<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Jason E. Fort - Fortress Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Revealing light in the darkness, one reader at a time.]]></description><link>https://www.jason-e-fort.com/blog-1</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:40:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.jason-e-fort.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Tribute to Man's Best Friend]]></title><description><![CDATA[They greet you with a friendly tail wag And large eyes that reveal the kindest soul They make life anything but a drag They can lift your...]]></description><link>https://www.jason-e-fort.com/post/tribute-to-man-s-best-friend</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d84f0e122437e0017af54f1</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2019 15:43:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2d1d1_93c0cd473dbc470baea45100e785c0c9~mv2_d_1212_2015_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E. Fort</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Voice of a Hero]]></title><description><![CDATA[My childhood was influenced by three things growing up: church, family, and heroes. Optimus Prime was the voice of voices when I was a kid. I am a Christian. I am against idolatry, because God tells me to be. But when I was growing up, the three things that influenced me the most were my church, my family, and the heroes I admired on the TV screen and in comic books. Heroes like He-Man, Duke or Snake Eyes from G.I. Joe, or Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, William 'the Refrigerator' Perry or...]]></description><link>https://www.jason-e-fort.com/post/the-voice-of-a-hero</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a918ccde2003eee181c9923</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:47:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2d1d1_0f67a5714157457a9ffc066cfba0d700~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E. Fort</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[         Symbols of Lost Cause? Never!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, July 4th, 2026, my son and I watched one of our favorite patriotic movies, The Patriot. Now Jay and I have seen this movie who knows how many times - and yet I can take something different away from it every time. Yes, I know there are historical flaws. Yes, I know it is also a fictional story based on some real events in the Revolutionary War and the man in local South Carolina history, Francis Marion. But what stood out to me this time had to do with symbols. It occurred to me right...]]></description><link>https://www.jason-e-fort.com/post/symbols-of-lost-cause-never</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a49ac21fa58f0a255d3078d</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 02:07:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2d1d1_ec075ec4261e47cda94e66d552cbe366~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E. Fort</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Movie Review for Young Washington]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, on Friday, July 3, 2026, I went with a good friend to watch the new movie, Young Washington. First of all, I must declare that I am no history expert when it comes to the details of young George's life, but I did already have a vague understanding of the history of the colonial period with tales of Fort Necessity and Fort Duquesne. However, I did not go to the movie to judge or critique it on its historical accuracy. Someone else will have to write a post about that. What I can write...]]></description><link>https://www.jason-e-fort.com/post/a-movie-review-for-young-washington</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a483530f7b480551f0d9f71</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:18:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2d1d1_d048b2b3c8de4dcba9679e7dfd79cbfe~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E. Fort</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking like People Do]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Transfiguration from Matthew 17 In the first thirteen verses of the 17th chapter of the Book of Matthew, the Gospel gives us one of the most amazing moments one can envision themselves being party to, through the imagination of the Gospel's author. We are told that only three of the Twelve were present to witness this, and they were even told to keep this miraculous encounter secret until Christ had risen. Take a look at the story here: 17  And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and...]]></description><link>https://www.jason-e-fort.com/post/thinking-like-people-do</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c99f41fcaccefbd360fb2a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:02:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2d1d1_b4043029c0834285b41f7e20fceb169d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E. Fort</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knock and a Door Will Be Opened]]></title><description><![CDATA[7  “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8  For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. ------Matthew  7:7-8, ESV This passage can be taken out of context; many people will read it and think, 'ok, so God will just give me what I want if I ask.' Although the train of thought runs in the right direction, we must place that train on a direct path towards God in order for these...]]></description><link>https://www.jason-e-fort.com/post/knock-and-a-door-will-be-opened</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b2c32bd558374c818cd161</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:02:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2d1d1_4a887038b0cd4eec9fd65fc41c1dc5b1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E. Fort</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do You Know the Storyteller?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is actual photo of my books, on display in the middle school media center of the school in which I work as SRO. A recent development in my writing journey, is the arrival of some of my memoirs to the book shelf of the school library. The middle school in which I serve as the school resource officer, is gracious enough to offer three of my family memoirs for students to check out. The librarian told me she was sure it would be a success at our school, because she said there is just...]]></description><link>https://www.jason-e-fort.com/post/do-you-know-the-storyteller</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b028c2a547e1dd3d7cf27e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:59:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2d1d1_4fab0b7a87474c8c8957ed3bea9ca46d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E. Fort</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mystery of Faith]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is this faith  that people such as myself have; this idea of believing in something that although I cannot fully comprehend it or reach out and touch it or see His physical manifestation, I still know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Jesus Christ is who He says He is, and did what He tells all of history He has done? Sure, it is belief - but even the Bible tells us that demons acknowledge Christ's existence and identity: 	 19  You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons...]]></description><link>https://www.jason-e-fort.com/post/the-mystery-of-faith</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699370536afbe985b7a3e600</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 20:53:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2d1d1_a39b20f20b9449199e66c9b011007f4f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E. Fort</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[God's Moment]]></title><description><![CDATA[12  When Esther’s words were reported to Mordecai, 13  he sent back this answer: “Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape. 14  For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” Esther 4:12-14, NIV "For such a moment as this;" It's one of my favorite...]]