Welcome to Truth Applications

Recent Additions

• Added November 10, 2026 — The latest installment of the Opening the Scriptures newsletter: Issue 4/13 — Confidence to Rejoice
• Added November 8, 2026 — To the Sermons & Class Notes—Topical Page, Plea for Purity Series # 4: Morality from the Inside Out
• Added November 3, 2026 — The latest issue of The Berea Page: An Ancient Guide to Making Sense (Issue 8/3 – November 3, 2026)
• Added October 25, 2026 — To the Sermons and Class Notes, Bible Text Studies Page, Acts Class Notes: The Power of Pentecost (Acts 2.41–47)

An Announcement about the Future of My Writing Ministry

March 9, 2026 — As one blessed with the talent and interest in writing, I have always made it an important part of my ministry. At this point in my life, it is the primary focus of my service. My aim is to prepare substantive teaching materials for the church drawn from my study of the biblical text and related topics. I do this in the interest of informing and equipping a wider audience for service.

To sustain this service, financial support is needed. I am happy to announce that the College Church of Christ in Searcy, AR—my home church since 2015—is now supporting my writing ministry and will manage the contributions necessary to help sustain and expand it. My goal is to raise sufficient funds on a monthly basis to underwrite basic living expenses and provide a cushion for other periodic needs (e.g., auto repairs). 

For additional information, go to the Writing Ministry page for an overview of the ministry's purpose, goals, and needs. To read the College Church's endorsement, click here.

Note: While one-time user donations are appreciated, the materials on this website, as well as the Berea Page and Opening the Scriptures teaching newsletters, will continue to be offered free as a service to page visitors and subscribers. 

To make a one-time or sustaining donation to support my writing ministry, click the button below to go to the College Church giving page. In the dropdown box marked "Fund," select "Anguish Writing Ministry."

Sign up to Receive my Free Newsletters

Obiter Dicta
​"an incidental or passing remark, opinion, etc." ~ Dictionary.com

• ​"To Think About" quotation from the latest Berea Page: “What is the good of telling ships how to steer so as to avoid collisions if, in fact, they are such crazy old tubs that they cannot be steered at all? What is the good of drawing up, on paper, rules for social behaviour, if we know that, in fact, our greed, cowardice, ill temper, and self-conceit are going to prevent us from keeping them? I do not mean for a moment that we ought not to think, and think hard, about improvements in our social and economic system. What I do mean is that all thinking will be mere moonshine unless we realise that nothing but the courage and unselfishness of individuals is ever going to make any system work properly. It is easy enough to remove the particular kinds of graft or bullying that go on under the present system: but as long as men are twisters or bullies they will find some new way of carrying on the old game under the new system. You cannot make men good by law: and without good men you cannot have a good society.” ~ C. S. Lewis. 1952. Mere Christianity. rev. pb. ed., 1960. Macmillan Publishing Company, 72.
• "Additional Thought" quotation from the latest Opening the Scriptures: “Suffering is no less real … just because it does not lead to death. Since scorn and contempt are slow-working acids that corrode individual and communal identity, social alienation should not be viewed as a trivial form of suffering. Persecution may bring death, but the martyr has the advantage of dying with meaning. Societal scorn, however, threatens meaning and identity. In the face of outside hostility or contempt, intentional communities often respond by portraying the outsiders as evil. It is remarkable; therefore, that 1 Peter advocates such an open attitude toward the larger society, which, according to the writer, only needs to be shown that the Christian way is harmless.” ~ Luke Timothy Johnson. 2010. The Writings of the New Testament: An Interpretation. 3rd ed. Fortress Press, 427

Looking for a resource to help new believers learn
​the basics about the Bible and its story?

Previously Released Books
(Click book covers to learn more)

Teaching Seminars
Defending & Confirming the Faith
(Click here to learn more)