God's Opportunity by Hampton Scott TonkRevised and Expanded EditionIt is said that man's extremity is God's opportunity. Christianity, at root, at its finest moments, in the finest sense of the word, is Evangelical, what I call "straight-Gospel Christianity." Straight-Gospel Christians - whether straight-Gospel Protestants or straight-Gospel Catholics or straight-Gospel Anglicans or straight-Gospel Orthodox - can relate to each other in Christ not just well but in some very deep and profound ways whose foundation is fundamentally that of the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Holy Scripture. They are already practically of one heart and of the one mind for which St. Paul pleaded (see I Corinthians 1:10) in imitation of our Lord's earnest prayer for the unity of His disciples (John 17) concerning the Gospel of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ.In fact, St. Paul the Apostle himself - he who was once Saul the fiery and zealous Pharisee (the Pharisees are the ancestors of rabbinical Judaism) testified that in a certain mysterious sense Jews - who, after all, gave us Y'shua - Jesus - whom the early Christians - the followers of "the Way" - proclaimed as the Messiah (Hebrew mashiach) - are the foremost participants in the Mystery of Salvation (See Romans 9-11), for they were the first to proclaim the Gospel of the Kingdom (See, for instance, Isaiah 52:7-10).Therein lies our hope and our opportunity - and, more to the point, God's opportunity - for a Christian unity which will set the world on fire for Christ.It's God's time. It's Kingdom time. It's the fullness of time. It's God's opportunity!Hampton Scott Tonk holds a Bachelor of Arts from DePauw University (1965) and a Master of Divinity degree from the Episcopal Theological (in 1974 “Divinity”) School in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1972 – which later merged with Union Theological Seminary in New York City).He spent the first years of his Christian life as a Protestant (chiefly Congregationalist but later as an evangelical Lutheran and as a member of the Assemblies of God) and is also familiar – from the inside - with most of the major Protestant denominations.On August 9, 1955 at a United Church of Christ summer camp in Sawyer, Michigan, while sitting under a tree quietly reading the Scriptures he came to faith in Jesus Christ and confessed Him as his Lord and Savior. He was only 11 years old at the time.He then spent 26 years in the Episcopal [Anglican] Church, serving for 12 of those 26 years as a member of the Episcopal clergy.He then spent 23 years in the Orthodox Church.Since his teens he has laughed with, studied with, fellowshipped with, had fun with and prayed with the Jewish people and in the process has learned how fundamentally and amazingly Jewish are Christianity’s roots.Simultaneously – since 1959 - he was also fascinated by the Roman Catholic Church, into which he was received on December 8 of 2017, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ and Patron Saint of the United States of America.He was formally educated in Latin, German, and New Testament Greek and can speak French, Spanish and Italian as well.In 2007 he founded a ministry called “Share the Word Ministries,” a ministry consecrated to unity among Christians and Jews and the evangelization of the world.He is also the author of a forthcoming book entitled YES, LORD! A Conversion Story.His third book will be entitled How I Became Successful in Business and in Life – and Why My Failures, Mistakes, and Experiences of Being Fired Were the Best Things That Ever Happened to Me.He is a listee in the 2019-2020 edition of Who’s Who in America. https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Opportunity-Expanded-Reuniting-Evangelizing/dp/1648953042/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1609168293&sr=8-1https://www.hamptonscotttonk.com/http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/61622sp1.mp3   www.Stratton-Press.comhttp:(continued)

Signs of the Times in 2020: The Beginning of Sorrows by Joe Irizarry  We might ask ourselves what is going on during these challenging times in which we live. What is happening? Are we being punished by God? Is it the end of the world? Are we living in apocalyptic times?Many biblical end-time prophecies are being observed in our present time. If we open a newspaper or are informed about current events, we can see it right before our very eyes. We can read about wars or rumors of wars. The Bible foretells the cataclysmic events; earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires, pestilence, plagues, famines, locusts, and Christian persecution. The hatred of Judeo-Christian values would be prevalent upon the earth, such as seeing in the present times.In this book, I will attempt to explain what is happening in the world from a biblical and prophetic viewpoint and some of the events we should expect next.Born in Newark, New Jersey, to first-generation Puerto Rican parents, Joe Irizarry is an entrepreneur, marketer, and writer. Throughout a multitude of trials and hardships, in his 20's, his life took a turn when he focused on the teachings of Jesus Christ. Since becoming a Christian, Joe has used his unique life experiences and understanding of the Bible to circulate God's word. In 2018, he founded JoeIrizarryNoticiasCristianas.com, which is primarily focused on spreading the gospel throughout Latin America. In 2020, he felt compelled to write Sign of the Times due to all of the compounding evidence he had observed that closely paralleled many of the Bible's prophecies.Romans 15:4 - For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.https://www.amazon.com/Signs-Times-2020-Beginning-Sorrows-ebook/dp/B097XXQG3Q/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3DVRZNF21OXHY&keywords=Signs+of+the+Times+in+2020%3A+The+Beginning+of+Sorrows&qid=1655753986&sprefix=franky+the+cranky+crab+by+mary+sayers%2Caps%2C954&sr=8-1https://www.authorjoeirizarry.com/http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/62322wrbr.mp3   

