John Kistler, Author at GALA

Pro-lifers attacking animal lovers: The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good

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Pro-lifers attacking animal lovers: The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good July 1, 2019 Christian anti-abortionists have begun to wage ignorant and sinful war against Christian and unbelieving animal lovers. Secular political discourse is now stained by name-calling, and misrepresentations of the character or beliefs of their opponents. Christian discourse should not be take […]

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Animals in Heaven study sheet

Leave a Comment / cherubim, Church, Creeping Things, domestic animals, God loves animals, Ownership, Worldview>Optimism / John Kistler

worksheet heaven 2019 Animals in Heaven worksheet of Scriptures and arguments Problem verses (implying that God has no interest in animals?) 1) I Corinthians 7:9-11 bad translation, do not muzzle the ox (or church workers) 2) Luke 8:26-39 the Gadarene Swine killed by demons, Jesus doesn’t care? 3) Ecclesiastes 3:18-21 Solomon asks do human souls

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Kindness to Animals sermon audio Proverbs 12:10

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Listen below to the sermon, Kindness to Animals. prov1210revised (fulltext version of sermon with footnotes)

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Free book “God’s Animals” for download here!

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God’s Animals April 2018 (odt Apache Open Office file) God’s Animals April 2018 (word file) God’s Animals April 2018 (rtf rich text file) Click on that “God’s Animals April 2018” bold section above to read or save the book. There are no advertisements or photos or videos so the download should not take too long. Last year I

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Write or call your congressman

Leave a Comment / domestic animals, farming, What Can I do? / John Kistler

I do not often push political action here in such a direct way. My preference is to educate Christians about general principles of animal welfare and biblical kindness and let your own consciences reach conclusions about specific matters. However, there are times when I must point out important issues that have a serious time constraint,

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African Elephant Conservation discussed

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African Elephant Conservation discussed November 18, 2017 This week we saw the Trump administration rule that Americans could hunt elephants for their tusks in Zimbabwe and Zambia and ship the trophies home. Happily, a few days later, the President postponed that rule for further “study.” I wrote the book War Elephants about fifteen years ago,

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Thanksgiving for your pet

Leave a Comment / domestic animals, Ownership, pets, What Can I do? / John Kistler

Thanksgiving II Samuel 12:1-4, “So the Lord sent Nathan to David. When Nathan arrived he said, ‘There were two men in the same city: one rich, one poor. The rich man had a lot of sheep and cattle, but the poor man had nothing – just one ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised

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Animal Sacrifices in the Bible

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The Old Testament system of animal sacrifices ended in 70 A.D. when the Roman army destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem. The only major religions to continue practicing animal sacrifice are Islam and Hinduism. But because Christianity grew out of Judaism and the Old Testament, the modern church must wrestle with attacks on its Jewish heritage.

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Polyfaces DVD review, Christian farming

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Polyfaces DVD review Polyface Farm: A Grace Place (not a Harm Farm) October 7, 2016 I have read three books by Joel Salatin, who has become famous as “the lunatic farmer.” He is a Christian environmentalist farmer, which is why ‘lunatic’ sort of fits. Christians don’t usually associate with environmentalists, and environmentalists do not often

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Does God Care About Animals? Part Two

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Does God Care About Animals? Part Two October 3, 2016 In Part One, posted in September, I showed the two main “negatives” used by Christians to claim that the Bible states (or implies) that God cares nothing about animals. There are a few more negative claims that I will address in the future. Today we

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John Kistler

Pro-lifers attacking animal lovers: The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good

Animals in Heaven study sheet

Kindness to Animals sermon audio Proverbs 12:10

Free book “God’s Animals” for download here!

Write or call your congressman

African Elephant Conservation discussed

Thanksgiving for your pet

Animal Sacrifices in the Bible

Polyfaces DVD review, Christian farming

Does God Care About Animals? Part Two

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