Salvation Blog Posts

Today I’m sharing another excerpt from No Justice, book #1 in my Michael Sykora Series. Chapter 29 Josh and his piercings were not tending bar this evening. The Rusty Anchor had hired a tall, thin, dark-haired young female with a tattoo fetish.

Book #3 in the Michael Sykora series by Darcia Helle is coming soon! Here’s a glimpse: Sandman built his dubious reputation by turning the dreams and nightmares of others into harsh reality. Now he’s pursuing his own twisted dream; the …...

Last night, I went to the Anniston City Council meeting and after they went through the agenda which included passing Sunday alcohol sales and lowering the speed limit along Noble St. in downtown to 20 mph.  I got up to speak about … Continu...

A Light to the Gentiles John Berridge expected to follow his father into livestock, but he could never learn the ropes. His frustrated dad finally said, “John, I find you cannot form any idea of the price of cattle, and I shall have to send you to...

In preparation for the upcoming release of Killing Instinct, book #3 in my Michael Sykora series, I’m sharing excerpts from the first two books. Today’s excerpt is from book #2 – Beyond Salvation: Chapter 1 Nicki had a way of turnin...

I’m excited to share the trailer I made for Killing Instinct, book #3 in my Michael Sykora series, as well as an excerpt! I’m hoping to have the book published by the end of this month. Here is the trailer: You can also find it on my webs...

The Times has compared Keigo Higashino's writing style with Stieg Larsson, the Swedish journalist and writer famous for his Millennium Series of Crime Novels, thereby declaring Keigo Higashino as 'The Japanese Stieg Larsson'. Financial Times has stat...

My novel Killing Instinct is one step closer to publication! The manuscript is now in the hands of my editor, the fabulous Bob Helle. By the way, I can praise him impartially because, as far as I know, we’re not related. I’m not forced to...

Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?11 No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are." Acts 15:...

What is grace?Grace is a holy God sending His perfect Son to a dying world to save people stuck in sin.Grace is me, being the flawed, imperfect person I am, yet being covered by His blood.Grace is being able to tell you that though you are flawed and...

by Norah Carlin   Introduction   Marxists, since Marx and Engels themselves, have always believed that only a socialist revolution could open the way to sexual freedom and equality. Engels, whatever the limitations of his own nineteenth-c...

My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within; my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.  Lamentations 2:11     i was moved by this verse la...

“Man’s Maker was made a man that the Bread might be hungry, the Fountain might thirst, the Light sleep, the Way be tired from the journey; that Strength might be made weak, that Life might die.” -Augustine Tagged: augustine, christianity, churc...

  God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21 Tagged: christianity, church, easter, God, gospel, jesus, salvation...

A few years ago, I did a Tarot reading about the consequences of Christ’s redemption for mankind. This morning, I felt I wanted to ask this same, huge question of the Lennies. Seeing these cards made me smile because Clover+Scythe … Conti...

Pray For All People First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, 2 for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.

And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me."  In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my...

And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me."  In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my...

I have ventured into the world of audiobooks. Yes, I’m a little slow sometimes. I’m learning, though, and I’m enjoying the adventure. No Justice is my first book to make it into the audiobook world. The talented Eric Medler has narr...

“Without religion, without faith in the absolute, because god is the absolute, then we don’t have an objective foundation for moral values. As a result, people are divided, people are fragmented because it is all based on relativism, whic...