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Note: In January of 2024, I began using Mailchimp and do not include past newsletters after December 2023 here. But you can see newsletters from before 2024 below.

Dec 2023: Volume 3, issue 12: go here

Nov 2023: Volume 3, issue 11: go here

Oct 2023: Volume 3, issue 10: go here

Sep 2023: Volume 3, issue 9: go here

Aug 2023: Volume 3, issue 8: go here

Jul 2023: Volume 3, issue 7: go here

Jun 2023: Volume 3, issue 6: go here

May 2023: Volume 3, issue 5: go here

Apr 2023: Volume 3, issue 4: go here

Mar 2023: Volume 3, issue 3: go here

Feb 2023: Volume 3, issue 2: go here

Jan 2023: Volume 3, issue 1: go here

Dec 2022: Volume 2, issue 12: go here

Nov 2022: Volume 2, issue 11: go here

Oct 2022: Volume 2, issue 10: go here

Sep 2022: Volume 2, issue 9: go here

Aug 2022: Volume 2, issue 8: go here

Jul 2022: No newsletter: Instead, try the Double-extreme Bible Trivia Quizzes here

Jun 2022: Volume 2, issue 6: go here

May 2022: Volume 2, issue 5: go here

Apr 2022: Volume 2, issue 4: go here

Mar 2022: Volume 2, issue 3: go here

Feb 2022: Volume 2, issue 2: go here

Jan 2022: Volume 2, issue 1: go here

Dec 2021: Volume 1, issue 12: go here

Nov 2021: Volume 1, issue 11: go here

Oct 2021: Volume 1, issue 10: go here

Sep 2021: Volume 1, issue 9: go here

Aug 2021: Volume 1, issue 8: go here

Jul 2021: Volume 1, issue 7: go here

Jun 2021: Volume 1, issue 6: go here

May 2021: Volume 1, issue 5: go here

Apr 2021: Volume 1, issue 4: go here

Mar 2021: Volume 1, issue 3: go here

Feb 2021: Volume 1, issue 2: go here

Jan 2021: Volume 1, issue 1: go here

Topics listed alphabetically
  • AD & BC: Where did they come from?, go here
  • 6 words many Christians misunderstand, go here
  • 40 Martyrs of the early church, go here
  • 95 Theses, Martin Luther's, go here
  • Apocrypha (OT) and Deuterocanonicals, go here
  • Baptize, different ways, go here
  • Basic Beliefs of Christianity, go here
  • Blaurock, George, First person baptized as an adult in 1200 years
  • Bunyan, John and Pilgrim's Progress
  • Calendar, loss of 11 days, go here
  • What does Calvin have to do with democracy?, go here
  • Carey, William, father of modern missions, go here
  • Carey's sister, go here
  • 24 Catholic Churches? Yes, go here
  • Chapters and Verses of NT, go here
  • Different ways and doctrines of practicing Communion, go here
  • Corinthians, an additional letter, go here
  • Crèches, pictures of, go here
  • Crusades, go here
  • Contemporary Christian music, development of, go here
  • Denominations, why so many? go here
  • Denominations, why so many? Another answer, go here
  • Docetism, the first Christian heresy, go here
  • Earliest church building, go here
  • Easter: why does the date change? go here
  • Easter Sunrise Service, origin of go here
  • Episcopalians: why the name change? go here
  • Erastus: physical proof of one verse in the Bible, go here
  • Ethiopian Christianity, ancient, go here
  • Ethiopian Christianity, recent, go here
  • First year of Christianity: How fast did it grow?, go here
  • God-shaped hole in everyone: Origin of the idea, go here
  • Graham, Billy, how did he get started? go here
  • Hezekiah's Tunnel
  • Japanese Christians in hiding for 250 years, go here
  • Jerusalem, complete history, go here
  • Judas: Why did he betray Jesus? One theory, go here
  • Jesus' birth year: 4 BC? go here
  • Jesus: His early years, go here
  • Judson and Rice: They brought Baptists together and started a missions organization, go here
  • King James Version Bible: Has it changed?
  • Leadership styles in churches (4 types), go here
  • Luther's hymn
  • Luther, Martin: Table Talk, go here
  • Mark, Biography of
  • Methuselah/Flood, go here
  • Missionaries, statistics, go here
  • Moravians, go here
  • Mormons, origin of, go here
  • New Testament: the earliest scrap, go here
  • New Testament Canonization: How we got the NT, go here
  • Old Testament: the earliest scrap, go here
  • Ontological argument for God, go here
  • What is the origin of the (second) Nativity Scene?, go here
  • Naming a church (just for fun)
  • Nicaea: First church council, go here
  • Non-Christian references to Jesus, go here
  • Original Apostles, when did they die?, go here
  • Paul, physical description of
  • Persecutions, extent of Roman, go here
  • Pentecostalism, when it started, go here
  • Pietism and Philip Jacob Spener, go here
  • Puritans and Pilgrims, go here
  • Return of Jesus: 2 guesses, go here
  • Saturday worship for some, go here
  • Schools, yes, these schools started as Christian schools, go here
  • Sinaiticus: The earliest Bible that has been discovered, go here
  • Second Great Awakening: Camp Meetings and Big Tents, go here
  • Separation of Church and State, origin of, go here
  • St Patrick: Who was he? go here
  • Stained glass in churches, what is the origin? go here
  • Stylites: Sitting on columns to get away from it all, go here
  • Thomas (Apostle) in India, go here
  • Trinity: The word is not in the Bible, so who coined it?, go here
  • TULIP: Why Calvin would disagree, go here
  • Tyndale, William, go here
  • Ukrainian Orthodox Church and its connection with the War on Ukraine, go here
  • Complete history of UMC church, including recent split, go here
  • World Christian Missions: How did changes in transportation affect it?
  • Why other people believe the way they do (and you also), go here
  • Your God Is Too Small, Christian Spiritual Classic
Quizzes

-Funny answers to questions I have gotten in the past, go here

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