| This page has been created
in order to keep returning users of TOLBSS up to date on the changes
that are being made. Please continue to let me know of any errors
or additions. I really appreciate your
comments
and emails about the site and your suggestions for its improvement.
As always, if there are any
bad links, spelling errors or additions to make, please let me know.
I would rather hear about the problems 10 times than have them still exist.
Also, if you have an Online Bible website and want to have a link
from TOLBSS to it, or if you've created any material for the Online
Bible, please email me and
let me know.
The changes which were made
during 1999 have been moved to the What's
New - 1999 page. Those for 2000 to the What's
New - 2000 page. Please see those pages for details. This
page will contain the changes as will be made in the year 2001.
NEW--Who are the site operators?
Ernie
Spillman (web master) and Jonathan
Dixon (founder).
December
16th, 2001 (10:25 pm, PST)
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Updated
Grammar
Uses Version (beta) on the English
bible translations page. From Gary: Matthew, John, Acts, and Romans
are finished. In What's New, could you insert this: please click on the
readme button when viewing the passage for this module to access the info
on this version. Also download PGUV
to understand the Greek. (ES)
December
14th, 2001 (18:20 am, PST)
December
12th, 2001 (18:20 am, PST)
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The
On-Going Projects page finally got an update, I already know this is
not complete and may not evan be accurate on a couple of entries--if anyone
has better information they care to share--please let me know. (ES)
December
11th, 2001 (12:20 am, PST)
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Added
Sanctification
by Beverly Carradine to the Theology
Books page. This book tends to be pretty denominational (Methodist)
but for one who does not possess the power from on high that Jesus promised,
it will help get you there if you simply replace where it says "methodist"
with "christian";). Probably one of the better organized books on this
subject I have seen.(ES)
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Userlib
has recieved a pretty heavy-duty update that should now include all books
in the library. If you notice something missing, please let me know. Thanks
to Gary Gallant for fixing it.(ES)
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Thanks
to three brothers in Christ, our Thanksgiving actually was, the electric
and some other bills got paid, though they've cut the phone (heh, only
to call out) amazingly, I still have internet. I am on an out-patient basis
from the VA hospital now and the classes and therapies are keeping me pretty
busy. I am attempting to resubmit my medical retirment packet to the City
of Tacoma, I'd ask for prayer for this as they still seem to hold against
me my testimony before the Water Utility Board. That's okay, they have
lawyers, I have Jesus:).(ES)
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I don't want to steal Jonathan's
thunder, but I heard the Lord blessed them with a new arrival, Caleb, whom
you can see here. (ES)
November
20th, 2001 (8:20 am, PST)
November
17th, 2001 (5:00 am, PST)
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Heh, Can't
sleep so I might as well update;)
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Added
Strong
Meat For Hungry Souls - The Gospel of Mark--get it on the User-made
commentaries page.(ES)
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I have made an attempt at creating
a Korean bible module from text from the Sword Project -- it does not work
under the English version of Windows, but I believe it may well work under
the Korean version, so anyone who has Korean Windows installed as well
as the OLB is encouraged to contact
me if you would like to give it a try (Must be before the 26th!).(ES)
November
16th, 2001 (7:10 am, PST)
November
10th, 2001 (7:10 pm, PST)
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Small
update--World
English Bible was updated to reflect the newest posted version. I'm
still working on correcting the HNV. You can find it on the English
bible translations page.(ES)
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I will be entering the Va hospital
from 26 November through 3 January for treatment of PTSD (Didn't know what
that was until they told me I had it;). My wife is doing a lot better,
but my sons will be filling Daddy's shoes for a while--you're prayers are
earnestly solicited. Anyone with material to submit
for posting should try to get it in before the 24th as I'm unsure
as to my ability to maintain the site from the hospital (heh-or do anything
else;).(ES)
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Donations
are still earnestly solicited, I still am not recieving anything
from the government to live on, the paperwork/documentations/ and doctors
appointments go on. There was only one donation of $50.00 in the last two
months, this falls a little short of the $900-1000 a month it takes me
to barely scrape by, we are living on my wife's social security check ($400)
and what my eldest son can spare (sometimes $200). If you benefit from
my work here, it would seem reasonable that you could share some of the
benefit God supplies you financialy--my address and information are linked
here
as well as the new link above.(ES)
October
5th, 2001 (10:30 pm, PST)
September
28th, 2001 (1:30 am, PST)
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My thanks
to those who were praying for my family--my wife has been released from
the
hospitol and has returned home--though it was confirmed that indeed she
had another stroke, she has not had any further impairment of her body
and indeed, seems to be just a smidgeon less paralyzed in her left side,
she talks better (and she says, with less pain) It's way too early
to know what the end result of this will be, but I'm very hopeful for the
first time in three years. I praise my Lord for His mercy toward me in
my afflictions. Please continue to pray that these financial difficulties
be
overcome, I'm still without income.
