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Golden Quill Ministries, alternately named "GoQuill," is operated by Earlana (Lanny) Townsend. Perhaps you have heard of NyQuilŽ, a medicine that is supposed to help people sleep? Well, the purpose of GoQuill is to wake people up.

Golden Quill Ministries' name is derived from Psalm 68:11-13, which says, "The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. Kings of armies did flee apace, and she that waited at home divided the spoil. Though you have lain among the pots, yet shall you be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold." The true meaning of the Hebrew word for "those" who published the Word is "women preachers." Doesn't that make sense, considering what the rest of the verse says?

Through my writing, I am rising up to obey the Great Commission to proclaim God's greatness, His love, and His mercy. God's Word addresses every situation that faces Mankind, even in these modern times.

My views about tithing and egalitarian marriage are controversial issues to Christians, but Yeshua came to set us free. A lot of people have been held back from becoming Christians because of error taught in the Church, and they have assumed that the Bible actually teaches those errors, so therefore they have been angry at God. There are plenty of Christians who need to learn to correctly interpret the Word of Truth, including people who have been in ministry for a long time, but have not adequately questioned traditional teachings in the Church.

I have used my imagination in writing poems and Bible stories and studies, furnished with historical knowledge and observation of human nature. This gift has helped me tune in to what saints of old were probably feeling and thinking when they went through their experiences and it makes the Bible's history come alive for me. It is only wicked imaginations that the Bible tells us we must cast down, not God-directed imaginations. Imagination, if it is used rightly, is a gift from God that He has given us to help bring forth His Kingdom on Earth as it is in Heaven.

I try to be careful to not suggest anything that contradicts the Scriptures, and what I come up with is plausible, if people have enough knowledge to see the sense of it. Some people are very knowledgeable, but out of fear of being deceived, or out of the fear of criticism, they have limited themselves to conventional knowledge. Thus, they have neglected various areas of knowledge that are valid, though not accepted by the general population. I have found that, by considering neglected information, the world now makes a lot more sense.

Most people know that the world is not a safe place, but what they don't know is that it is even more dangerous than what they figure it is. Good news, though. God is in control and He will never lose that control! Hallelujah! God's people can have peace in midst of peril. The Bible says in Psalms 33:10, "The LORD brings the counsel of the heathen to nothing: he makes the devices of the people of no effect." No matter what satan brings against God's people, it will backfire.

But that doesn't mean that it's okay to be apathetic and willingly ignorant about satan's tricks. When we deliberately close our eyes and assume that God will bring us through, even if we ignore His warnings about the traps, it is putting Him to the test. In other words, we are taking God for granted; He won't put up with that indefinitely.

The Bible says that we are supposed to be wise as serpents, but harmless as doves. Satan has set up a lot of traps, but they don't want to know about it because they enjoy the bait. Being as wise as a serpent means to know what is really going on and to avoid the traps, wherever possible. And as the Bible says, we need to forgive others at every opportunity.

Satan and his bunch are jealous of humans. We have the opportunity to be redeemed, whereas they are headed for the Lake of Fire and there is no help for them. Satan and his gang wanted to rule all the angels, but now they are cast down, and it is humans, redeemed humans, who are going to rule over all the angels.

The fallen angels are envious and they hate us. We humans need to stick together against them. We need to pity those who have been caught in the snares of sin, even when their sinning harms us. We need to forgive them and do our best to love them out of satan's camp. They are precious souls who will suffer everlasting torments, if they are not turned from the paths of destruction. It is a horrifying tragedy when that happens because the Lake of Fire was prepared for the devil and his angels; no humans ever had to go there. We were given the Way of escape. His Name is Yeshua.

I enjoy calling the Lord by His Hebrew Name. It helps me visualize the scenes in the Bible more vividly to think of Jesus' sisters and brothers calling Him Yeshua, rather than speaking to Him in Greek. The first part of the Lord's Name, Yeshua, is the Name of God, and the second part means "Help!" which happens to be a prayer that I have used a lot.

Come to the Banqueting House, for His banner over us is Love. Feast on the Word of God. There is choice meat in the Bible, far more than most people realize. It is interesting, it is exciting, it is character-building, and it is life-changing!