Tom Autry: Tom Autry, and Blood of the Lamb

Tom Autry is a Texas Christian performer who put out several very smooth albums in the 1970's and 1980's. Tom Autry (Star Song SSR-0001, 1975) Tom Autry's début album (and evidently that of Star Song Records as well) is a laid back, beautifully performed album that constantly reminds one of its Texas origins. His mellow …

The Answer is Jesus Christ Coffeehouse Rehearsal

Recorded 29 August 1975 These are unreleased recordings as opposed to a polished production. But some explanation is necessary. The Answer is Jesus Christ was started by M.B. Flippen (that's right, "Flip" Flippen, the motivational speaker) as a Christian counselling centre in College Station, Texas, in 1972. At the same time it was a coffeehouse …

Who’s this idiot? That’s me!

Our family business' first trip to the then Soviet Union was an interesting experience. Our objective was to sell the Soviets (as they were called then) our offshore pile driving equipment for their offshore oil production work. Their idea was to get us to sell their diesel pile driving equipment and other Soviet technology in …

What We Need is a Light Trailer

At one time my old family business, based in Tennessee, opened a fabricating facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. Across the street from our new plant was "U and Me Transfer and Storage," (see photo) which we hired to move a lot of our machinery. We sent one of our supervisors to Florida to help …

Use What You Have…But Use It

This site proclaims itself as "the online perch of an elitist snob."  Part of that snob's background was in yachting, and this story comes from that experience. We had two dinghies; the smaller of the two was an 8' fibreglass cathedral hull boat referred to as a "dilly boat," depicted with a larger than normal …

The Symphony of Prayer

Again, I tell you that, if but two of you on earth agree as to what they shall pray for, whatever it be, it will be granted them by my Father who is in Heaven. For where two or three have come together in my Name, I am present with them. (Matt 18:19-20) When we …

Fulfillers of the Promise

I'm not exactly sure how old this is; I think it goes back to 1998. A Good Bargain It took a long time for my schedule to open up but at last I was able to attend my first Promise Keepers stadium event (arena event, to be exact.) During the lunch break our group decided …

Fruit That Lasts

"It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you, and I appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that should remain, so that the Father might grant you whatever you ask in my Name." (John 15:16) This verse deals with two important issues -- the nature of Jesus' calling and the nature …

Church and State: A Different View

The recent changes in the leadership (such as it is) composition in the U.S. give the Evangelical community an opportunity for a serious "reality check" in their idea regarding the relationship of Christianity with the state.  So let's take a serious look at what the New Testament really says, instead of what everyone else says …

Blessed are the Merciful

My first semester at Texas A&M University, I was required to take Analytical Geometry. My teacher was a former seminary student (come to think of it, so was my Calculus teacher!) Generally it wasn't a difficult course but it had its moments. One of them came with a particularly difficult problem we had for homework. …

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