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Lost Crusader #173 Elements of Faith
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1 The scripture above is a wonderful...

Jack LaFountain
Feb 12, 20232 min read


Know Jack #382 What a Wonderful World
I was preparing for an appearance on a podcast recently. I knew the podcaster’s first question was going to be “What got you interested...

Jack LaFountain
Feb 11, 20233 min read


Lost Crusader # 172 This Little Light of Mine
“Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.” Proverbs 13:16 I once read a bit of homespun wisdom that I have...

Jack LaFountain
Feb 5, 20232 min read


Know Jack #381 From the Little Reader, the Mighty Author Grows
If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write. Stephen King Bill Cosby, before his name became...

Jack LaFountain
Feb 4, 20232 min read


Lost Crusader #171 You Must be Born Again
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new…For He hath made...

Jack LaFountain
Jan 29, 20232 min read


Know Jack #380 Oh, the Horror!
“How can you call yourself a Christian and write all those horror stories?” Not a-fan. I’ve been asked this question repeatedly over the...

Jack LaFountain
Jan 28, 20232 min read


Lost Crusader #170 Blessed Poverty
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Jesus Christ It is common practice by those outside of...

Jack LaFountain
Jan 22, 20232 min read


Know Jack #378 Resolutions
New Year’s resolutions can be difficult to keep. They can be especially difficult for writers, like me, who have trouble managing the...

Jack LaFountain
Jan 21, 20232 min read


Know Jack #378 You Never Know
Writing is a triple dog dare. Sometimes I think you can do it. At other times, that ground gets kind of shaky beneath my feet. I had the...

Jack LaFountain
Jan 15, 20232 min read


Lost Crusader #169 Save Me a Seat
“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive...

Jack LaFountain
Jan 15, 20232 min read


Lost Crusader #168 Suffer It
“Suffer it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Jesus to John the Baptist Jesus came to John to be...

Jack LaFountain
Jan 8, 20233 min read


Know Jack #377 Stupid is as Stupid Does
In my previous blog post, I outlined several reasons why I should just hang it up. As good as those reasons are, I have since found a...

Jack LaFountain
Jan 7, 20231 min read


Lost Crusader #167 The Fulness of Time
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…and the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we...

Jack LaFountain
Dec 26, 20222 min read


Know Jack #376 Unsupervised
I worked the night shift for large portions of my children’s lives. That’s how it was done when both parents worked back in the days when...

Jack LaFountain
Dec 21, 20222 min read


Lost Crusader #166 They Grow Up So Fast
“For there is born to you this day in the City of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:11 Newborns are a kind of law unto...

Jack LaFountain
Dec 18, 20222 min read


Lost Crusader #165 A Time to Every Purpose
“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” It’s time for my annual Christmas post about...

Jack LaFountain
Dec 11, 20223 min read


Lost Crusader #164 Land of Broken Toys
“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart—these, O God, You will not despise.” Psalm 51 In an old holiday...

Jack LaFountain
Dec 4, 20222 min read


Lost Crusader # 163 When I Fail
“…there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” Proverbs 18:24 Failure is a lonely place. Though people of my generation were...

Jack LaFountain
Nov 27, 20222 min read


Lost Crusader #162 Presumptive Grace
“And think not to say within yourselves, we have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up...

Jack LaFountain
Nov 20, 20222 min read


Know Jack #375 GIGO
“…ever learning, and never coming to the knowledge of the truth…” This quote is a part of a larger passage in which St. Paul describes...

Jack LaFountain
Nov 19, 20222 min read
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