1 Samuel: Parallel Christian Society in 1000 BC by Pastor Andrew Isker Saul’s war against David continues. Saul is the king of Israel, with a duty to defend his people, yet he makes war against his faithful lieutenant out of envy and paranoia. David does not fight back. Instead, David fights Israel’s enemies, as a […]
By John Heers, of First Things Foundation Alert: This month’s post is not about love as understood by people living on this side of the Victorian age. This article won’t make fans of the movie Titanic particularly happy, and few will want to sketch out paunchy heart-shaped doodles as they read this. Let me explain, […]
By Lisa Miller, Wife to Marlin, publisher of Plain Values Someone once told us, “If you are looking around hoping for someone to do something about something, maybe that person is you.” One size most certainly does not fit all for our family in many regards, so when it comes to education, we do our […]
By Marlin Miller, Publisher of Plain Values I began our first post with this question and a statement. “What do the Amish, little ones with special needs, two nonprofits, four adoptions, two one-room schoolhouses from the 1800’s and a monthly print magazine have to do with homesteading in 2023? It is the story of our […]
By Pastor Andrew Isker If you are even the slightest bit aware of what is happening to our country, you have probably said something like, “it can’t go on like this forever, eventually there is going to be a collapse.” From an economic perspective, you instinctively know that, eventually, you will run out of other […]
By Joel Salatin, Plain Values Does God Care How I Farm? That question defines my life’s work and vision because it moves the visceral, practical decisions I make in my farming vocation to a place of sacredness and godly living. If God cares about physical and practical things in my life, then my theology and […]
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