuppose that only natural causes (notContinue reading “Six Places Biblical Christianity Succeeds Where Scientific Naturalism (Atheism) Fails”