The Holocaust and the English School: The Refuge that Saved Young Lives by Barbara WolfendenAs the Nazi threat spread across Europe, prominent English citizens established a school for traumatized refugee Jewish children. Pupils and teachers alike showed resilience in the face of war-time deprivations, facing down the suspicions of locals while mastering the intricacies of the English language. The German-born administrators, themselves refugees, helped the children through loneliness and fear with a progressive-inspired education which they graced with kindness. The teenagers watched the orange skies lighted by Luftwaffe bombings of London forty miles to the north yet, still ignorant of the horrors of the Holocaust and the fate of their parents, they came of age in a place open to fun and comradeship. In the process, they formed unbreakable, lifelong bonds.It was the author’s husband, Martin Owens, born Martin Friedenfeld, whose story inspired the creation of this book. Wrenched from his family in Vienna at ten, Martin landed in the supportive arms of an extraordinary boarding school in England. Surrounded by others who shared the same fate for being Jewish, he transformed himself from persecuted child to English-speaking teenager who loved classical music and sport. In his last and final country, Martin became an American soldier, a quietly modest and successful employee, and a cherished father and husband.Barbara Wolfenden has divided her professional career as a writer/manager for a major computer company, and earlier, as co-founder of Tampa Preparatory School, where she taught Spanish and held the position of Director of Studies. She is the author of Are We There Yet?, a collection of stories about women and issues of equality and fulfillment in the post women's lib era. She lives in a small town west of Boston, and enjoys the company of her friends and family while continuing to write short stories that deal with working women's issues. A former UN Guide and New England coastal sailor, she has traveled much of the world. She holds an MA in Spanish Language and Literature from Brown University.https://www.amazon.com/Holocaust-English-School-Refuge-Saved/dp/1648959229/ref=sr_1_1?crid=11ZI92QH3R094&keywords=9781648959226&qid=1657038673&sprefix=9781648959646%2Caps%2C1102&sr=8-1http://www.Stratton-Press.comhttp://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/82522sp2.mp3 

Beast of Bengal by Elaine PinkertonBeast of Bengal is a World War II thriller and poignant romance set in the unlikely China-Burma-India Theatre. As the war rages, U.S. and British soldiers fight their own battles in the steamy jungles of Burma. But, in an American military hospital in Calcutta, something terrible is amiss. This historical fiction features the internecine battles for Indian independence between those advocating the violent removal of Westerners and those loyal to Mohandas Gandhi.Elaine Pinkerton is a long-time resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico. In addition to writing for magazines and newspapers, she is the author of several popular non-fiction and fiction books. She is a world traveler, educator focussed on working with young children, labyrinth facilitator, and athlete-skier, hiker, former marathon runner. She was recently honored to be featured in Patricia Shapiro's Coming Home to Yourself: Eighteen Wise Women Reflect on Their Journeys. The Goodbye Baby, A Diary About Adoption won the 2013 New Mexico Book Association's Book Design & Production Award.Elaine Pinkerton, author and educator, avid hiker and grandmother of three, holds MA degrees in literature from the University of Virginia and from St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Writing is her first love, but she's held many other jobs, including ski coach, technical writer, defensive driving instructor, and elementary school librarian.She is a freelance journalist, with articles published in Runner's World, Family Circle, New Mexico Magazine and Tumbleweeds Family Magazine. Her most recent work, Santa Fe Blogger is now available on kindle.More of her work and new blogs can be found on http://www.elainepinkerton.wordpress.com.https://www.amazon.com/Beast-Bengal-Elaine-Pinkerton-ebook/dp/B0095J2OWE/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1384715201&sr=1-1&keywords=beast+of+bengalhttp://www.pocolpress.com/http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/epinkertonec2.mp3   

Understanding the Self-Healing Body: How to Heal Cuts Quickly & Use Culinary Spices as Medicine with Susan Smith Jones, PhDFor thousands of years, humankind has relied entirely on plants, herbs, and spices to treat illnesses both minor and serious or for cuts or wound healing. On every continent, stretching back centuries, native cultures turned to indigenous plants to develop healing remedies. In this interview today, our guest, holistic health and lifestyle expert, Susan Smith Jones, PhD, will feature some of her favorite culinary herbs, why they’re beneficial for the body, and suggest ways to use them in food. She’s been studying the healing benefits of spices and culinary herbs for over 30 years and imparts her knowledge on this subject worldwide. Today, she is eager to enlighten us on how we can all discover the healing secrets of our spice racks.For more info on this topic, refer to Susan’s website and especially her free, monthly Healthy Living Newsletters. Sign up today if you haven’t done so already.Today’s program will be in two parts. Before we discuss using culinary spices as natural remedies, Dr. Susan will first talk about the all-too-common cut from paper or a knife and how to speed up the healing process.SusanSmithJones.com • Twitter: @SusanSmithJoneshttp://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/ssj104.mp3  

