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Like a fire in my bones....The Mad Christian, Rev Jonathan Fisk, preaches at St Paul Lutheran Chruch in Rockford, Illinois.
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Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church in Vienna, Virginia is a parish in the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church and a member of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Worship at St. Athanasius is according to the history Liturgy of the Church. Services at St. Athanasius are not designed for entertainment or sensation, but to prepare broken repentant sinners to receive these gifts of Word and Sacrament, and to know the truth of the incomparable riches of the grace showered on us by our gracious ...
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St. James Lutheran Church and School Howard Lake, MN
St. James Lutheran Church and School Howard Lake, MN
Various theological matters and devotional material for anyone who finds it helpful.
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Based on Isaiah 50:4-10, James 3:1-12, Mark 9:14-29
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Molech, Melek and Forgetting God is There
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, October 6th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from…
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, October 6th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from…
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Today, I want to start at the end—with the image of children being brought to Jesus in the Gospel. The disciples tried to push them away, likely annoyed by their disruptions, but Jesus wasn’t having it. He welcomed the children because they see the world differently—through eyes of wonder and curiosity. Jesus uses this to teach us something deeper …
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, September 29th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement f…
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, September 29th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement f…
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What's worse? The war you can see or the war you can't? That there is war in our world should not surprise us. We are reaping the wages of sin and the Scriptures are clear this is how it will be. Underneath it all, behind it all, is the evil one. But do not despair! Because of this, too, the Scriptures are very, very clear -- who has won and who wi…
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Blaspheme! Saul, Doeg and the God Who is There
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, September 22nd, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement f…
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Blaspheme! The Spirit of God and the spirit of folly - Matt 12
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, September 22nd, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement f…
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Desperate times call for desperate measures. When time is short, your priorities change. What you would have put off, you no longer do. So when the manager in the parable today heard these words, Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager, his life changed in a heartbeat. So Jesus' question for us today is this -- how …
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, September 15th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement f…
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Actors! The Seven Woes of Jesus Christ - Matthew 23
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, September 15th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement f…
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A father in distress brings his demon-possessed son to them, and they failed. They couldn't cast it out. They had done so before. Not too long before this, Jesus had sent the disciples out two-by-two, and specifically with authority over unclean spirits. But how quickly things change. That's the scene Jesus steps into. So this father turns to Jesus…
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Salvation by Mercy Alone - James 2 as unifier of the Church
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, September 8th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement fr…
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Who is Caesar? Matt 22 and the Chief “Corner”
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, September 8th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement fr…
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Be opened, Jesus said. And this man's ears were opened. Imagine what that must have been like. The joy. These miracles of Jesus were truly life-changing. There's an isolation that comes with these disabilities, try as we might to overcome it. If people don't want to be called disabled, we can certainly use different words. But, on a deeper level, t…
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The Vineyard, The Beast, and the Fruit - James 1 and Isaiah 5
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, September 1st, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement fr…
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, September 1st, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement fr…
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Most people know the story of David and Goliath. They know of the story. But they don't know the story. What they know is the little guy beats the big guy. And that has become a well-known image in our world today. But there is much more to this story than that. It is about God fighting for His people, and faith in God, that He will do so. Saul put…
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, August 25th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from…
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The Church is the Called - Matt 18, Mercy and Childhood under God
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, August 25th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from…
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Saturday, August 24th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement fr…
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So, gifts. That's been the focus these past three weeks. The funny thing about gifts, though, is that they can make us uncomfortable. Gifts are supposed to have no strings attached, and they often don't. Or they're not intended to. So it is with Jesus and His gifts. There are truly no strings attached. Jesus simply wants to give, and for all people…
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, August 18th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from…
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, August 18th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from…
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Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink... Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever. Do you take offense at this? Jesus asked. Yes, they did. And many left. It is offensive, scandalous, a hard saying. Whoever feeds on this bre…
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Scatter the Seed, Build Houses, Expect Hope
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, August 11th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from…
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Trust The Leaven. Buy The Field. Seek Pearls. Jesus Knows What He Is Talking About.
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, August 11th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from…
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Today, Jesus continues His program and teaching on the food that builds the Church. Bread that, as we heard today, one may eat of it and not die. The food that builds the church. But I think we're sometimes like the people in Jesus' day, who were thinking with their stomachs. Jesus said, this is the will of my Father, not that we have a good and co…
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, August 4th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from …
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The Proverb of the Tares: Israel, Jesus and You
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, August 4th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from …
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It doesn't matter how old you are, whether you're a one-year old or ninety years old. Everyone gets hangry. You're not yourself. That's how important food is to us. Which God knew. And hangry is what the people of Israel became in the wilderness. They got irritable and bad-tempered. They grumbled and complained. But God didn't snap back at them. He…
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People often wonder what heaven will be like. The Bible tells us a little about that, but not much. I suspect because we wouldn't understand anyhow. There is a whole, big, glorious eternity waiting for us, when we, like Nancy receive our birthdays into heaven. Which is why even in the midst of tears and sadness today, there is joy.…
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, July 28th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from R…
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, July 28th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from R…
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So that day, right after feeding the 5,000, the disciples get into the boat to go to the other side. Business as usual. Jesus goes off by Himself to pray. Business as usual. the storm is calmed by Jesus. Business as usual. The crowds follow Jesus and He heals them. Business as usual. And even Jesus walking on the water, business as usual... for Jes…
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, July 21st, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from R…
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, July 21st, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from R…
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Who was in the crowd that day? Well, they are undoubtedly just like the group that has come here today. People struggling with issues in their lives. And when Jesus went ashore and saw them, that great crowd of people like that, He had compassion on them. Because when He looked out at that crowd, when He looks at you now, He doesn't see strugglers,…
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If John wanted to save his head, all he had to do was shut his mouth. Easy, but not good. To love your neighbor as yourself meant that John had to speak. But a glorious inheritance was waiting for John, as we heard in the reading from Ephesians today. What he did not receive on earth, he was given now in heaven. John knew this, was sure of it, that…
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, July 7th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from Re…
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Beware False Prophets: Book of Galatians Overview
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, July 7th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from Re…
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It was supposed to be a day, it should have been a day, that left everyone feeling good. The whole town coming out, to see Jesus and listen to Him preach. But Jesus didn't say what they expected Him to say. So what did Jesus say? What did He say that was so offensive? We're not told here, in the reading we heard today, but Mark tells us earlier wha…
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Made Honest by God’s Word - with Seminarian Patrick Randolph
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, June 30th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from R…
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, June 23rd, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from R…
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, June 23rd, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from R…
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There are three questions asked in the Holy Gospel we heard today. Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing? Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith? And, who then is this, that even wind and sea obey him? The disciples were still learning. They had seen Jesus do wonderful, marvelous things, but nothing like this. This was nature. Unco…
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Father's Day Sunday, June 16th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encoura…
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Father's Day Sunday, June 16th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encoura…
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The kingdom of God is unpredictable. From our perspective, anyway. Because that means I'm not in control. That's what Jesus is teaching in the parables we heard today. Sometimes you are surprised. Sometimes what you get is unexpected, and so unpredictable. The alternative, then, is to live by faith, not sight. But to live by faith is to admit and a…
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Oaths, Vengeance and Malice in the Red Letters - Guest Preacher Jonathan Poppe
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Preached at St Paul Lutheran Church, Rockford, Illinois on Sunday, June 9th, 2024. Support Rev Fisk at SubscribeStar Order Rev Fisk's books at Amazon Catch Rev Fisk on A Brief History of Power podcast For video, visit Rev Fisk's Rumble channel Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from Re…
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