The Season of Blogging

  “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:” ---Ecclesiastes 3:1 The Bible informs us that there is a season to everything. There has been a season of my blogging, and it has ended. In the last three years I have witnessed several sites that I regularly …

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Perspective, in Agrarianism and Theology

For anything to be of value, it must be in perspective. Regarding both theology and basic needs, most people have completely lost perspective. In a book I recently acquired on designing and building root cellars, I came across an interesting quote at the beginning of a chapter, from a man I had never heard of. …

Kindle Ebook version of *Rethinking The Propositions* now available for only $3.99

https://www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Propositions-Joseph-Putnam-ebook/dp/B07S8R67Z7/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=rethinking+the+propositions&qid=1559050070&s=gateway&sr=8-3   Hello all, I have a brief post for today. Dragged grudgingly into the digital age, I just republished my paperback book Rethinking The Propositions as a Kindle Ebook this week. Personally, I love actual paper books, aka the dead tree edition. I just am not really into ebooks, Kindle, pdf, or otherwise. But …

Sea Chest Theology

“And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. ----Luke 12:15 When I visited Grouseland (the 1804 vintage mansion of Virginia scion William Henry Harrison) on my birthday last year I was briefly immersed in history, in a …

Atheism and Evangelical Children

Today I feel the need to post concerning the God part of God, Kin, and Soil. About two years ago, I started to look up some old acquaintances from my teen years in an Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) Church. I did not find everyone I looked for online, but I came across several. Not all …

Blogging and Books: Why?

Why am I blogging, and publishing books? I put this brief piece together this morning, after thinking much about this subject recently. In the Introduction to his 2004 book C Stories, the late Jeff Cooper stated the following on why he wrote: “In my case, I write because I think that only in the printed …

Why I Love the Frontier

Since I was a child, I have been somewhat fascinated with the early American Frontier, the period from about 1750-1825. Whether you call it Greater Appalachia, the Southern Backcountry, or the Trans-Appalachian region -I have always felt a connection to the people and history of the early American frontier south of Mason-Dixon. painting of Daniel …