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Walking in Wisdom #104 - God's Plan and Me

Walking in Wisdom, Edition 104 is now available. Look for it on my Walk in Wisdom Periodical page. If you'd like to receive it by email, please use the Response page.

Edition 104 - God’s Plan and Me, released April 20, 2026, contains:

  • God’s Plan and Me - John T Polk II
  • “Robbing Hoods” - bonus article from John T Polk II 
  • What Percentage? - Anonymous
  • Cloning and the Dandelion - Mary Batten, Science Digest
  • Salted Speech - quotes and images from Henry Brooks Adams, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and others about the future, legacy, patriotism, freedom, teachers, and education

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Need Does NOT Justify Greed - Out Now

Words of Wisdom Articles are mini articles that have been printed in the Oneida, TN, Independent Herald newspaper since September 2019. “Words of Wisdom” is published online weekly and available on: https://www.indherald.com/p/words-of-wisdom.

This week’s contribution is Need Does Not Justify Greed from November 14, 2025. 

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Was Jesus a Socialist?

Walk in Wisdom, Edition 78 is now available. Look for it on my Walk in Wisdom Periodical page. If you'd like to receive it by email, please use the Response page.

Edition 78, released October 13, 2025, contains:

  • QA: Was Jesus a Socialist? - John T Polk II
  • Jesus Christ vs. Karl Marx Free bonus article - John T Polk II
  • Can You Say, “Jesus Christ, My Lord”? - End Sterchi
  • Old Versus New System of Sacrifice - Donnie Barnes chart
  • Salted Speech - quotes about attitude and discipline

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Reeling From Stealing

Words of Wisdom Articles are mini articles that have been printed in the Oneida, TN, Independent Herald newspaper since September 2019. “Words of Wisdom” is published online weekly and available on: www.ihoneida.com/words-of-wisdom . This week’s contribution is Reeling From Stealing for June 17, 2024. 

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Stand Up For Motherhood

In honour of wives and mothers, Ron Bartanen's Stand Up For Motherhood is now available. Look for the name of the file or the word "FEATURED" on Publications from Guest Authors.

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Words of Wisdom August 28 - September 1, 2023

My Words of Wisdom Audios are 1-minute radio lessons which are studies from the Bible for our current times. They are broadcast on www.wecoradio.com/ FM 101.3 after the 12 noon news and after the 3pm news. Transcripts are available at Words of Wisdom Radio Transcripts, for lessons 2014 till now. This week’s lessons are:
- 8/28/2023 - Monumental Destruction  
- 8/29/2023 - No Total Depravity           
- 8/30/2023 - Work, Work, Work           
- 8/31/2023 - Labor Day              
- 9/1/2023 - In the Midst of Sinners     

Older Words of Wisdom radio minutes from 2014 onwards are found in Words of Wisdom Archive. 

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Coveting's Company

My slides for the sermon Coveting's Company taken from 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 and delivered February 26, 2023, is now available in Sermon Powerpoints. Please open the page and search for the word "FEATURED" or the name of the file.

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I Can Do - Philippians 4:10 - 13

My sermon slides, I Can Do, based on Philippians 4:10-13 and delivered on October 9, 2022, is now available in Sermon Powerpoints.

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What Should a Christian Do When a Mob Rules?

My sermon slides for Occupy Wall Street: What Should a Christian do when a "mob" rules?, based on Acts 17:1-17, is available in Sermon Powerpoints. It was first produced in 2011 and holds true today.

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QA: Should Christians Take Handouts Instead of a Job?

My QA: Should Christians take handouts instead of a job?, from August 15, 2021, is now available in Questions Answered.

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Proverbs Segment #161: The Sin of Revisionist History

My Proverbs Commentary continues with Segment #161: The Sin of Revisionist History, recently REVISED and based on Proverbs 22:28 and Proverbs 23:10-11. All my Proverbs commentary is available FOR FREE TO DOWNLOAD on Studies in the Book of Proverbs.

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What Price "Freedom"? Slides Now Available

My Sermon slides What Price "Freedom"? based on Galatians 5:1-3 is now available in Sermon Powerpoints.

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Reeling from Stealing: Mini Article

Jesus said: "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal” (Matthew 6:19). “Treasures” have earthly value, and God approves respect for personal ownership. Everyone who breaks in and steals is a thief who is violating God’s Law. The Gospel of Christ teaches:  “Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need” (Ephesians 4:28). Thieves, to show repentance, should have to buy what they have stolen by getting a job. Jobs should help workers be benevolent to others. Karl Marx’s criminal communism abolishes personal ownership, God’s Christ protects private property. Decide how you want it: godliness or ungodliness. - August 2, 2021

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Proverbs Commentary #113: Work With Faith

My Proverbs Commentary continues with Segment #113: Work With Faith, taken from Proverbs 16:20. It is available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs, as is an entire Commentary for Proverbs and Psalms, completely free to download as Bible study material.

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Commentary Segment #86: No "Communism" Here!

My Proverbs Commentary #86: No "Communism" Here!, taken from Proverbs 14:23, is now available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs.

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No "Separation of Church and State"

There is no such thing as “Separation of Church and State,” not in the U.S. Constitution, or in practice!  The U.S. Constitution never separates “church and state.”  In practice, though, the Federal Government has used “faith-based charities” for years to accomplish some of their programs.  In Tennessee, Catholic Charities administer the Federal program of immigrant resettlement.  Why can pulpits be used to endorse government plans, while the government smothers any influence from “the faith?”  “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them” (Romans 1:18-19).  No government prospers while willfully ignorant of God.  Governments collapse with no faith to hold it up! - July 12, 2021

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Prosperity and Responsibility - Proverbs Commentary Segment #25

My Commentary on Proverbs, segment #25, Prosperity and Responsibility, taken from Proverbs 10:1-12, is now available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs.

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Help Wanted! - Mini Article Out Now

“Moreover the profit of the land is for all; even the king is served from the field” (Ecclesiastes 5:9). No society thrives or survives without workers earning wages. God made the basis of society a man-woman marriage (Genesis 2:22-24); and, after sin, women were given difficult childbirth and subjection to their husbands, and men were given work to live by (Genesis 3:16-19).“Man goes out to his work And to his labor until the evening” (Psalm 104:23). “The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, Whether he eats little or much” (Ecclesiastes 5:12). Ignoring heterosexual marriage units, or not accepting male-female sexual identities, or paying people to not work are all rejection of God’s Word! “The desire of the lazy man kills him, For his hands refuse to labor” (Proverbs 21:25). A community is crumbling when “Help Wanted” ads aren’t answered. - June 1, 2021

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"Woke" OR Awake? - Sermon Now Available

My sermon slides for "Woke" OR Awake?, taken from Romans 12:18, are now available in Sermon Powerpoints.

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Proverbs Commentary Segment #27: Righteous Living to Hidden Hatred

My Commentary segment #27 for Proverbs 10:16-18, From Righteous Living to Hidden Hatred, is now available in Studies in the Book of Proverbs. The entire commentary of Proverbs is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD on that page as well.

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