Site History

Focused and Free Celebrates 5th Anniversary!

It was the month of June, in the year 2002, during a time of earnest prayer and meditation, that Focused and Free was first conceived.

For there arose out of one man, a great and burning desire to share the joy of being delivered from a life of hopeless despair by the very One whom he had despised and cursed for nearly thirty years.

The phrase Focused and Free was simply a thought that came to mind during this time of prayer and meditation. But as the days past and the thought remained and it became more than a passing notion.

"I knew that as long as I stayed focused on Jesus, I was free from the personal demons I had fought with for the majority of my life, and I wanted to share my new-found freedom in Christ with others."

–Karl Rhoads, founder of FocusedandFree.com

So by October of that year, FocusedandFree.com became a registered domain name and by December of that year Focused and Free joined the online Internet community. While Focused and Free has undergone several design changes over the years, its main purpose and goal has remained the same, that is to "FOCUS on the TRUTH that sets us FREE" from the chains of sin and death.

Focused and Free has always been privately owned and operated. Site content has come from personal experience as well as outside resources. Over the years, various web site building programs and Content Management Systems (CMS) have been employed, in an effort to make the site attractive and enjoyable, while providing helpful and interesting content, as well as various interactive features, such as discussion forums, chat boards, and instant messaging. Informative and entertaining audio and video files have been offered from time-to-time as well. 

While Focused and Free is not an evangelical web site in the strict sense of the word, it does seek to help answer common questions people have regarding God, the bible, and faith in Christ. It is the hope and desire of the founder that such knowledge will help people to know and understand the difference between practicing religious traditions and intimately knowing and communing with "Our Father" and His son, Jesus.

May the love of the Father, the humility of the Son, and the wisdom that comes from Spirit of Holiness, be the greatest gift you have ever received and the greatest treasure you have ever shared.

Karl Rhoads
Site Administrator