You Have Helped Me Write These 27 Books

There is an old saying, “He who reaches for the world, reaches for a pen.” If we update that, it might be, “He who reaches for the world, reaches for a keyboard.”
 
I have written 27 books. Candidly, writing is hard. There is another saying, “No one likes writing a book, but everyone likes having written a book.” The writing journey requires discipline. Lots of discipline. It is not easy. But like the “birthing of a baby,” authors rejoice when they finally see the “baby,” the completed book. 
 
I have had many people tell me, “I am going to write a book someday.” My response is, “No, not someday. Start today. Write one chapter today. Or at least the first few pages. Don’t be an Apollos.” 
 
They look puzzled when I say, “Don’t be an Apollos.” I continue, “Apollos and Paul were both great preachers in the New Testament. Paul wrote and wrote, and we have almost half the New Testament. Apollos never wrote, and we don’t have a clue what he said. Don’t be an Apollos.”

I have tried to be faithful to the “writing calling” on my life. I wrote my first 300 page manual in 1980. Well, the very rough precedent of it was actually around 1978, and I have not stopped writing since. I have now written 27 books, either by myself or with a co-author. That does not count either articles, or another ten or so chapters which I have written for other people in their books. 
 
I only write “if a book is boiling in my belly.” I don’t write for the sake of writing. I cannot do that.
 
There have been seasons when I was cranking out one book per year. There have been other times when I wrote nothing for several years. I have to “feel the book inside me” in order to write it. 
 
However, my reason for telling you this is not about me or my books. I am writing to thank you. Those of you who support Well Versed (and those who have been encouragers to me for the many decades before Well Versed) have made it possible for me to write. 
 
Writing allows me to go to 10s of 1,000s of places all at once. Thank you! Thank you for being an encourager and a supporter of my use of the pen (or the keyboard). 
 
You have purchased my books. Many of you have purchased cases of my books and distributed them. Thank you. 
 
As you ponder your year-end giving on this, the last day of the year, would you join my “writing team?” Would you consider partnering with Well Versed, which makes it possible to produce literature that establishes the Word of God as the foundation of life?

Now allow me to take you on a journey, from 2026 (yes, next year) back through the decades, all the way to 1980. See the “journey of books” below. Again, thank you for encouraging me to write. Every author needs lots of “cheerleaders.” You have been and still are part of my “cheer squad.” 
 
Here is the list of books over the past 45 years.

Thank you for allowing me to take you on a rather long – 45 year – journey of my 27 books. Once again, if you are so led, join the “writing team” to help me publish the first two books on this list, #1 and #2 above. We need to raise the funds to produce these books in 2026.