Don Bland – Mountain Veteran Ministries

The Simple Teachings of Jesus Christ — A Rural Reflection

Posted on August 5, 2025March 3, 2026 by Don Bland

Christianity has gotten mighty complicated. You look around today, and it's easy to get lost in all the denominations, doctrines, and debates. Folks are busy arguing over who’s right and who’s wrong, who’s in and who’s out, while the heart of Jesus’ message gets buried under layers of...

🔄 Reconciling Predestination and the Gospel of the Apostles

Posted on July 26, 2025March 4, 2026 by Don Bland

When Christians dig deep into the Bible, two powerful themes emerge that seem—at first glance—to be pulling in opposite directions: the doctrine of predestination and the universal offer of the gospel. On one hand, we read about God choosing people for salvation before the...

🕊️ Dr. David Jeremiah’s Theology of Revelation: Hope in the Last Days

Posted on July 19, 2025August 13, 2025 by Don Bland

In uncertain times, the final book of the Bible offers unmatched clarity, comfort, and warning. Yet many believers avoid Revelation due to its mysterious symbols and daunting imagery. Dr. David Jeremiah, longtime pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church and founder of Turning Point...

🛠️How to Be a Christian Man in a World Gone Sideways

Posted on June 19, 2025August 14, 2025 by Don Bland

The world’s gone sideways. You know it. I know it. What used to be clear as daylight is now up for debate. Boys don’t know if they’re boys, wrong is being called right, and folks are acting like God packed up and left town. But He hasn’t. And He never will. Now, I’m no theologian in a...

🌍 How Can You Not Believe in God With All the Wonders of the World?

Posted on June 7, 2025March 5, 2026 by Don Bland

I have long asked this question of myself and others. Most of the time, I get blank stares and what are you talking about looks. So, I decided to put together what some prominent Faith Leaders had to say about the subject. I live at the base of Mt Hood, Oregon and with every gaze at the mountain...

🕊️ A Voice Long Waiting to Speak

Posted on June 3, 2025March 3, 2026 by Don Bland

For many years, I’ve felt something stirring deep inside—something I’ve never been quite able to say out loud. I didn’t have the chance. Or maybe I didn’t have the words. I once tried writing a memoir of my time in the military. That didn’t pan out. After retirement, I picked up...

🌾How to Live as a Christian in a Rural Town with City Traffic at the Edges

Posted on June 2, 2025March 3, 2026 by Don Bland

I’ve lived long enough to see this world spin in some strange directions, and I’ve watched more than one small town try to hold its footing as the winds of change blow through. Where I live, tractors still start before dawn, folks wave at each other on the road, and if your truck breaks down,...

🕊️Should Politics Be Part of the Christian Life?

Posted on May 26, 2025March 5, 2026 by Don Bland

Let me say this straight out—I’m a Christian, an elder, a veteran, and a farm-town kind of man. I’ve seen elections come and go, parties rise and fall, and people get riled up about things that don’t matter near as much as they think. And yet, I’ve also seen what happens when good people...

Sermon Videos – Pine Grove

Posted on March 4, 2025March 4, 2026 by Don Bland

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Elder Don Blog

Posted on August 14, 2022August 14, 2025 by Don Bland

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Mountain Veteran Ministries

Posted on August 13, 2022March 2, 2026 by Don Bland

Mountain Veteran Ministries began as an idea rooted in our local church—Wy’East Community Church—nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Range in Odell and Pine Grove, Oregon. On Sundays, you’ll find us gathering in a modest building, wearing boots and denim, worshiping side-by-side, and...