Site History
The History of the Focused and Free Internet Site
Focused and Free Celebrates its 10th
Anniversary!

It was the month of June, in the year 2001, 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.
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"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."
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| –Karl Rhoads, founder of FocusedandFree.com |
So by December of that year, FocusedandFree.com became a registered domain name and 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.
Focused and Free is not about religion. Rather, it is about coming to
know and trust in God, so that we may grow in Him and become the person He created us to be. It is about becoming
free from everything that has kept us in bondage to our fears. It is about discovering and living a life of love
beyond measure.
Karl D Rhoads
Site Administrator
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