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The cd
offer is withdrawn--there was only one request for it, but my cd burner
is on the fritz, I have not resources to replace it--that one request will
be filled soon, but I can do no more, sorry.
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Check
back in a few days, I have some material to post but no time tonight.
September
14th, 2001 (5:30 pm, PST)
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Our prayers
go out for the familys of those who lost thier lives in these acts of war
and terror that were perpetrated the other day -- Satan finds quick use
for those fools who tell themselves that the end justifies the means and
the death of innocents will help thier cause. It's easy to see a religion
without Christ and self-delusion at the root of this sort of thing. Please
join me in praying for wisdom, courage, and forthright actions for
our leaders right now.(ES)
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My own
module work is delayed right now, my beloved wife has again been hospitolized
for complications from the stroke she suffered some time ago--I thank those
friends who have been praying and ask that they continue as she remains
weak and disoriented. It's very hard on her when she has been working so
hard to regain some of her mobility. If anyone has modules to be submitted,
please send me mail, I'll do my best to get them posted as I have time
on the machine.(ES)
September
5th, 2001 (5:30 pm, PST)
September
4th, 2001 (12:30 pm, PST)
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Added
Gleanings
from Elisha to the A.
W. Pink Collection page.(ES)
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Prayers and donations are still
very welcome. (there's been one donation in the last 3 weeks) My thanks
to the man who sent the $50.00 I have gas to get to the VA hospitol for
a while.. (ES)
August
26th, 2001 (1:00 pm, PST)
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Added
Vincent's
NT Word Studies to the User-made
commentaries page.(ES)
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May have found a way to pay
part of the power bill and the mortguage payment. Donations and prayers
are still highly appreciated. For those wondering about how my
church helps, they've supplied our food needs as much as they are able
for quite a while, as well as money from time to time. But it's a very
small fellowship and I'm not the only one in need. I thank God for the
support they provide.
