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God Blessed America
God Blessed America In a world where the mere mention of God in a public setting or context can draw more concern and dismay than
Assorted and Sundry
Just added a link to the website “Always Cowboy,” which is home to some great content by cowboy poets Debra Coppinger Hill and Robert Keene.
It Just Gets Better
Here you go… you’re in! And I’m glad. Thanks for being an active reader of Something Solid. You’ll find all the same links here that you saw highlighted on the
Welcome, Neighbor!
Welcome, friend and fellow pilgrim! From this page you can access anything in this edition of Something Solid. Browse around and make yourself at home.
Souvenirs of a Cowboy Journalist
Just Sayin’s… ~ What I’m calling “souvenirs” are just some original sayings I concocted over the years. This is what you get when you
Under the Spade Brand
By Jesse Mullins, editor and publisher, Something Solid [Editor’s Note: As my May cover story on the Spade Ranch for Texas Co-op Power Magazine hits
They Converse with God
[If you have landed on this page, it is possibly because you linked here from another article on this site. If that is NOT how
Political Correctness: Its Cause and Its Cure
“It [sin] was a word once in everyone’s mind, but now rarely if ever heard.… Is no one any longer guilty of anything? Guilty perhaps
Review: Alive in the Spirit
By Jimmy Jividen; Gospel Advocate Company, Nashville, Tenn., 1990; 146 pages, $9.99 paperback. I find myself in an awkward situation. Some months ago I was
Review: Christianity in Crisis, 21st Century
By Hank Hanegraaff; Thomas Nelson, Nashville, Tenn., 2009; 426 pp., hardbound, $22.99 retail. It’s a two-year-old volume, yes, but it’s worth an evaluation, especially for
The Doctrine of Earthen Vessels
Some 60-plus years ago, evangelist Eldred Stevens, then the pulpit minister of the Stillwater (Okla.) church of Christ (and later the director of the Dallas-based
Repentance is Always Possible
In Heb. 6, we find a passage that has been worrisome for more than a few Christians, especially those who at some point wavered in
In Praise of Praise
“I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.” Psalms 34:1 The scriptures tell us to “praise God.”
Social Gospels to the Side
We live in an age that has seen dramatic change in how the Christian message is spread. Or, perhaps, in how it is not spread.
John R. Erickson: Story Crafter
“What we choose to see, hear, and read matters greatly. People need good stories just as they need home-cooked meals, clean water, spiritual peace, and
John R. Erickson, in the words of those who know him
This discussion is a sidebar to an in-depth personality profile of author John R. Erickson, creator of the “Hank the Cowdog” series of books and
Real Ranch, Real Rancher: John R. Erickson
To most who are familiar with the tabletop flatness of much of the Texas panhandle, the ruggedness of the Canadian River Valley would seem a
Inside Hank the Cowdog
John R. Erickson, author of the Hank the Cowdog series, includes among his many talents the ability to take you inside the mind of a