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Mysteries by James R. Coggins
I write murder mysteries (and lots of other things). But, in a sense, my stories do not remain mysteries. A good murder mystery presents a murder, offers a variety of suspects (red herrings), and in the end reveals whodunit. Readers do not read mysteries so they can remain puzzled. They read mysteries so they can find out what actually happened—and sometimes to see if they can figure out the…
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“No human writing can claim authority over the conscience; only Scripture can guide the faith of believers.”-John Smyth I thank God for John Smyth and the Baptist movement!
It comes after the independent Makin review into John Smyth QC's abuse of children and young men was published last week.
Who Is John Smyth (and why does it matter)? by James R. Coggins
Most Baptists know very little about history—and care even less. In particular, most Baptist know very little about their own history. They are part of a significant denomination that has spread through many countries around the world, and they have no idea how the whole thing got started. Some just assume their denomination goes back to John the Baptist, the forerunner of Jesus. The truth is…
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A Good Leader is...
A Good Leader is…
“In a few words, a good leader is someone whom people will follow through thick and thin, in good times and in bad, because they have confidence in him as a person, in his ability and his knowledge of his job, perhaps because he looks the part, and also because his men know that they matter to him.”
Brigadier Sir John Smyth, Bt, VC, MC. (1893 to 1983), from Leadership in Battle 1914‐1918.
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It Was a Dark and Stormy Conversation
It Was a Dark and Stormy Conversation
(A Short Story)
“Harder was climbing out of a deep, dark well toward a distant, insistent ringing when his hand slipped under the pillow for his snub-nose 38 and he blasted the alarm clock, which was a replacement for the replacement for the replacement for the replacement for the replacement for the one given him by his grandfather Jeremias, into kingdom come.”
The recitation was greeted…
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John Smyth: The Danger of Haste
John Smyth: The Danger of Haste
John Smyth won fame from himself when he established the first English Baptist Church in 1608. Yet, few Baptists know of Smyth’s contribution to the Baptist faith because he undermined his own legacy, rapidly changing his theological convictions.
As a young man, Smyth studied a Christ College in Cambridge and was ordain by the bishop of London in 1594. Though he had been exposed to Separatists…
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John Smyth