></description><link>https://www.jason-e-fort.com/post/god-s-moment</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698b2de7e2bc92e835dd1e16</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:17:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2d1d1_e321a19d696c4690aca767a123bcdda3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E. Fort</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Wrestling Match with God - Now, You Tell Yours]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before anyone asks, given the title, no - I am not about to wrestle my pastor in this picture of my baptism. But this is a photograph of a pivotal moment in my life. It is recent enough that I can disctinctly remember my thought processes leading up to it, and add that to God's intrusions into my own thoughts shortly thereafter. You see, I believe we all wrestle with God; we wrestle with how much we submit to him all the time, because we are all but sinful creatures. However, I think He has...]]></description><link>https://www.jason-e-fort.com/post/my-wrestling-match-with-god-now-you-tell-yours</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695bea0d7831e3f571034aed</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:41:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2d1d1_de059354ebc34e55900656c910276a53~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_898,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E. Fort</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Your Faith Built on a House of Cards - or Something Stronger?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do you want the pressure of worrying about your house of cards? " 24  “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25  And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26  And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27  And the rain fell, and the...]]></description><link>https://www.jason-e-fort.com/post/is-your-faith-built-on-a-house-of-cards-or-something-stronger</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6945ae9a278ff96e54e67f39</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:53:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2d1d1_70eb214fc0474a1289a11431bf46d322~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E. Fort</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[     No Need for Self-Defense, Anymore]]></title><description><![CDATA["3  He shall judge between many peoples, and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore; 4  but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and no one shall make them afraid, for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken. 5  For all the peoples walk each in the name of its god, but we will walk in...]]></description><link>https://www.jason-e-fort.com/post/no-need-for-self-defense-anymore</link><guid isPermaLink="false">690cc00d9a17da37016ab46a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:49:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2d1d1_2687d7c11dc1473499ed3c5dafeff4b8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E. Fort</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost Half a Century]]></title><description><![CDATA[I turned 49 today...not quite 50, but getting close! Here it is, my forty-ninth birthday, and almost a half century has passed since I...]]></description><link>https://www.jason-e-fort.com/post/almost-half-a-century</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68dac879623250c45f5ef588</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 18:52:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2d1d1_ba1bb7d23e2e43a99dc1327acb10a261~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_328,h_506,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E. Fort</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spoke Like He Believed, Spoke What He Believed - and Spoke, Like Paul]]></title><description><![CDATA[The wise know what is coming. O, how I wish there were more Charlie Kirks. You see, right here in the 17th chapter of Acts, the Apostle...]]></description><link>https://www.jason-e-fort.com/post/spoke-like-he-believed-spoke-what-he-believed-and-spoke-like-paul</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68c2c0dec2a159cc543a8b95</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 13:38:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2d1d1_6b263f402c2e4b88bc011f6cb25a1bb1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E. Fort</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Image of God - and OUR Envy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mankind always wants more authority, more power. I spoke to the students at FCA about the Image of God. I actually used a pretty basic...]]></description><link>https://www.jason-e-fort.com/post/the-image-of-god-and-our-envy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68b09e8e9892020bb578e499</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 19:11:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2d1d1_b14892c6905c4eafa6f0eb585ca9891e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E. Fort</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Son... It's Not Just a Word]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Pic of most of the sons in my family Son - It's not just a word I can say and just forget. It's a word that I can say Without a speck...]]></description><link>https://www.jason-e-fort.com/post/son-it-s-not-just-a-word</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68a07eba054d02f5f63379e8</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2025 12:53:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2d1d1_1e9d5c6f1a454e4fbdc3277255da291a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_846,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E. Fort</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["Just Got to Texas" - 'Country' Music to My Ears]]></title><description><![CDATA[These four words, "Just got to Texas," were four of the best words a father could hear yesterday. But before you can understand why those...]]></description><link>https://www.jason-e-fort.com/post/just-got-to-texas-country-music-to-my-ears</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6899e5444d23f3b3541aa49f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:30:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2d1d1_7ce9b7b044ee415d9892a7347e9c9e45~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_864,h_461,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E. Fort</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grand Imaginings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image. Imago Dei. Imagination. Rage? Temper? Frustration? Question and ponder, Sense and Wonder. How can I  be made In the Image of God?...]]></description><link>https://www.jason-e-fort.com/post/grand-imaginings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">687ef6168f2d05ec98846b8d</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 02:55:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2d1d1_844e5d7b94d34063bca8d22fe32d29b7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_464,h_464,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E. 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Some say that in the...]]></description><link>https://www.jason-e-fort.com/post/reasons-to-remember</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68350f0f31c7b50b3b0c1e43</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 01:45:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c2d1d1_2fc91f5559ee4d5f890c20993f9236eb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E. Fort</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>