August
23d, 2001 (6:00 am, PST)
August
1st, 2001 (9:50 pm, PST)
July
20th, 2001 (1:50 pm, PST)
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Folks,
I need to get something off my chest, something that troubles me a lot--While
I've never done this ministry for pay, I consider it only proper that I
recieve something to enable me to continue. I'm sad to say this hasn't
really happened. Last year during an extreme crisis, I posted about my
needs on this page and six people responded for a total of $750.00--the
largest contributer whom I will not name, the Lord knows him I'm sure,
was a janitor who contributed $250.00, most likely his whole savings. This
year, I've recieved only $25.00. Anyone who actually reads this page knows
that I am disabled and unable to work, finances are very poor, to say the
least, it's a major struggle to keep an internet connection to enable me
to do this. This past month has evan been hard to secure food to fill our
stomachs. I could go on, but won't--It's demeaning to both you and I as
children of God for me to have to do this--I despise revealing my nakedness
on the net for all to see how little people care. I have applied for welfare,
having no choice, my crippled wife must eat and have a place to stay. I
won't say this is the last update I'll make, I have a burdon for souls
and must do the Lord's will, but it's becoming a big stumbling block to
me and I wonder--Does anybody really benefit from all this work? If so,
why are they unwilling to provide a little help? --- (ES)
July
17th, 2001 (11:50 am, PST)
July
15th, 2001 (1:50 am, PST)
July
13th, 2001 (4:50 pm, PST)
July
9th, 2001 (4:47 am, PST)
July
4th, 2001 (2:47 am, PST)
July
2nd, 2001 (10:37 pm, PST)
June
30th, 2001 (11:59 pm, PST)
June
29th, 2001 (6:15 pm, PST)
June
28th, 2001 (11:00 pm, PST)
June
28th, 2001 (12:40 am, PST)
June
21st, 2001 (12:45 am, PST)
June
17th, 2001 (8:45 pm, PST)
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I'd like to make a request--I'd
like to thank those who send me alms to support me from time to time--being
unemployed and unemployable due to my back injuries, etc I am gratful for
every dollar sent no matter the amount, but I have no bank account or easy
way to cash checks, the local bank where I cash them charges $5.00 minimum
to cash a check so it's a waste of time to cash a $5.00 one, I think it
might be better to wrap small amounts in a sheet of paper instead, if you
are lead by the Lord to do so. I continue to solicit your prayers that
we get some equitable settlement of my long-running problems, thank you.
(ES)
June
2nd, 2001 (10:45 pm, PST)
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Selected
Works of C. H. Macintosh was updated with major formatting changes
(to wrap the text so it can be displayed at diffrent resolutions other
than 800x600) and extensive spell and error correcting, it's been completly
proof-read. If you haven't read this, do so, it's a gem! You can find it
on the Holiness/Inspirational
books page. (ES)
May
30th, 2001 (4:45 pm, PST
May
29th, 2001 (6:10 pm, PST)
May
23d, 2001 (3:45 pm, PST)
May
15th, 2001 (9:45 pm, PST)
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Sorry
for the lack of updates folks, real life is still demanding most of my
free time making it very hard to either update, answer e-mail, or create
new modules. Meanwhile the Lord continues to keep us going, sometimes in
the most amazing ways--I recieved quite a large refund this year from the
IRS, first time in many years I haven't had to pay them and the largest
refund I have ever recieved from them ever:). My sons are supporting the
family now, getting to be quite resposible, I am richly blessed (and pleasently
suprised;). I'm praying that as time goes on that the company I worked
for fulfills their resposibilities so this will be no longer necesary,
we'll see.(ES)
April
24th, 2001 (11:30 am, AST)
April
23st, 2001 (12:25 pm, AST)
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Added
Spurgeon,
C. H. - Farm Sermons to the Spurgeon
Collection page and the Sermons
page. [JD]
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Added
Spurgeon,
C. H. - Around the Wicket Gate to the Spurgeon
Collection page. [JD]
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Added
Grammer
Uses Version (Beta) to the English
Translations page. [JD]
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Added
Prefaces
to the Grammer Uses Version (Beta) to the Reference
Books page. [JD]
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Added
Biss,
Cecil Yates - This Blessed Hope to the Prophecy
Books page. Please note that this book listing shows a compiled version,
an uncompiled version, and an example file. These are all posted
because this was done useing the HTML to OLB conversion tools which are
now a part of the OLB. The following note is from Gary Gallant, the
author of the module: "BISS
is a finished module on the Rapture. Enclosed is also _BISS the uncompiled
module and Example (files which are html files from the web site and .txt
files from the .html files now converted with the conversion tool within
OLB program. This is how Larry wants his modules made. Enclosed readme.txt
file to show step by step within Example.zip. All files within Example.zip
has its purpose. Users could try to reduplicate BISS by maybe calling it
another name so they will have practice using this new method developped
by Larry. Could you post BISS, _BISS and Example.zip and advise users that
they need to check out readme.txt file within Example.zip and practice
making BISS by calling it another name."[JD]
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Updated
the Userlib
file. [JD]
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Database:
Adding files to the database is making progess. However, with Ernie
on Sabatical this project will be on the backburner for a couple of
weeks. If anyone else wishes to take on the project and help added
the exisiting modules to the database please
let me know. [JD]
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Ernie:
At the moment, Ernie is takign a sabatical from Online Bible and Tolbss
related work in order to deal with personal and family related issues.
