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Any married couple who has been married and together for a lengthy amount of time can express the heartbreak when one of the two dies. All those years together, knowing each other’s habits, rituals, remarks and personalities is so hard to forget or to simply not give any thoughts to. My wife, Jeanne, and I were married for 53 years and 1 day when she died. My adult children and I knew she was dying; this didn’t come as a surprise but it never makes it any easier to accept and deal with. As a writer and author of books, it only seemed right that I should record the memories of the life ...

The Book of Acts, as recorded in the Bible, records the events surrounding the birth of the Church and its growth in the first century. This book is written in a format which speaks to the events of Acts and how it relates to us today. This is not a commentary but does have some commentary type writing in it. The purpose of this book is to encourage readers to look at this book of New Testament history and understand how it applies to our Christian lives in the 21st Century. The reader can learn how the Church was started and its purpose in this world. It moves chapter by chapter through ...

I'm sure there are countless numbers of testimonies concerning the amazing work which God has performed. Regardless if it's personal or ministry, these testimonies are always encouraging. This book is just one of the many testimonies which could be told concerning how God used the lives of many dedicated Christians to accomplish a work which spanned a time of approximately twenty years. This is the story of how God used a group of His people to start a church ministry which would reach the lives of many lost souls. For twenty years, there were different men, women and pastors who attempted ...

Vietnam, June, 1969 and the war was still raging on. Assigned to the 5th Marine Regiment in An Hoa, Quang Nam Province, Bill Petite soon realized the reality of this war. In the year which would follow, he would experience all the horrors of this war and also experience once in a lifetime friendships. These were friendships which he would remember for the rest of his life. He would learn the importance of the dependence on those friends and those who would fight next to him. He would realize the importance of how to listen and learn and later in his tour how to pass that important ...

Being a young pastor in a local church can prove to be challenging and rewarding. The Apostle Paul wrote this letter to Timothy who was a young pastor in Ephesus. Paul was familiar with the Ephesian people since he had stopped there on his third missionary journey and started the church in Ephesus. The letter to Timothy is a letter full of advice and encouragement for the young pastor. Paul had been Timothy's mentor since they first met when Timothy was about 16 years of age. Paul instructs Timothy on proper worship, women in the church, qualifications of elders and deacons, treatment of ...

The book of Romans in the Bible is probably the most powerful and complete book on theology ever written. And there is a good reason for that; it was written by God, the Holy Spirit, through the Apostle Paul. And two chapters in this book are two very powerful chapters concerning God the Holy Spirit and the sovereignty of God. In chapter 8 we see how the Holy Spirit works in the life of a Christian. He is with us at the moment of our salvation and stays with us until our dying last breath. He, the Holy Spirit, is God with us since He is God. I think the Holy Spirit is sometimes forgotten ...

Bill Petite and Steve Feaster discuss a variety of topics concerning Christianity. If it pertains to Christianity, Bill and Steve will discuss it in a laid back and relaxed manner. There will be no fifty dollars words which most people don't understand and there will be no hell fire and brimstone preaching. This podcast is simply a down to earth, easy to understand discussion about the Christian life. Topics which affect our Christian lives today as well as, What is a cultural Christian? Did Jesus really die on a cross and why? Or something as simple as, what must I do to be saved? And others.

Christianity has come to a point where the culture outside the Church has been allowed to have an influence on how we think and act and react inside the Church. Now, this certainly does not apply to all Christians but it does to far too many. We live in a country which is divided by our views on politics, abortion, the Gay lifestyle, gender transitions and a lot of other views we always seem to disagree on. Disagreement is alright if we are able to acknowledge the other person’s view and not attempt to beat them down and kick them into a corner. In this book, I simply want to lay out the ...

Who is Louis Reeves? He was the pastor of Fairfield Community Church for three years but he simply disappeared without any notice to the church. In comes Tony Stevens as the new pastor and it's his first position as a senior pastor. This story covers the first two years of Tony's role as senior pastor and the continued reoccurrence of the name, Louis Reeves. Who is he and why did he leave so abruptly?As the story winds it's way along, we read how Tony allows the Lord to breathe life back into this church. Louis Reeves had brought a spirit of deadness in his three years as pastor and was ...

Joe and Mike were brothers growing up in the late 1950s. Life, at that time, was simple and while living on a farm in rural America, the boys were able to enjoy the benefits of the simple life. They had wide open spaces to run and play and allow their imaginations to run wild. There was more than enough happening on this farm to keep the boys busy and to allow themselves to get into trouble. These two young boys also had the opportunity to learn some life lessons and how to grow from them. Growing Up Simple is a book which tells the story of these two young boys and the family around them. ...

Have you ever considered what it means to be a Christian man in our current culture? If you are a Christian man, then you know what it is like when you face the world every day. You understand the temptations which are thrown in your direction. You might work in a hostile secular work environment which attempts to wear you down every day. You know what it means to pray about this every morning before you leave your home. Or, maybe you are walking the line between your Christian faith and the world. You might attend church once a week to check the box to say you were there but what did you ...

Jesus saves! Even on the job.... In October of 1981, the National Training Center at Ft. Irwin, Ca. was opened as a training facility for US Army units. The work force was civilian, government contract employees. This work force was involved in, among other evil and detestable practices, drug use, alcohol use and sex…..while on the job. It was a playground for Satan and his followers. This is the last place anyone would expect to hear anything about God. But, God soon began a work that would touch the hearts and lives of the extremely Godless people in this place. God turned the Track and...

Discussing Christianity is a book which includes the various topics which were discussed on a podcast by the same name. Topics included in this book are: Evangelism and Discipleship, Keep it in Context, Fear Faith and Trust, a number of controversial topics and commonly asked questions about Christianity. Every topic which was discussed and then written about in this book is backed by scripture. The podcast was a very informal discussion by Bill Petite and Steve Feaster. There are no far reaching or radical topics or discussion recorded in this book but simple Bible back topics and their ...