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New Year and Old Things
New Year and Old Things
As we step into a new year, it’s easy to focus on resolutions and personal growth, but the Christian faith reminds us to look back to the timeless truths of... Read more...
The Beginner's Guide to Smoking Cigars
The Beginner's Guide to Smoking Cigars
Cigar smoking is a timeless tradition that offers relaxation and rich flavors. This guide helps beginners understand cigar sizes, components, and how to select a quality. Proper cutting with the... Read more...
Biblical Masculinity, Patriarchy, and the Quiet Reflection of Cigars
Biblical Masculinity, Patriarchy, and the Quiet Reflection of Cigars
This article explores the concept of biblical masculinity and patriarchy, emphasizing that true leadership, as outlined in Scripture, involves sacrificial, loving guidance rather than domineering control. It also touches on... Read more...
Supper, Sips, and Stogies
Supper, Sips, and Stogies
Engaging in discussions about the permissibility of Christians smoking cigars and drinking whiskey can be challenging, especially when faced with concerns from friends and church acquaintances. Many critics, often from... Read more...
The Ceremony of Cigars: Ordo Fumandi
The Ceremony of Cigars: Ordo Fumandi
This blog explores the ceremonial and ritualistic nature of cigar smoking, drawing parallels to the intentional, ordered worship found in Reformed Christian liturgy. Just as worship follows a God-given structure—call... Read more...
Keep Your Accusations. We’ll Keep Advancing the Kingdom
Keep Your Accusations. We’ll Keep Advancing the Kingdom
This blog post addresses accusations that Patriarch Cigar Co. is using Christianity as a marketing tool to profit. The post defends the company's mission, explaining that while they sell cigars,... Read more...
Defying Tyrants
Defying Tyrants
The blog traces the author’s Scots-Irish ancestry through centuries of resistance—from the Wars of Scottish Independence and the Protestant Reformation to the Siege of Londonderry, the American Revolution, and beyond.... Read more...