My name is Joe Turner

I am a locomotive engineer who works for Union Pacific Railroad. I have raised 6 children. One son is a contractor, father of two children. The other is a vet tech and is working at an exotic pet center, father of one child.  Both boys served time in the military. I have a daughter who is a military medical doctor. One daughter is a homemaker and mother of 5 (soon to be 6) children. I have two girls still at home, one has been accepted to Loma Linda University and the other is a pet groomer. Life is a little busy as I railroad on strange schedules, and deal with life in general.

During my spare time I lead this Bible study over the internet.  As a result of my constantly fluctuating railroad hours, sometimes I post the studies in the morning, afternoon, night or even the next day, so bear with me on this. You may find it better to follow one day behind if you are blessed to have a regular schedule.

Our numbers are growing daily, we have a good mixture of railroaders and church people involved in the study. Anyone is welcomed to join us. We have a registration page built for this purpose of an email list… feel free to fill out the information and join the study. I hate junk mail with a passion, so if you get on the study by mistake or catch yourself deleting the studies without going through them, please contact us and have your name removed from the list.

We are committed to reading and studying the Bible daily. I encourage everyone I know to get on a Bible reading plan and faithfully read through the Bible yearly. My main resource is Logos Software Platinum Edition, available at http://www.logos.com for a price, they also have smaller editions which may be more to suit your needs. Recently they have made a subscription available, I highly recommend this.

We are constantly adding and changing the study as we are felt led to do so. My passion is to encourage you to take what you learn and apply it to your life. Then when you go back to your church, you will spread the truth of the Gospel to many more people than I could ever dream of reaching. Join me in learning and applying God’s word.

Remember, this study is constantly under construction as the needs change in our lives, bear with us and grow with us. I am planning to add a photo album to this page eventually, which will show what my mug looks like, along with my family.

Lots of stuff going on, I work on this in my spare time, so be patient on the updates.
My dream, vision, or whatever you want to call it.

I recently decided to build a home fellowship. We are in the process of generating paperwork, statements, and all the stuff to start a church. The church has a Messianic emphasis.  The idea of this is to take the Jewish festivals from the Bible and make them the focus of study. This will be blended with Christian truth that has been gleaned from the Bible. If we find something that is not in the Bible but based upon tradition either from the Jewish or Christian side, we will cast it aside. Websites teach minimalization. That is what we need to focus on. It’s time to clean out the junk and start fresh.

I am convinced that in the near future all Christians will soon be facing persecution. Evidence indicates that the main target will be breaking down churches who teach the truth. Mega churches which tickle ears and teach platitudes of pop psychology religion will probably survive. Yet, those who desire to draw near to the true God will suffer legal and illegal persecution. When this happens, we will see home churches and home groups explode as Christianity goes underground. I hope that I am wrong on this. When it happens, I plan to train believers in righteousness according to the truth revealed through the Bible.

Another aspect of my life is involvement in the ARMS, Asian Relief Medical Services mission to the Philippines in the spring of the year. Last year I saw literally hundreds of people miraculously healed while thousands received medical care. I am excited about this mission and privileged to be involved in it.  Several of the photos that you see on this site were taken during that trip.

One of the hobbies that I have is that of amateur photography. I have fun at it. The ducks on the banner was a random shot out of a window on a journey to a mission site. I hope you enjoy the various other images that you find on this site. If they are not my work, I will credit them.

I will be modifying this statement as time progresses…

Joe.