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Walking in Wisdom #107 - How to Crown a Husband

Walking in Wisdom, Edition 107 is now available. Look for it on my Walk in Wisdom Periodical page. If you'd like to receive it by email, please use the Response page.

Edition 107 - How to Crown a Husband, released May 11, 2026, contains:

  • How to Crown a Husband - John T Polk II
  • Why Mary? - bonus sermon slides from John T Polk II 
  • Rules for Rearing a Juvenile Delinquent, Part 1 - Donnie Barnes chart
  • Stand Up for Motherhood - Ron Bartanen
  • Salted Speech - quotes from Thomas Bailey Clegg, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and others about motherhood, traditional home, trad wife, love, and marriage 

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Walking in Wisdom #106 - The Sin of Hate Speech

Walking in Wisdom, Edition 106 is now available. Look for it on my Walk in Wisdom Periodical page. If you'd like to receive it by email, please use the Response page.

Edition 106 - The Sin of Hate Speech, released May 4, 2026, contains:

  • The Sin of hate Speech - John T Polk II
  • Sword for Sword - bonus article from John T Polk II 
  • Rules for Rearing a Juvenile Delinquent, Part 2 - Donnie Barnes chart
  • How a Faithful Wife Can Save Her Husband - Robert Lupo
  • Single Parents in God’s Family - David Sproule
  • Salted Speech - quotes from George Washington, Charles de Gaulle, William Arthur Ward,, and others about war, patriotism, nationalism, hatred, Christian life, purpose in life, and marriage 

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Words of Wisdom Article: Drug Free?

Words of Wisdom Articles are mini articles that have been printed in the Oneida, TN, Independent Herald newspaper and epaper since September 2019. “Words of Wisdom” is published online weekly and available on: https://www.indherald.com/p/words-of-wisdom. This week’s contribution is Drug Free?  from February 13, 2026. 

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"Sticks & Stones" - Published Today

Words of Wisdom Articles are mini articles that have been printed in the Oneida, TN, Independent Herald newspaper since September 2019. “Words of Wisdom” is published online weekly and available on: https://www.indherald.com/p/words-of-wisdom.

This week’s contribution is “Sticks & Stones” from October 24, 2025. 

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Walk in Wisdom #59 - A Father's Wisdom

Walk in Wisdom, Edition 59 is now available. Look for it on my Walk in Wisdom Periodical page. If you'd like to receive it by email, please use the Response page.
Edition 59, released June 2, 2025, contains:

  • A Father’s Wisdom: Learn From Your Parents’ Experiences - John T Polk II
  • The Man Who Was Deaf and Tongue Tied - Mike Kiser
  • Salted Speech - quotes from John Locke and Clarence Budington Kelland
  • Homecoming 2025 & Gospel Meeting with Phil Sanders - invitation from Oneida Church of Christ

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Walk In Wisdom, Edition 11

Walk in Wisdom, Edition 11 is now available. Look for it on my NEW Walk in Wisdom Periodical page. If you'd like to receive it by email, please use the Response page.

Edition 11, released July 2, 2024, contains:

  • Why Does Violence Erupt? - John T Polk II
  • Rules to Teach Your Son - Anonymous
  • Awake Yet? - MEME by Anonymous
  • Salted Speech - quotes from Leonardo da Vinci & Aesop

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Walk In Wisdom, Edition 10

Walk in Wisdom, Edition 10 is now available. Look for it on my NEW Walk in Wisdom Periodical page. If you'd like to receive it by email, please use the Response page.

Edition 10, released June 24, 2024, contains:

 

  • QA: Are All Bible Versions the Same? What is the real difference between a translation, interpretation, or paraphrase Bible? - John T Polk II
  • 8 Fights Worth Picking With Your Kids - David Morris
  • Why I Am Not Afraid - Gus Nichols
  • Salted Speech - quotes from Benjamin Disraeli, William Arthur Ward, and Theodore Roosevelt

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What Are Fathers For?

My sermon slides What Are Fathers For? based on Psalm 78:1-8, and delivered June 14, 2023, is now available. Look for it on Sermon Powerpoints.

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Edgar A Guest's Only a Dad

In honour of our earthly fathers, Edgar A Guest's Only a Dad features on Guest Authors. 

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Stand Up For Motherhood

In honour of wives and mothers, Ron Bartanen's Stand Up For Motherhood is now available. Look for the name of the file or the word "FEATURED" on Publications from Guest Authors.

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Bill Young's The Hero of It's a Wonderful Life

To honour wives and mothers on Mother's Day, Bill Young's article, The Hero of "It's a Wonderful Life", is now available in Publications from Guest Authors. Look for the word "FEATURED" or the name of the file on the page.

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Ron Bartanen's 50 Years' Anniversary of Roe vs. Wade?

Ron Bartanen's article 50 Years' Anniversary?! from January 22, 2023, is now available. Look for the name of the file or the word "FEATURED" in Publications from Guest Authors.

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Sellers Crain's Unconditional Love

Sellers S Crain, Jr's article on Unconditional Love, based on the Parable of the Prodigal Son, is now available. It is located on the special page for Publications from Sellers Crain.

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What Should Parents Provide for Their Children?

Donnie Barnes' one pager on What Should Parents Provide for Their Children? is now available in my dedicated page, Charts from Donnie Barnes.

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T - Sermon Slides Now Available

My sermon slides for Respect, based on Luke 20:9-19 and delivered May 7, 2023, are now available. Look for the word "FEATURED" or the name of the file in Sermon Powerpoints.

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Dangers That All Parents Should Avoid

Donnie Barnes' chart Dangers That All Parents Should Avoid is now available in my dedicated page, Charts from Donnie Barnes.

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QA: Are Homosexuals Who Love Each Other "Born of God"?

My QA: Since ‘everyone who loves is born of God and knows God’ (1 John 4:7), then are homosexuals who love each other ‘born of God?’ is now available. Look for the word "FEATURED" or the name of the file in Misunderstood Scriptures. It is also featured in Questions Answered for June 2, 2019.

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Donnie Barnes' How To Help Your Children

In light of the shooting in Newport News, Virginia, Donnie Barnes' How To Help Your Children chart is now available in dedicated page Charts from Donnie Barnes.

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QA: What Can Be Done About School Shootings?

In light of the shooting in Newport News, Virginia, my QA: What can be done about the shooting massacre that occurred in Uvalde, Texas? from May 29, 2022, is now available in Questions Answered.

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Donnie Barnes' Children Learn What They Live

Donnie Barnes' Children Learn What They Live is now available in my NEW PAGE for Charts from Donnie Barnes.

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