Posts by Samuel C. Gipp
Letter 170
How to Identify a Bully Bullies are easy to identify. They call you names in an attempt to bully you into submitting to them. When I was a kid they said things like: “You’re ugly,” “You’re fat,” “You’re stupid,” etc. Now those same bullies have grown up so the tactic remains the same but their…
Read MoreFebruary 2026
Meetings Since our last letter I preached in: Oregon, Delaware, Wisconsin, Nevada, Massachusetts, Ohio, Tennessee, New York and Michigan. The meetings have had good results. The News on My Neck Last summer our 3/4 tone truck combined with some really rough roads in Texas really worked me over. We almost called off the summer tour.…
Read MoreAre You “Sick” or Normal?
Without apology and without timidity I declare to you that I have always been one of those people who straighten things up on a table at a restaurant. I take the sweetener holder and put all the colors together by color, all the pinks together, the yellows, the blues and the whites. “Oh! You’re sick!…
Read MoreOctober 2025
Meetings Since the first of the year I preached in: Colorado, Kansas, Texas, New York, Washington and Canada. The meetings have had good results. During the three months of Summer we drove 7,000 miles and flew 13,000. We got word that the Eskimo lady who got saved during one of our meetings in the Arctic…
Read MoreLetter 169
The United States Has Never Been a Democracy! “We are now forming a Republican form of government. Real Liberty is not found in the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. If we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy, or some other form of dictatorship.” Alexander Hamilton “Remember, democracy…
Read MoreHow to Pick a New Pastor
The most important decision you can make in life concerns the eternal destiny of you soul. How does the Bible address that? In countless places the Bible tells you what you must do to obtain eternal life. You can go to John, Acts, Romans, Ephesians and many other books to answer that question.The second most…
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It Could Happen at Any TimeEven the Demcommunists know the country has been doing better since President Trump was reelected. Of course, they hate it. Although I believe the Lord has, and will continue to, protect Trump, I could be wrong. We know the Democommies are cold-blooded murderers. We also know that they at least…
Read MoreJuly 2025
Dear Friends, MeetingsSince the first of the year I preached in: Ohio, Michigan, Idaho, Pennsylvania, California, Montana, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, and Alaska. Two of the three meetings in Alaska were in the Arctic. We had an Eskimo lady saved in the Arctic while with missionary Nick Serino. Another man was saved in our meeting at…
Read MoreToday vs Eternity
I was saved in Canton, Ohio, on June 14, 1970. The same day I was saved, during the same invitation, I gave my new life to the Lord. God immediately called me to go to Bible college. So, ten weeks later I was in Bible institute. But, I almost didn’t go! Nope, I wasn’t fighting…
Read MoreWhat Did You Do With It?
What Did You Do With It? When Barak Obama was in our White House we thought the country would soon fall. Then, in 2016 Donald Trump was elected president for the first time. Conservatives and Christians alike rejoiced that God had spared our country and given us, at least, four years to live in peace…
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