Tim Isbell online
About this site
Thanks for visiting my website. It contains material that I developed, use, and offer to anyone. I write for people who want to investigate or grow in the Christian faith, including teachers and pastors. Everything on the site is free.
I launched this website in 2010. In 2013, I opened a section on Personal Finance to help people manage their money through all stages of life. In 2021, I converted the Classic Google Site to the New Google Site framework.
Everything on the site is accessible through the pull-down menu system at the top of each web page. In addition, notice the two additional columns on this Home page. Also, the "magnifying glass" icon at the top right of every page allows you to search for any word or phrase on the site.
Attribution
You can use any materials on this site for yourself or your organization. When you distribute them unchanged, please leave my name attached. A resource becomes your own when you change it to fit your application, so please remove my name. If you think my contribution is notable to your finished product, you can give me an annotation of some sort - or not. If you own a website, feel free to point to any of my web pages.
For any who may want to donate to this ministry, consider directing it to The University of Akron Foundation: The Office of Multicultural Development Social Justice Fund. Established in the spirit of Proverbs 31:8-9.
How to Download or Copy a file from my site
If you have a Google account and want to edit my doc using Google Docs, click Sign In (upper right-hand corner) and use your Google password. Then click on File > Make a copy and work on it as your own Google Doc. Or, click on File > Download and select a different format.
If you do not have a Google account, click on File > Download and choose Word (.docx) or any other option that fits your computing environment.
Blessings, Tim
Recent additions
I'm confident that multicultural democracies are the world's most Christian-friendly form of government. Because elections are crucial to democracies, I urge everyone to register and vote in every election.
I won't tell you how to vote, but I will tell you that I will cast my vote in the 2024 election for the Harris/Walz ticket for a list of reasons. To read them, click on the above link.
In writing a lectionary digest for Ephesians 6:10-20, the armor of God passage, I decided to include a short explanation of the Powers of Darkness. So I made a webpage with that and a list of resources on the topic.
I update this material every Monday morning Pacific Time with the Digest for the upcoming Sunday. Writing these Digests anchors my spiritual practice of dwelling on a particular scripture for a couple of days at a time. To facilitate this habit, I write a few paragraphs on the scriptures each week and post them for anyone's use. The Digest is not a summary, devotional, or commentary. I write it to provide just enough background and guidance to help people dwell (reflect) on each passage.
The scripture selections come from the Revised Common Lectionary, ensuring a balanced diet over its three-year cycle.
T access the current Digest for the upcoming or any Sunday by looking in the center column of this web page and clicking on the button with the same name. There you also will find links to all the Digests for all the weeks in the three-year cycle.