Welcome back for Part 3 of the Christian Example Series, The Snare of the Fowler.As you may remember, Nathan is a troubled young man with a penchant for long distance trucking, movies, and talking to hardware store clerks. However, on a recent long-distance haul in Georgia, Nathan’s truck broke down. Stranded in the wilderness with […]
Author Archives: By Thy Words
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Jul
Jul
I’m back with a BONUS POST for this week. (My goal is to produce one blog post per week, to be released on the weekend, but this week I’m producing an extra post, to celebrate the launching of my Patreon. That’s right! For the cost of just one coffee a month, you can buy ME […]
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Jul
Jul
Today’s post begins a series that has been many years in the making. In the last post, I mentioned that there were two stories that had inspired me to start By Thy Words. This is one of them. This is the story which first planted the seeds in my mind that By Thy Words was […]
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Jul
Jul
Hi! I’m back! I’ve been thinking about what I could write to get the page rolling again. I need to finish up The Priceless Privilege, but dissecting that one takes quite a bit of mental energy, and I wanted something a little more enjoyable to write about. Imagine my delight when, as I was going […]
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Mar
Mar
We’re back again for another look at the mental contortions required to keep the flock in line when you are part of an extremely conservative and coercive religious sect. If you haven’t read yesterday’s post, I recommend that you do so first, because this post builds on that one. As you recall, Menno and […]
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Mar
Mar
Note to readers: In this post, I am inaugurating a new practice. There are times when I wish to insert commentary directly into the quotes. Up to this time, I have resisted the urge. Now, I have decided to add the comments as I desire, but to mark them in green, like this, so that […]
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Mar
Mar
Since everyone is quarantined, or social distancing or whatever you call it in your area, because of the corona virus, or COVID-19, or the China Flu, or whatever you and your friends call it.I thought I’d do my part by redeeming the time and providing you with some new articles over the next weeks. I […]
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Jan
Jan
Well, I’m back. It’s been far too long since I wrote, but with the holidays behind us, I should be able to once again put greater focus into this blog. I’m sure you’ve all been wondering with bated breath to find out what, exactly, is going to become of our troubled protagonist. Will […]
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Nov
Nov
In today’s chapter of The Priceless Privilege, Rosemary gets to visit Hope Valley. It is the church that will (spoiler alert) be the answer to all her problems, a church where things are done according to the Bible, and there is peace and love, and so forth. My sources have identified the real life location […]
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Nov
Nov
This is Part 2 of a series. Here’s Part 1, if you’re just joining us. So Rosemary, our confused protagonist, is desperately looking for answers. Is there a true church someplace that both follows the Bible by wearing the right clothes, and also obeys the Bible by not fighting and bickering? She doesn’t believe […]