https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MrWebsmith/Through the centuries many movements and teachings have blown across Christianity's landscape. This blog is the story of a man of extremes - poverty equals piety vs. the prosperity gospel, for example. It is my story of a search for a more balanced, healthy faith. Add in some sarcasm, humor, church history, and God only knows what else for what I hope you will agree makes for a very interesting journey! hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MrWebsmith/481960While surfing through the channels this morning I came across an inspirational pep rally of a program on a religious broadcasting network. God wants to bless you, sow that seed to release your miracle, blah, blah, blah. Then it happened. While at a fever pitch in encouraging viewers about God's...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MrWebsmith/469405With my powerful remote control in hand I was recently channel surfing and couldn't help but notice an old faithful is still at it - yes, Jack Van Impe is still drawing pictures and making predictions. I remember wondering what he was going to do when the calendar reached January 1, 2000. For so...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MrWebsmith/465291Late last night, I had the television on for some background noise and this infomercial came on -- over and over the woman said the same thing. Over and over the same testimonials. And, if you didn't hear it the first twenty-five times, they said it again "you can make $12,000 a month or more!"...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MrWebsmith/463672Hello - it's Mrwebsmith, sorry for the long delay but there was a death in the family -- my computer's hard drive! As many of you know from your own experiences, when you use a computer as much I do, it does seem like a member of the family. I am using an old hard drive that has about 25%...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MrWebsmith/460195As in many areas of life, the quest for recognition as a giant of faith can be very competitive - even cut-throat. One only has to remember the late 1980s when the titans of TV preachers fought to decide who would "straighten up" the mess at PTL/Heritage USA. Jimmy Swaggart had no interest, he...