Since moving all of the Pastor Marv Recommends articles from Blog Diyiin Bi to Christian Internet Resources, we decided that CIR needs a facelift.
CIR was originally intended to be a blog with which to experiment in order to find just the right combination of themes and plugins to use on The Go light and, after its move to Wordpress, Blog Diyiin Bi. The Go Light was originally intended to get all of the business-oriented articles from Blog Diyiin Bi, which included most of the articles in the “Pastor Marv Recommends” category. About halfway through the project, it was decided to keep CIR up and place all of the “Pastor Marv Recommends” articles here. So Blog Diyiin Bi is now a ministry-only blog, The Go Light is a business-only blog, and CIR is a combinitation. And John’s Joint is in a class all by itself…
Since we don’t really like darker themes, the Arclite theme had to go. As of today, in its place, the “Gadget-story” theme is installed and in use. The only downside of the Gadget-story theme is that the “print this article” plugin doesn’t work with it, but you can still print an article by clicking on its title and printing the displayed page. That will, unfortunately, print the sidebar as well, and it prints everything in one column. A better solution is to highligt/copy/paste to your favorite word processing program (WordPad works OK, but I use Open Office Org) and print it that way. Keep in mind that all articles are copyright (c) by Diyiin Bi, LLC, and/or the author. You can print them for your own personal use only.
When I was looking for a wholesale supplier who will drop-ship Bibles and Christian books, I stumbled upon The Jerusalem Gift Shop, located, as the name implies, in Jerusalem, Israel. On their website, I found mention of a wholesale account, and so fired off an email asking about drop shipping. Less than 10 minutes after sending the email, Ian, the owner of the shop, called me! He doesn’t drop ship, but he does have an affiliate program. So Diyiin Bi, LLC, is now an affiliate for The Jerusalem Gift Shop. This fits in very well our (Pastor Marv and Betsy’s) belief system, especially since The Jerusalem Gift Shop is a Christian gift store. (See the sidebar “We Support Israel.”) So now, you can click on the link in the sidebar (on all four blogs) and order gifts straight from Jerusalem, and Diyiin Bi, LLC will get a small commission on anything you buy. Remember, Diyiin Bi, LLC is the (so far, only) corporate sponsor of our ministry blog, Blog Diyiin Bi, so those commissions will help keep the blog in operation. Also, Diyiin Bi, LLC was started as a way to enable Betsy and me to be in full-time ministry, kind-of like the Apostle Paul’s tent-making business, since we don’t have any churches providing support for us. In the future, we may set up a wholesale account with The Jerusalem Gift Shop and sell their products in a traditional brick-and-mortar store. But for now, we will just sell their products online as an affiliate.
You can buy everything from shofars to CDs, anointing oil, jewelry, books, and even software to help learn Hebrew. Check it out for yourself here.
May God richly bless you,
Pastor Marv
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