Mary Magdalene, Shaman: Awakening To The Indigenous Christian Soul by Sara TaftA Good Book for Our Current Times.After emerging out of the pandemic and experiencing the number of deaths, disappointments and grief, the book "Mary Magdalene, Shaman" contains a healing and hopeful message for anyone going through a challenging time, after 2020. It is a story of faith, passion and transformation.At 62, Sara was faced with having to have a liver transplant if she wanted to live. Not knowing if she would get one because they were scarce, her intense prayer work with her community of women, and a twelve hour ritualistic shamanic healing in the Arizona desert facilitated a miraculous gift of a new liver and a successful transplant.Today at age 86, she has lived long enough to welcome seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Her prayers were answered!https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Magdalene-Shaman-Awakening-Indigenous-ebook/dp/B09P1XZC7D/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1640874531&sr=8-1http://www.Stratton-Press.comhttp://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/81822sp3.mp3  

Identity: A Child's Cry by Olga Cornejo TorresThere comes a point in our lives, when you realize, who matters, who never did, who won't anymore, and who always will. Don't worry about those people from your past because they belong to the past. There's a reason why they didn't make it to our lives, for me, as a victim people said, blood is thicker than water, and these words hurt. I would like to share these words with the World even if we are blood-related or not, we are all children of God. He is with us at all times, a smile, look up to him.Olga Torres aims community College certificate of nurse aide, & certificate of recognition in Poudre Valley Hospital Hospice Volunteer Training in Olga’s home sweet home. Presidro INC Certificate Foster Care & Private Security Service License. Olga’s place for candy & Member of Chamber of Commerce GREELY Co. and Advantage Solutions. I’m a cancer survivor. I live in Greely Co. with my daughter, and her family. Yes, she’s into writing and doing this, and why because she wishes to keep on doing things to succeed in life, and that anyone can do it, and most of all to open our minds to help others that we can do it, do not let others say or tell you, that you cannot do it. Try it for yourselves.https://www.amazon.com/Identity-Childs-Olga-Cornejo-Torres/dp/B09XT6GF6Y/ref=sr_1_1?crid=35QESTASFKI3I&keywords=Identity+A+child%E2%80%99s+Cry+olga+torres&qid=1655821165&s=books&sprefix=identity+a+child+s+cry+olga+torre%2Cstripbooks%2C449&sr=1-1http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/81822open.mp3 

​​I, WITNESS: A STORY OF PERSONAL REDEMPTION by Joseph A. McGee I was a lone sinner, dying of cancer, and carrying the burden of guilt when Christ came to me. It was by His grace, and His grace alone, that He showed me mercy, and because I believed, He saved me.Really, I am a very ordinary person, but God did an extraordinary thing for my salvation. This was my problem: I wanted to be a "better Christian." I wanted unshakable faith, like Daniel in the lion's den. However, I wasn't really able to do it. I tried to do it with my mind. I tried to do it by "works." I tried to do it with my will.I was tripped up by my own efforts. I sat in the same church pew for nearly twenty years, said the same words every Sunday, and tried as hard as I could to believe them all. I gave to the offering, to charities, to capital campaigns, went to "work Saturdays," attended finance committee meetings, helped after church services to count the collections.Then, I was diagnosed with cancer, stage four. To be completely honest, I was scared inside. "No! Not now! I'm not ready!" But I was ripe for testing. God doesn't wait until we feel ready. He sees all, we do not. God uses all things, even calamities and floods and wars for ultimate good. Everything in my life, my childhood, my sins, wrong turns, even cancer, has led me to be exactly the person I am now: a witness to the Risen Christ.I wrote this book because I was put onto a deep faith journey that culminated with an amazing waking vision with Yeshua Messiah (Jesus Christ-Yeshua is His name Hebrew, "Jesus" is Greek).As stated on the back panel, I had stage four cancer, and was not prepared to face this death and all the suffering that likely goes with it. The mental part is probably worst. How do I talk to my wife about this? Am I supposed to cry, to be stoic? What do people do? Why is this happening to me now?Then there was also unresolved guilt over things that I had done or said or been part of over a lifetime. Was I really forgiven? Is there really an afterlife? How can I be sure?Cancer is just one of many crises us mortals go through.People lose their jobs, lose businesses they have put their life savings into. Marriages break up. Spouses die or even children. How do we cope? How is it that a loving God does not keep these from happening? Why can't we ever be safe?But, of course we are lucky. In other places, possession of a Bible can mean prison, torture or death.Nevertheless, our crises are real and our pain and death are frightening. Hurricanes, riots, CoVid 19. How can we give meaning to all this?The miraculous thing I discovered is that there is meaning and purpose and hope. Our hope in Christ is not in vain, and there are valuable lessons in these tests and trials we must go through. All of them are explained in the Bible when read with open, enlightened eyes. Unfortunately, Just as in John 9, sometimes the enlightened eyes are not with the people who we turn for help. Where is the help in telling a mother who lost her child and comes for understanding that "it is a mystery?"A dear friend told me (now a year ago-publishing a book is a very daunting task for a beginner), that she thought I had been given a great gift. I think gifts of the spirit must be paid forward. I came home and wrote for two days, with only breaks for eating sleeping and walking, a rough draft. I completely believe the Holy Spirit helped me do this.Therefore, I offer this to you. I hope it helps. Any money I make I plan to donate to the local emergency shelter. I pray it helps people.https://www.amazon.com/I-Witness-Joseph-McGee/dp/B0B19XLH7P/ref=monarch_sidesheethttps://www.deepfaithjourney.comhttps://proislepublishing.com/http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/81822jmcgee.mp3    

