Christian Living The Roundtable — Amish Insights on: Pride Guest Post, March 6, 2023 Share this:By: Jerry D. Miller, Plain Values Our human tendency is to want to be independent. We do not want to rely on others, but the irony of it is, God created us to be dependent on each other when he created a man and woman in the Garden of Eden…. Continue Reading
Christian Artisty The Jesus Revolution and Online Dissidents Andrew Isker, March 3, 2023 Share this:by Pastor Andrew Isker Spiritual revival is huge news lately. What is happening at Asbury University has been in the news for weeks. Is it real? Is it fake? Is it woke? Is it sincere? It is all anyone wants to talk about. It is self-evident that we are in… Continue Reading
Christian Living Roots + Wings — Planting Roots Guest Post, February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 Share this:By Rory Feek, Plain Values January always feels like not only the beginning of a new year, but a new opportunity. To do things better, to be better. To do the thing you’ve always wanted to do. A chance for real and lasting change. The first few stories I’ll be… Continue Reading
Christian Living Light People, Old World Marriage and Love Guest Post, February 14, 2023February 15, 2023 Share this: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… Continue Reading
Christian Living What If We Would Build a Schoolhouse? Guest Post, February 13, 2023February 15, 2023 Share this: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… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Parallel Christian Society in 1000 BC Andrew Isker, February 2, 2023March 9, 2023 Share this:King David’s Israel as a Model For Life in 21st Century America by Pastor Andrew Isker David has been on the run from Saul, and now things are beginning to change. David has assembled a kingdom in exile that is growing more powerful, and Saul is waging war not only… Continue Reading
Christian Living The Roundtable — Amish Insights on: Pride Guest Post, January 31, 2023March 6, 2023 Share this:by Ivan Keim, Plain Values First, a note from Marlin Miller, Publisher of Plain Values Magazine: Across the news and nation, I have sensed a renewed drive to get communities together again, more like the “good ole days.” Now, I’m not a fan of wishing to go back, but the… Continue Reading
Christian Living Lessons from Livestock, Part Two Guest Post, January 17, 2023January 25, 2023 Share this:To Be or not to Bug by David Treebeard Read Part OneRead Part Three When animals become numbers, human numbers are not far behind. For the past several hundred years since the imaginations of Descartes and other enlighteners permeated our power structures, people have been treated as machines or numbers… Continue Reading
Christian Living The War Against Chaos Guest Post, January 13, 2023January 23, 2023 Share this:by J.Pilgrim I’m typing this out while I’m racked out in the back of my SUV in a Walmart parking lot in a college town, sipping a beer. I was attempting to spend New Year’s Day camping at the homestead, but my fan belt frayed out on the drive and… Continue Reading
Christian Living The Visual Examination Guest Post, January 12, 2023January 23, 2023 Share this:The Art and Science of Watching your Animals by A.L. Bork DVM The squeak of the grass, as it’s pinched between tooth and gum, harmonizes with the slow, baritone hoof beats of the flock advancing across the shadowy hillside. Each individual navigates independently, but pulses forward in unison with the… Continue Reading
Christian Living Lessons from Livestock, Part One Guest Post, January 6, 2023January 25, 2023 Share this:The Living Scripture of Creation by David Treebeard Read Part TwoRead Part Three Nature is under God’s control, and all the parts of nature are part of His symbolic language. This means that all of creation offers spiritual lessons. To farm, log, or fish is to interact with an animated… Continue Reading
Christian Artisty Embrace Your Calling for Christ’s Parallel Economy Guest Post, December 5, 2022 Share this:by P.R. Infidel America has entered an Age of idiocy, and while it’s hard to watch her circle the drain, we can all do something to soften our landing. Specifically, we can use our talents to build the parallel economy Gab’s founder Mr. Torba is advocating. Continue Reading