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 .MY
NAME IS "JIM" GIBBONS and I live
with my wife FREDA in the imaginary
town known as Mayberry. I grew up in the rustic mountains of southwestern
Virginia near historic Cumberland Gap several miles from here. At times
when removed from this unique and picturesque setting I have nostalgically
dreamed of living in the mountains again, and just spending my time studying
and writing. Well, here we are and have been here for some time. We can
see the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and North Carolina looming
in the background not very far away. I personally overheard one of the
local people say, "I don't care where I live, just as long as I can see
the Blue Ridge Mountains." .Pictures:
North
Carolina--Virginia
Mountains
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I IDENTIFY myself simply as one of the LORD'S
"NBs"* (I Corinthians 1:26-31; Galatians 2:20; 6:14). The LORD
is everything. I edit and publish a full-scale religious paper called The
SWORD and STAFF, doing much
of the writing myself. Sometimes I try my hand at writing poetry; I keep
a little notebook handy to write proverbial sayings. We have a small print
shop in the basement of my house where I do the printing. Fellow Christians
come together to help assemble the paper and get it into the mail. Our
mailing list is over 20,000, and we also print a Spanish edition, La
Espada y El Cayado. Here we share our humble convictions about
God's Word and practical New Testament Christianity. On this web site I
share some of this material with you. The proof of the pudding is in the
eating, as it has been said, and I think you will like the purity and simplicity
of what we have to say. Religiously we are not bound by human traditions
of any kind, just simply by the Word of God. Here
you will find a sampling of some of the articles, poems and proverbs I
have written, as well as material from other people and sources.
Among
other things, I am also a teacher of Bible classes. When we finish a chapter
of the Bible, I furnish everyone with a set of questions over the material
that's been studied. I will share some of these simple questions with you.
You might find them useful and even want to print them out as a study tool.
And for a complimentary copy of our non-commerical publication devoted
exclusively to basic spiritual matters, let us hear from you. I think you
will like it. It is nice to have you visit. Come back. New material will
be added along to our web site. [*nobodies]
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