Spring on a Traditional Family Farm — The Healing Land
Gab News - May 8th 2023 3:34pm EDT By Nic Stoltzfus, Plain Values There’s no time like spring for seeing how bountifully God provides for His creatures, and that’s especially true here in central Appalachia, where young, green grass and blossoming fruit trees are everywhere we look. Our seven dairy cows put gallons of rich, creamy milk in the bucket every day. Their […]
Confessions of a Steward — Carbon Development on the Farm
Gab News - May 3rd 2023 11:30am EDT by Joel Salatin, Plain Values Last month I introduced the concept of the carbon economy for soil fertility and the numerous ways God designed soil fertility and development to run on sunbeams converted to biomass. From bison on the prairie to wildebeests on the Serengeti, perennial prairie polycultures pruned by herbivores chased by predators built […]
The Roundtable | Amish Insights on: Technology | Pt. 1
Gab News - May 1st 2023 2:34pm EDT by Ivan Keim, Plain Values This Month’s Question: The balance between the blessings and pit-falls of modern-day technology can be hard to find. How do we balance using technology with staying connected to our community? Answered by: Ivan Keim, a minister in his local Amish church “How do we balance using technology with staying connected […]
Evolution: The Greatest Story Ever Told?
Gab News - Apr 28th 2023 2:45pm EDT How evolution evolved from the minds of men… by John Heers, First Things Foundation In this edition of Heavy Things Done Lightly, the plan is to take a walk through history to discover something like antecedents. Where does Darwin’s evolutionary theory come from? Is it a scientific discovery, or is it a philosophical treatise, one […]
Ron DeSantis Flies To Israel To Destroy Free Speech In Florida
Gab News - Apr 27th 2023 11:51am EDTThis week Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida made a trip to Israel to sign HB 269, a bill that makes it a felony with up to five years in jail for passing out “offensive” flyers or pamphlets. This move has been widely criticized by free speech advocates and legal experts as a gross violation of […]
The Christian Duty To Produce “Cultural Christianity”
Gab News - Apr 26th 2023 2:17pm EDT by Pastor Andrew Isker One of the most commonly held ideas within conservative evangelicalism is that “cultural Christianity is bad because it produces nominal Christians.” Nearly everyone has heard this from evangelical pulpits at one time or another. The former head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, now a professional accuser […]
Roots + Wings —Sprouting Wings
Gab News - Apr 25th 2023 9:00am EDT by Rory Feek, Plain Values Here in the middle of Tennessee, the arrival of March signals the return of spring. The long-awaited blooming of yellow daffodils that encircle our family cemetery here on the farm lets us know that winter is wearing thin and that warmer weather will soon be on its way. The pretty […]
It’s Time To Burn The Ships Of Traditional Media
Gab News - Apr 24th 2023 6:41pm EDT In 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés arrived in the New World with a mission to conquer the Aztec Empire. He arrived with a small army of 600 men, but he faced a significant challenge. His men were afraid and they were not sure that they could succeed in their mission. To inspire his men […]
Wisdom From Above And The Christian Nationalist Ruler
Gab News - Apr 21st 2023 12:00pm EDT 1 Samuel 29:1-11 by Pastor Andrew Isker Introduction Jesus Christ is the king of kings and ruler of this world. And He has brought His people into His kingdom to rule with Him. Believers are saved from sin, death, and hell, and saved to rule as kings under King Jesus. He wants His people to […]
Let’s Talk About It
Gab News - Apr 18th 2023 3:42pm EDT By Ferree Hardy, Plain Values “Oh, I don’t mean to be talking over and over about me,” worried the widow sitting next to me. “I don’t know why I find myself telling you all this.” I assured her she was fine. “It’s what I do. I let people talk to me. I loved hearing your […]
Christendom or Chaos
Gab News - Apr 13th 2023 1:36pm EDT by Pastor Andrew Isker Recently there has been criticism of the idea of Christian Nationalism from some corners of ostensibly conservative evangelical church. For instance, Executive Vice President of G3 Ministries, Scott Aniol posted the following: This is an extremely common take among many well-meaning Christian leaders (and among those who are far less sincere). […]
“How Many Fingers am I Holding Up?”
