2026

  • The Mandatory Routine

    The Mandatory Routine Outsider Artists, Psychological Necessity, and the Need to Create By Emmitt Owens There is a question society rarely asks artists correctly. Instead of asking why someone creates, we ask what they intend to do with the work. Will they publish it? Sell it? Build an audience, turn it into a business, perhaps… Read more

  • 😂 INTRODUCING: THEOLOGICALLY CHECK THIS POST.exe Ever wonder how the themes in an any post, meme, song, argument, or opinion align with Scripture? Let’s test it. 📋 COPY THE PROMPT BELOW, paste it into ChatGPT, and upload a screenshot or paste the content you want examined. (If you like it, pin it and it will… Read more

  • Study Thy Enemy: Would You Enter a War Blind? Spiritual warfare, biblical discernment, and the danger of ignorance By Emmitt Owens Every serious commander understands a fundamental principle: know your enemy. No competent general sends troops into battle without studying the opposition. He surveys the terrain, identifies the weapons in play, examines the enemy’s tactics,… Read more

  • The Motives We Invent

    The Motives We Invent Why we mistake our assumptions for knowledge of other people’s hearts—and what Scripture teaches about judging them Human beings are remarkably skilled at explaining one another. Give us a person’s actions, a few fragments of conversation, and a detail or two about their life, and we will assemble a complete psychological… Read more

  • The Unfruitful Salesman

    The Unfruitful Salesman  A Live Demonstration of the Pritchard Professional Dust Eliminator     Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, homeowners, renters, and those of you who were promised a free vacuum cleaner for attending.   There is no free vacuum cleaner. But there is a free explanation of why there is no free vacuum cleaner, and I think… Read more

  • The Thing Itself Is Not the Sin Oct 16, 2026 · Emmitt Owens On the difference between the world God created and the values that lead people away from Him Christians often speak of “worldly things” as though life divides neatly into two categories: religious activity, which is good, and everything else, which is suspect.… Read more

  • The Quiet Wealth of Contentment Oct 16, 2026 Â· Emmitt Owens What Jesus, Scripture, and the pursuit of enough can teach us about a richer life Human nature has a curious habit: we can stand in a room full of blessings and spend the entire evening thinking about what is missing. Picture a family gathered around a… Read more

  • Judge by Fruit

    Judge by Fruit Oct 13, 2026 · Emmitt Owens • (index #10132026) Baskets Full or Baskets Few God will not ask how many baskets you filled. He will not ask whether your numbers were high or low, whether you were the fastest, or whether anyone was impressed. Those things matter to the world, and the… Read more

  • The Shallows and the Deep

    The Shallows and the Deep Oct 09, 2026 · Emmitt Owens Two people can sit in the same pew, sing the same hymn and recite the same creed, yet live in completely different worlds. One is there because it’s Sunday. The other is there because they’ve been praying since 5 a.m. and something in them… Read more

  • The Fish That Outlived an Empire Oct 12, 2026 Â· @Emmitt You’ve seen it stuck to the bumper of a minivan in a church parking lot: two curved lines crossing at one end, a fish drawn in a single stroke. It looks like something a kid could doodle. But that little fish is one of the oldest… Read more