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 .MY
NAME IS JAMES E. GIBBONS and I
live with my wife FREDA in
the
imaginary town known as Mayberry (otherwise known as Mt. Airy, NC). I
grew
up in the rustic mountains of southwestern Virginia near historic
Cumberland
Gap several miles from here. At times when removed from this unique and
picturesque setting I have nostalgically dreamed of living in the
mountains
again, and just spending my time studying and writing. Well, here we
are
and have been here for some time. We can see the beautiful Blue Ridge
Mountains
of Virginia and North Carolina looming in the background not very far
away.
I personally overheard one of the local people say, "I don't care where
I live, just as long as I can see the Blue Ridge Mountains." .Pictures:
North
Carolina--Virginia
Mountains -- Pictures slower appearing -- I IDENTIFY
myself simply as one of the LORD'S
"NBs"* (I Corinthians 1:26-31; Galatians 2:20; 6:14). The LORD
is everything. I edit and publish a full-scale religious paper called The
SWORD and STAFF, doing much of the writing myself. Sometimes I
try my hand at writing poetry; I keep a little notebook handy to write
proverbial sayings. We have a small print shop in the basement of my
house
where I do the printing. Fellow Christians come together to help
assemble
the paper and get it into the mail. Our mailing list is over 20,000,
and
we also print a Spanish edition, La Espada y El Cayado.
Here
we share our humble convictions about God's Word and practical New
Testament
Christianity. On this web site I share some of this material with you.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating, as it has been said, and I
think
you will like the purity and simplicity of what we have to say.
Religiously
we are not bound by human traditions of any kind, just simply by the
Word
of God. Here you will find a sampling of
some
of the articles, poems and proverbs I have written, as well as material
from other people and sources. Among
other things, I am also a teacher of Bible classes. When we finish a
chapter
of the Bible, I furnish everyone with a set of questions over the
material
that's been studied. I will share some of these simple questions with
you.
You might find them useful and even want to print them out as a study
tool.
And for a complimentary copy of our non-commerical publication devoted
exclusively to basic spiritual matters, let us hear from you. I think
you
will like it. It is nice to have you visit. Come back. New material
will
be added along to our web site. [*nobodies]
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