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A Ball Game, A Snake Head, and Easter
The enemy struck out in a cosmic ball game with eternal significance. “For it's one, Two, Three strikes you're out At the old ball game” — Take Me Out to the Ball Game Once on a family vacation, I found a flattened snake's head baking on the pavement under the Ozark...
Everlasting Father. Jesus? Was Isaiah Mistaken?
One can become fatherless by illness, crime, divorce, or plain old simple abandonment. Unfortunately, it happens every day, at any age. Each is painful. Fathers are not everlasting. I lost my father during college to cancer. As I faced the future without him, I...
Golden: A Review (A Short Story)
James Scott Bell writes suspense thrillers, but his short story, Golden, is a pleasant surprise for readers valuing character-driven fiction.
Action that Makes You Huff and Puff — Review of Framed
Action Packed James Scott Bell writes in fast-clipped, judiciously chosen words, that deliver a punch in his action-packed novella, Framed. If his opening sentence doesn’t grab your attention… “It’s not everyday you bleed to death.” … well, you must be dead. The story...
His Light Shines On Us
The LORD is God, and he has made his light shine on us. With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession up to the horns of the altar. (Psalm 118:27) Have you stumbled in the night trying to find the light switch in a dark, unfamiliar room? I have as I groped with...
Superheroes and Mighty God
Hollywood and the viewing public are enthralled with movies about superheroes, but none can compare with the Mighty God in Isaiah 5:9.
