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Who is Garry D. Nation and what is Serious Christian Ministries? Find out here.

A selection of short writings by Garry D. Nation covering various topics in biblical, theological, and worldview studies. Some previously published, some scholarly, some informal. Also includes articles by guest authors.
Talks, sermons, and lectures by Garry D. Nation, along with some others
Now featuring recorded Sunday morning talks on Bible books from the “Choir Class”- Featuring:
Some things can be said better in lines of verse than in paragraphs of prose. None dare call it poetry. Includes an exclusive review of the contemporary oratorio Savior, along with an original narration.
Hey, just because we’re serious doesn’t mean we don’t have a sense of humor.
Click here for links to some valuable links and resources for anyone who takes Christianity seriously.
Check out the newest postings for Spring

Bible Notes: “The Fear of God” What does it mean, and what is its relevance to followers of Jesus Christ? (Click here)
Updates to my newest book, Alvis Duncan Hicks in the Civil War: The Untold Story of the 2nd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, USA--exclusively online. Includes photos, maps, illustrations.
New “Fools and Follies” item: According to an annual survey by DDB Worldwide Communications Group, the typical American tax cheat is male, single and under the age of 45. But that’s not the most interesting thing about the study....
Short Fiction: “The Medusa Painting” -- Read this story when you have some leisure time—but I don’t recommend it before bed.
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*In Development*
The Serious Christian Institute
Courses of Study in a Christian Worldview
Topics include
✤Serious Christianity: A Primer in Truth, Lifestyle, and Spirituality
We approach the Christian life and faith as a triad, consistent with our theology of Trinitarian Theism. It is one life, one faith, but it is lived out simultaneously in three dimensions of reality: of objective, volitional, and experiential. It is experienced in the here and now, but by a power that comes to us from an age that is still to come.
✤10 Convictions of a Christian Mind
Can a Christian learn to think from the Bible’s frame of reference--and yet not become a fanatic? Everything we’ve learned in our culture has led us to think non-theistically (dare we say atheistically?) There are many ways to communicate the Christian worldview. This is one that we think makes sense to the non-scholar. We present 10 reasonable propositions, derived from the Word of God and reflected in the 10 Commandments, as the ground for all rational thinking.
✤The Neo-Modernist Emergence
Most observers still use the term Post-Modern to describe the intellectual and cultural environment of our present time. The Islamist attack on 9/11/2011, however, was a shattering event that brought many profound changes. While secular humanists may still use the language of Post-Modernism, that transitional philosophy has been effectively replaced by a new and resurgent Modernism. Christians who are aware have the opportunity to speak more effectively to this generation.
✤.Character Deficiency Syndrome
Apply insights from Solomon and the other Wisdom writers of the Bible to understand why we make self-destructive choices, and how to escape the cycle; relate the biblical doctrine of sin to the modern experience of moral disintegration, and of the reintegration of character through the gospel of Jesus Christ. Based on Garry D. Nation’s book Fool: Identifying and Overcoming Character Deficiency Syndrome.
*Featured Article*
Recovering Christian Ethical Absolutes
It may be possible to again assert ethical absolutes in an era when relativism is the only absolute.
This paper was presented to the Oxford Society of Scholars in Washington D.C. at Dr. Nation’s induction into the Society as a Fellow.