Please remember him in your prayers as you seek out God's Grace and Mercy
for the life we lead here on earth. For the time being, please direct
all Online Bible and Tolbss related question which would have been directed
towards Ernie to me at tolbss@ns.sympatico.ca[JD]
April
12th, 2001 (11:00 pm, PST)
April
10th, 2001 (1:35 pm, PST)
April
7th, 2001 (10:45 pm, PST)
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Updated
our
posting policy in the Upload section. Sorry, but this has become nessasary
due to problems others are having with poorly constructed and formatted
modules. Larry Pierce has been finding it very hard to continue to support
user-made modules in the program that are not corrected and full of errors.
While such may very well work on your own system for a time, invariably
after one of the many program changes they must be either corrected or
replaced--it makes far better sense to require that they be error free
and well done in the first place. Ultimatly, we will all benefit from the
small amount of extra trouble to turn out good quality material that will
work consistantly for everybody. (ES)
April
6th, 2001 (2:45 pm, PST)
April
1st, 2001 (1:00 pm, PST)
March
31st, 2001 (7:00 pm, PST)
March
29th, 2001 (10:00 am, PST)
-
Added
"Till
He Come, Communion Meditations" to the Charles
Spurgeon page.(ES)
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Userlib
updated.(ES)
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In the process of cleaning up
and correcting much of the material on the site, it is a lengthy process
and new material will be slow coming until it is completed. (ES)
-
For those praying, I am being
required to testify in court again about the racial harrasment that went
on at my former employment. May God grant that I do so bravely and without
fear. I still have found no source of employment, but the Lord provides.
(ES)
March
24th, 2001 (7:49am, AST)
March
23rd, 2001 (1:51pm, AST)
March
23rd, 2001 (4:15 am, PST)
March
22nd, 2001 (10:03, AST)
-
Fixed
the new menubar by making it a table rather than a graphic only.
Hopefully this will fix the problems some were having. (JD)
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Added
the Archaeology Books and the Children's Books to the Database.
(JD)
March
21st, 2001 (12:38 pm, AST)
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Created
a new menubar. (JD)
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Added
link on the menubar to a working database of all of the Online Bible
modules in existance. So far, commentaries, dictionaries,
lexicons,
maps,
homeschool
material, and some translations have been added. Thsi
project will allow us to have a searchable list of all modules and
modules names. This will allow for the prevention of name duplication,
and also will allow people to find the modules they are looking for with
greater ease. Please send suggestions and comments to me about this
new feature of Tolbss. You can email me at
jondixon@crosswinds.net.
(JD)
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Added
a link on the menubar to the new module making tutorial created
by Jeffrey Malbisse.
If you have any comments or questions about this, please email him at j_malbisse@yahoo.com.
(JD)
March
20th, 2001 (5:55,pm, PST)
March
15th, 2001 (1:15,am, PST)
March
9th, 2001 (1:35,am, PST)
March
1st, 2001 (1:35,am, PST)
-
Added
"Spurgeons Notes on Matthew" to the User-made
commentaries page.(ES)
-
Added
"The Attributes of God" to the A.
