John Paul DeWalt, Author

Author, Public Speaker From Mansfield, Ohio. Accepting Public Speaking Bookings.

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  • Faith: What God Wants Most from People

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    Introduction What is faith? Why do Jesus, Paul, and others make such a big deal about people having it? Followers of God’s Anointed have debated and struggled with these questions for many centuries. I have concluded that faith is what the Creator desires from people most of all. I call faith “trusting obedience”. This avoids Read more

  • Do for Others What You Want Done for You

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    Introduction Tim Mackie’s Bible Project series of teachings on Abraham brought out an interesting principle in the story of the patriarch’s stopover with King Abimelech of Gerar (Abraham Deceives Abimelech). The principle: Do for others what you want done for you. The Opening of Wombs When Abraham took his wife and household south between Kadesh Read more

  • Kung Fu vs. the Spirits, Tai Chi vs. People

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    Introduction  “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” (Ephesians 6:12)  Yet, those powers act through people in positions of power: bosses, church leaders, government officials. Jesus said, “But now I Read more

  • Make It a Series

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    Introduction  I have turned my attention from the story of an AI persona who joins a single men’s household in an ecclesia community. It is more relevant today to write about another such community but one made up of misfits in cohousing in an apartment building. I also found I was pouring out so much Read more

  • Absolute Need to Forgive

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    Introduction  In a series of Christian, romance audio books I have been listening to, each villain’s number one motivation for his or her crimes has been revenge for the loss of a loved one in his/her life. Author Lynette Eason used her Elite Guardians series to show that her villains had an absolute need to Read more

  • What a Family of Singers Could Teach the Government about Economics

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    Charity when it was desperately needed, frugality and bargain hunting when there was little money, industry to create what people would buy, capitalizing on their innate talents, and, above all, reliance on God, their Provider. These qualities carried the Von Trapp Family Singers through hard economic times. They are what a family of singers could Read more

  • How the Roman Empire Was Like God’s Kingdom

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    Introduction  In his video talk (among others) about The Characteristics of Kingdom Ambassadors, Dr. Myles Munroe shared various ways of how the Roman Empire was like God’s Kingdom. He said that the “fullness of time” Paul wrote about in Ephesians 1:10 was the period of history when the Romans ruled their empire. Dr. Myles said Read more

  • Not a Count Down but an Occupation

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    US Military Occupation Of Germany In 1945, Germany surrendered to the American and Russian invasions of the country and the destruction of the Nazi regime. Thereafter, the militaries of both Allied nations occupied the country for many years. After years of combat, WW2 veterans eagerly awaited their chance to return home to the US or USSR. Read more

  • Growth in Unorthodox Thinking 2

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    Vision For The Future I have a vision for the future of America and God’s people in it. It is in line with my growth in unorthodox thinking. It involves  Ecclesia vs Church  Brian Sanders wrote that real church involve Recent teachings from apostolic and prophetic leaders call us to do the work of executive Read more

  • In the Shadow of a Roman Cross

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    God’s Anointed One Was Dead On this Saturday before Easter, I am faced with dwindling funds and an inadequate supply from Socialist Security, rental income, and Steve’s share of utility costs. It is easy for me to imagine what the students of Jesus felt in the shadow of a Roman cross that killed their hopes Read more