One In Jesus

From ReverendFun. Used with permission.

Readers will recall that “Freedom’s Ring” website maintained by the late Cecil Hook for many years was hacked and taken down several weeks ago. Several readers contacted me about it, and I passed that information along to the family.

The family appears to have taken the opportunity to completely redesign the site, which is still under construction.

It’s much more modern, prettier site, but I’m going to miss the old-fashioned look of the original. Nonetheless, I’m thrilled that his work is being preserved and made so easily available to all.

Many readers my age and older will remember Jack Exum, Sr., who traveled the country for many years preaching gospel meetings. Jack was an important thought leader in helping the Churches of Christ rediscover the work of the Holy Spirit and grace. He also wrote many books on a wide variety of subjects.

I’m delighted to announce that his family has established a website that, among other things, provides downloadable versions of many of  his books and other writings. Seven books are already available for free download.

It’s still under construction, and so the link I’m most excited about — Three Unusual Days — doesn’t work yet. I remember that meeting very well. I can’t wait to get my hands on his notes.

First, a question:

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As an experiment, I’ve removed the IntenseDebate feature and reverted to the default WordPress format. I’ve also forced a single layer of comments. That is, all comments will listed in strict chronological order, with the newest at the bottom.

This also means that clicking a comment in the Recent Comments column to the right will take you directly to that comment.

Let me know how well this works for you.

PS — I’m having trouble with the blog sometimes defaulting to the Mobile Version view, which is quite odd. Hopefully, it’s a caching issue and will correct itself. In the meantime, I’ve turned off the Mobile Version entirely, in hopes of clearing the problem.