W. Pink Collection page. (ES)
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Userlib
updated.(ES)
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I'm still out of work, if anyone
in the Tacoma area knows of a job for a 50 year old ditch-digger with a
bad back, please let me know. I'd like to thank everyone for thier prayers,
and I'd like to thank God for bringing us safe through the earthquake today,
may there never be another!(ES)
February
23d, 2001 (1:00,am, PST)
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Added
"The Divine Program Of The World’s History" by H. Gratan Guiness to the
Prophecy
books page.(ES)
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Userlib
updated.(ES)
February
21st, 2001 (9:39,pm, PST)
-
Added
"Dore Bibical Woodcuts" to the Holiness-inspirational
page,
this is a large collection of very nice images of bible scenes by the artist
Dore'. You will find them listed in userlib under "Reference", pictures
and charts.(ES)
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Userlib
updated.(ES)
February
20th, 2001 (8:23,pm, PST)
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"Hymnal
for Online Bible With Words and Music" was updated to include about 40
new hymns, if you haven't tried this yet, it's a pretty good way to start
your devotions every day, I left it uncompiled this time so if the words
differ from how you remember them, you can change them to what you're comfortable
with. Expect to see this updated with more songs as time goes by. You can
get
it here.(ES)
February
19th, 2001 (1:43,am, PST)
February
16th, 2001 (11:43,am, PST)
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Added
Horatio Alger's "Phil the Fiddler" to the Children's
books page, for the young and young in heart.(ES)
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userlib
updated.(ES)
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For those
who have been praying for me, I thank you in Christ. At the present time,
I am no longer working for my former employer. Prayer and waiting on the
Lord have lead me to believe I must now take my case to an attorney to
prevent reprisels such as I have suffered from falling on others who only
desire to do thier job in peace without humiliation and threat by those
who consider themselves superior due to color, creed, or position, as well
as those whose only crime is being injured on the job. It is with the greatest
reluctance I do this, with a disabled wife and children at home, but I
know what I must do. Your continued prayers are greatly appreciated. Thank
you.(ES)
February
13th, 2001 (10:33,am, AST)
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Removed
the Revised Standard Version (1973) from the Macintosh
English Translations page for copyright restriction reasons.
Apologies are offered to those whose copyrights were infringed upon.(JD)
February
6th, 2001 (7:00pm, PST)
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Arthur
Pink's Nt Commentaries have been updated by Gary Gallant to make them more
compatable with the OT set he's doing, this includes merging the book introductions
back into one module and adding indices so you can now read this as either
a topic book or a bible noteset as before, the bible references are also
now in a better state of completeness as well. You
can get it here. (ES)
February
6th, 2001 (10:20pm, AST)
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Added
Tolbss to 70+ search engines for free with Web
Alley's free Web Announcer
tool. The sites should re-index to include Tolbss within the next
couple weeks. (JD)
February
5th, 2001 (5:30am, PST)
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Added
"An Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount" and "The Doctrine of Santicfication"
to the A.
W. Pink Collection page. (ES)
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Userlib updated. (ES)
February
5th, 2001 (9:06am, AST)
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Added
Microsoft
Html Help Update to the Utilities
page. (JD)
February
5th, 2001 (8:10am, AST)
February
3rd, 2001 (10:57am, AST)
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Added
a Macintosh version of Tolbss. Let me know if I missed any
files on the net. I used the ones from the official sites, but never
found any un-official, user-made files. (Do these exist?) Take
a look at the link on the menu bar. (JD)
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Made a
new menu bar to add the Macintosh link and to make it look prettier...
doesn't it look prettier :-) (JD)
January
31st, 2001 (5:15am, PST)
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Big update
day today-Added "Hymnal for Online Bible With Words and Music" to the Devotional
books page. Please let me know if you find this useful and I'll consider
expanding it. (ES)
-
Added "Sketches of Jewish Social
Life" By Alfred Edersheim to the History
Books page.(ES)
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Added "The Papacy is the Antichrist"
by J. A. Wylie to the Theology
Books page. (ES)
-
"EOde. An Internet Index
to the topics of many on line dictionaries and encyclopedias" has been
updated, you can find it here.(ES)
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Userlib has been updated.(ES)
January
30th, 2001 (5:15am, PST)
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Wylie's
"The Papacy" has been updated to repair the index - you can get it from
the History
books page. (ES)
January
29th, 2001 (6:15pm, PST)
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Arthur
Pink's Commentary has been updated to include the book of John, be aware
this is in a beta format with all text inserted but not completely corrected.
