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Christianity

  • Προσκυνέω Does Not Mean "Worship”

    (Paper read at the Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, November 2023)

    Using extensive evidence in the Septuagint and New Testament, this paper challenges the common notion that προσκυνέω should be translated as “worship,” contending instead that it should be translated as “to prostrate oneself.”

  • The Shift: How the Early Church Evolved from House Meetings to Temple Worship

    (Paper read at the Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting in Fort Worth, Texas, November 2021)

    This paper chronicles how the early church, after the first century, began to view the Lord’s Supper as a sacrifice. From that core shift, Dr. Wadsworth chronicles how the church gradually adopted altars, priests, and temples, which resulted in the church viewing its assemblies as “worship.”

  • Divine Christology: Where It Stands, Where It Should Go

    (Paper read at the Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, November 2017)

    Dr. Wadsworth traces the latest developments in the study of “Divine Christology,” identifying key issues and offering recommendations on new issues to be researched.

Garage Door Magazine Articles

  • The Worst Garage Door Company in the Nation

    Door + Access Systems Newsmagazine, Fall 2015.

    A bold piece of investigative journalism, which is rare in trade magazines, this article attracted the attention of Google, prosecutors, the Better Business Bureau, and television reporters from coast to coast. It also won a national gold medal for investigative journalism and earned Wadsworth the coveted Stephen Barr Award from the American Society of Business Publications Editors in 2016.

  • The Garage Door: The New Front Door to the American Home

    Door + Access Systems Newsmagazine, Spring 2005.

    This landmark article prompted the garage door industry to launch a national public relations campaign that sought to spark a significant change in consumer attitudes toward garage doors.

  • Precision Door of Phoenix Exposed

    Door + Access Systems Newsmagazine, Winter 2018.

    As another example of Wadsworth’s investigative journalism, this article exposed a host of problematic business practices and resulted in the immediate expulsion of this door company from the Precision Door national franchise network.

  • The Founders of the Garage Door Industry: The Story That Has Never Been Told

    Door + Access Systems Newsmagazine, Fall 2020.

    This groundbreaking article unearthed new information that debunked long-held assertions about the inventor of the garage door, the inventor of the garage door opener, and the first company to make garage doors.

  • The Garage Door: The New Front Door to the American Home

    Door + Access Systems Newsmagazine, Spring 2005.

    This landmark article prompted the garage door industry to launch a national public relations campaign that sought to spark a significant change in consumer attitudes toward garage doors.

  • Two Multi-Million-Dollar Lawsuits in One Day

    Door + Access Systems Newsmagazine, Winter 2014.

    Revealing the intimate details of two massive lawsuits against garage door companies, this article attracted tens of thousands of clicks, helping garage door dealers and manufacturers learn powerful lessons on how to avoid such a debacle.

Local History - Dixon, IL

  • The Worst Garage Door Company in the Nation

    Door + Access Systems Newsmagazine, Fall 2015.

    A bold piece of investigative journalism, which is rare in trade magazines, this article attracted the attention of Google, prosecutors, the Better Business Bureau, and television reporters from coast to coast. It also won a national gold medal for investigative journalism and earned Wadsworth the coveted Stephen Barr Award from the American Society of Business Publications Editors in 2016.

  • The Garage Door: The New Front Door to the American Home

    Door + Access Systems Newsmagazine, Spring 2005.

    This landmark article prompted the garage door industry to launch a national public relations campaign that sought to spark a significant change in consumer attitudes toward garage doors.

  • Precision Door of Phoenix Exposed

    Door + Access Systems Newsmagazine, Winter 2018.

    As another example of Wadsworth’s investigative journalism, this article exposed a host of problematic business practices and resulted in the immediate expulsion of this door company from the Precision Door national franchise network.

  • Last Stop for the Sterling, Dixon & Eastern Electric Railway

    Sterling-Rock Falls Living Magazine, Summer 2021.

    This popular article reveals the story of the electric trolley car that offered passenger service between Dixon and Sterling from 1904 to 1925.

  • How Dutch Helped Moon

    Dixon Living Magazine, Summer 2023.

    Everyone knows Ronald “Dutch” Reagan. But few realize how much he helped his big brother “Moon” reach the pinnacle of success in the media and advertising business.

  • The Story Behind A.C. Bowers Field

    Dixon Telegraph, Nov. 3, 2023.

    Dixon High School’s athletic field has been known as A.C. Bowers Field since 1964. This is the story of A.C. Bowers and why the school board named this field after him.

  • Dixon: The Great Stagecoach Transfer Station

    Dixon Telegraph, Nov. 17, 2023.

    This newspaper article is a condensed version of Tom’s book, telling the little-known story of Dixon’s pivotal role as a stagecoach transfer station from 1830 to 1855.

  • How John Dement Foiled a Dixon Stagecoach Robbery

    Dixon Telegraph, Dec. 1, 2023.

    The Dement name is known throughout Dixon. One of Col. Dement’s claims to fame is the story of how he outwitted the notorious Banditti of the Prairie.

  • The Kidnapping of Della Stackhouse

    3 parts, Dixon Telegraph, Dec. 15, 22, 2023, and Jan. 5, 2024.

    When first reported in December of 1946, this harrowing story about the wife of a Dixon doctor made the news throughout the U.S.

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