Gab News - Apr 11th 2023 12:00pm EDT A Religious Ontology of AI by David Treebeard “After God, let us have our own conscience as our mentor and rule for all things, so that we may know which way the wind is blowing and set our sails accordingly.” –St. John Climacus, Ladder of Divine Ascent, Chapter 26.6 All of my text messages were […]
The Gospel Message of Transformation vs The Godless Message of Tolerance and Transitioning
Gab News - Apr 7th 2023 11:26am EDTLast week a member of the trans community unleashed a wave of devastation upon Christians in Nashville that ended the lives of six of our brothers and sisters in Christ including three young children. I noted in my last post on this subject how we must learn to hate evil again as it continues to […]
Confessions of a Steward — Carbon Economy
Gab News - Apr 4th 2023 12:02pm EDT By Joel Salatin, Plain Values Five hundred years ago, North America produced more food than it does today. That should stir your imagination and make your heart race. Decades ago, as I was studying controlled livestock grazing, I was amazed that production per acre in wild systems exceeded production in farming and herding systems throughout […]
God’s Triumphant Warrior Destroys His Enemies
Gab News - Apr 4th 2023 12:01pm EDT Psalm 118 by Pastor Andrew Isker Introduction Psalm 118 is about Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem to do battle with Satan, sin, and death. But it is also about His people and the wars they fight. It is also a Psalm about you. Even though the Psalm finds its ultimate fulfillment in Christ, pay attention to […]
Christians Must Learn To Hate Again
Gab News - Apr 1st 2023 10:21am EDTAs Christians we are called to stand firm in our faith even in the midst of turmoil and chaos of the world around us. Recent news of the horrific massacre of six Christians including three young children in Nashville, the news of President Trump’s sham indictment, and the conviction of Douglas Mackey may be discouraging […]
How To Go Rogue
Gab News - Mar 30th 2023 12:16pm EDT by John Moody Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have the government show up at your door? To come to your business or your homestead? To your farm or your house? To shut you down or take your stuff or even arrest you? It happens more often than you think. Amos Miller. Manna […]
Being Winsome and Nice Won’t Cut It Anymore, Christian
Gab News - Mar 29th 2023 12:18pm EDT by Pastor Andrew Isker On Monday, March 27, a woman who believed she was a man deliberately attacked a conservative Christian school in Nashville, murdering three nine-year-old children and three staff members. It was a deliberate terror attack by a transgender on Christians and their children. A 28-year-old woman named Aubrey Hale, who also went […]
You Cannot Come To God On Your Own Terms
Gab News - Mar 28th 2023 3:05pm EDT 1 Samuel 28 One of the most lamentable things about the contemporary American religious landscape is that faith is so often treated as a product that is peddled to consumers and not sincere faith in the God of the Bible. You can shut yourself off from what the Bible actually says and easily find some […]
Smoke, Mirrors, and Fake News About AI
Gab News - Mar 22nd 2023 3:51pm EDTWritten by: Fosco Marotto, CTO Gab.com There used to be a meme where you’d start a sentence on a mobile phone that would suggest words above the keyboard, and you keep picking the middle suggestion until you completed a sentence. This was an admittedly simple AI, generating text, predicting what the next word could be. […]
Light People, an Obelisk, and The GTI
Gab News - Mar 22nd 2023 3:11pm EDT Why Light People Marriage Must End In Gay Marriage by John Heers, of First Things Foundation First, before we dig into some heavy things, did you know that there is something called the Gay Travel Index? Here’s what this index does: It ranks the world’s nations for friendliness toward gay people. The index is published by The […]
Roots + Wings —Sprouting Wings
Gab News - Mar 21st 2023 10:01am EDT By Rory Feek, Plain Values Five years ago this month, I stood on a stage in Los Angeles and received a Grammy Award, alone. It was a bittersweet moment to be given such a prestigious accolade for music and a career that almost didn’t happen. Knowing what that moment meant, and the beautiful, yet heartbreaking […]
The Regime’s War To Make Memes Illegal
Gab News - Mar 16th 2023 2:40pm EDT by Pastor Andrew Isker The Regime is currently trying to put a man behind bars for ten years for making memes. The most important First Amendment case of our lifetimes is taking place, and many have no idea it is even happening. United States v. Douglass Mackey began this week and is a major part of […]
Training The Believer To Wield Power
Gab News - Mar 15th 2023 9:00am EDT by Pastor Andrew Isker There is no topic more controversial within conservative Christianity today than the Christian’s relationship to political power. Many Christians believe it is the duty of the Christian to refuse to wield power, leaving it only in the hands of the wicked and godless. But the Bible does not teach that. In […]
The Christian Nationalist Counter-Offensive Has Begun
Gab News - Mar 11th 2023 5:30pm EST by Pastor Andrew Isker The Left is continuing to lose its mind when it comes to Christian Nationalism. American Christians, of which there are tens of millions, continue to grow stronger in their opposition to Leftism and Globalism. Despite the pessimism from many regarding the 2022 election, in many places, self-consciously right-wing and Christian leaders […]