Gary Gallant has taken over the project which will include all of them
when this is complete. You
can get it here. (ES)
January
26th, 2001 (11:45pm, PST)
-
Added
"Gleanings in the Godhead" to the A.
W. Pink Collection page. (ES)
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Userlib has been updated. (ES)
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I would like to ask for continued
prayer, I was informed by my doctor today that my back problems are not
medically repairable. What this means in terms of reality is if I am able
to stand the pain sufficiantly to do the work, I can continue to hold my
job, if not I will lose it with little responsibility from my employer.
This doctor has had special training in the laws of the state of Washington
and he infoms me that in this state, there is little recourse for people
injured on the job beyond a certain amount of time, if the injury does
not respond to treatment and pain is not regarded as sufficient grounds
for disability. I will follow my Lord's leading and see what transpires.
I'd like to thank the many people who have continued to encourage and support
me, it isn't over yet. (ES)
January
26th, 2001 (4:30am, PST)
January
24th, 2001 (12:30pm, AST)
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At the
suggestion of a Tolbss Community member, the Questionable Materials page
(formerly the Herectical Materials page) has been changed to the Unorthodox
Materials page. Definitions of the words Orthodox and Unorthox
have also been added to the page. Thank-you to the person who made
the suggestion. (JD)
January
24th, 2001 (9:00am, AST)
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Changed
the Heretical Page to the Questionable Materials Page. I hope
that this may ease some of the problem that people have had with the Heretical
page. Please feel free to direct comments towards me: jondixon@crosswinds.net(JD)
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Fixed
file sizes and links on Collection
of Guinness, H. Grattan. (JD)
-
Repaired
link to Pink, A. W. - Anti-Christ on the Books
- Theology page. (JD)
-
Added
mention of BTXT2OLB - Converter V1.5 Beta A on the Utilities
page. (JD)
-
Repaired
spelling mistakes (the computer's fault of course) on the Utilities
page. Thanks to Paul Hoyle for pointing them out. (JD)
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Removed
Iconsand
Added
Icons I and Icons II to the Utilities
page. (JD)
January
20th, 2001
January
18th, 2001
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Added
"The Blood of Jesus" by Rev. William Reed to the Inspirational
books page.(ES)
-
Added
a new page - Heretical
Teachings It's for anything I regard as controversial or disagrees
with what I regard as Fundamentalist Christianity, but would be useful
for research or to be knowlegable about. Could well be books on the other
pages that belong here, I'm slowly reading them as I have time.(ES)
-
Userlib
updated.(ES)
January
13th, 2001
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Added
"The Christian Sabbath" to the A.
W. Pink Collection page. (ES)
-
Userlib has been updated. (ES)
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Things are going a little better
for me now, I am returned to work and the situation there is coming closer
to a resolution of some sort. I'd once again like to thank the many people
who have prayed and sought God on my behalf, I thank God for you all:)
(ES)
January
10th, 2001
-
Added
The Bible History, Old Testament by Edersheim to the Theology
Books page. (ES)
-
Added
Institutes of the Christian Religion by Calvin and The Horae Apocalypticae
(incomplete) by Elliott to the Theology
books page. (ES)
January
7th, 2001
January
1st, 2001
-
Added
"The Ten Commandments" to the A.
W. Pink Collection page. (ES)
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Userlib has been updated. (ES)
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Happy
New Year, everybody from all of us here at Tolbss
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