Defending Your Faith: Facts and Reasons for the Christian Worldview by Arturo R. OrtizThis book presents substantial scientific, archaeological, and historical evidence in support of the Christian worldview. The author argues Christianity is the only religion that affirms God as revealed by nature, identifies the terrible predicament of mankind lost in sin, provides a unique solution to the predicament, and is confirmed true by miracles. Evidence from modern astronomy reveals a created biblical cosmos. Evidence from modern science reveals the earth is a privileged planet uniquely suited to support intelligent life, not by chance but by design. The inadequacies of evolutionary theory are explained. The author argues intelligent design and creation are superior explanations for the origin of life and the appearance of complex living organisms. Ancient Assyrian chronicles and monuments provide extrabiblical evidence of Old Testament people, places, and events. Archaeological evidence verifies that Israel's pagan neighbors engaged in hideous religious practices, including extensive child sacrifice. The evidence shows God had morally sufficient reasons to destroy those nations. Examination of ancient manuscripts confirms the Bible was transmitted and translated accurately throughout history. Historical evidence supports belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ and in the subsequent rise of the early church. Arturo Ortiz is a physicist and aerospace engineer, currently retired after 33 years of Air Force and civilian service in the space and missiles field and aircraft flight test. He has a Master of Science in Space Studies from the University of North Dakota, a Master of Science in Physics from California State University (Northridge), and a Certificate of Achievement in the Study of Christian Apologetics from Biola University, California. Arturo is dedicated to service under the Great Commission and to teaching Christian apologetics. He currently resides at the Florida Space Coast, where he attends a vibrant non-denominational Bible believing congregation.https://www.amazon.com/Defending-Your-Faith-Christian-Worldview/dp/1662819374/ref=sr_1_1?crid=12PEETKVI2ZQF&keywords=arturo+r.+ortiz&qid=1657150069&sprefix=arturo+r.+ortiz%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-1www.artortizbooks.comhttps://factsandreasons.squarespace.com/http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/8422kppcc.mp3    ​

TRANQUILITY, SOLITUDE, AND OTHER POEMS by Karen Lee OliverThe force or strength of tranquility in everyday life is the existential center of my book. Pure philosophical thought colored by tinges of images of good and evil all baring some relationship with tranquility, the lack of tranquility, feelings of tranquility itself, pathways that lead to tranquility, meanings of tranquility in life and finally the beginnings of tranquility and our basic need for a tranquil life. This theme which runs through the center of my writings uses the poetic format combined with imagination to present to the reader new ideas, develop strong feelings and artistically express the fundamental and almost religious devotion of us all to peace and tranquility.Karen Lee Oliver was born in Poughkeepsie, New York on October 1, 1959. She studied at St. Agnes School for girls and graduated High School with Honors from Rhodes Preparatory School in New York City in 1976. She obtained a B.A. degree in English Literature from the State University of New York at Albany in 1981. Ms. Oliver has been writing her own poetry since 1986 and has published three works of poetry with her publisher, Xlibris; Pergola in 2002, Tales From the Mirwood in 2005 and Tranquility, Solitude and Other Poems in 2015, a recommended read by Blue Ink Review, 2016.https://www.amazon.com/TRANQUILITY-SOLITUDE-OTHER-POEMS-Oliver/dp/1499015356/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1659360603&sr=8-1https://www.karenleeoliverbooks.com/about-the-book/http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/kloliverwb.mp3