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Tom King

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in Cleburne, Texas, The United States

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Christian, conservative, native Texan, lifelong teacher, nonprofit consultant, fund-raiser and author, Tom King has spent almost 4 decades working in education and the nonprofit sector. Over his career he has started five organizations from scratch and reorganized a couple. He's raised millions in startup and program funding through grants and special events, served as PR, Development, Program, Therapeutic Recreation and Executive Director and was appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry to serve on the TxDOT Public Transportation Advisory Committee which rewrote the state's whack-a-mole rural transit funding formula. Married more than forty-three years with three grown children, Tom along with his wife, Sheila live in the woods of Western Wa ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 21 ratings · 8 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Christmas Gifts: Four Stories of Faith 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Give Guns a Chance 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Going for the Green!: An Insider's Guide to Raising Money With Charity Golf really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Happiness Flow: What Happy People Do To Be Happy (The Bimini Books Happiness Series Book 3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Must Be That Common Core Math They're Teaching Our Kids Now

Democrat Math at it's finest!
Do the arithmetic and show your work This thing is going around the left-wing social media. I think it must be a low IQ test! Either that or some common core nightmare. Here's the deal; the straight poop if you will.

1. Common sense - 180 billion minus 172 billion equals 8 billion to give away. If you give a billion to each person you could make 8 people billionaire

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Murder on the Intergalactic Railway: A Ritchie and Fitz Sci-Fi Murder Mystery (Ritchie and Fitz Sci-Fi Murder Mystery #1)

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How to Publish a Book on Amazon in 2026: Real Advice from Someone Who’s Doing it Well (Work from Home Series: Book 5)

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Captive (Invictus #1)

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Tom King rated a book it was amazing Where Are We Headed?: Adventism after San Antonio by William G. Johnsson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Words We Need to Hear Johnson is a voice we Adventists need to hear. As in 1903, Angels walk among us and some important leaders are listening and speaking out. Good to hear.
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“It is when we are at our darkest hour, when we can see no evidence that God loves us or that he is even there to listen to our prayers, much less answer them...and yet, we still obey.

It is then that the devil is reminded that his cause is lost.”
― Tom King

tags: faith, obedience, steadfastness, trusting-god

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“A Christian's duty is to win souls for Christ. It would seem to me that tearing down a church you disagree with is like shooting holes in someone else's overloaded lifeboat to prove it's not as safe as yours. (from "Bullies, Wolves, Sheep and Sheepdogs)”
― Tom King

tags: bullies, churches-faith, the-golden-rule

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“We may be rats in a maze as far as the Obama administration is concerned, but in Texas, we are rats with a firm knowledge of just where the button is and how to push it. It helps us put up with all the nonsense and it would do the folks in Washington well to remember that. - Tom King ("Why the Secession Talk in Texas")”
― Tom King

tags: secession, texas

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“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: god, world

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“There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

tags: condescending, income-tax, pay, taxes, tyranny

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“A fanatic is a man who, when he's lost sight of his purpose, redoubles his effort.”
― Poul Anderson, Harvest of Stars

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“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

tags: rah

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“If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.”
― Isaac Asimov

tags: humor, writing

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