On Spiritual Retreat

I have left for an end-of-the-year spiritual retreat to get away and along with Jesus until January 1st. I am leaving my laptop at home, but have post-dated 2 posts that I hope you enjoy. One is a re-post from July on Following Jesus the .alt and Apple Way, another...

Confession on the Doctrine of God

Today I turned in my Confession of on the Doctrine of God. It is for my Systematic Theology 1 class and will be used for my future ordination. It is theological in substance, but not in language as much as possible. Though I’ve already turned it in, I’d appreciate...

8 Things I am NOT Thankful For

In the great tradition of Thanksgiving testimonies, every blogger and their mom’s mom will post the top things for which they are thankful. Though I wanted to follow suit, I thought I would post on those things for which I am NOT thankful.For all of these eight...

Open Theism and Car Accidents

It’s an interesting thing what a near-death experience can do to your theology! Up until Saturday evening I was on my way to being a full-on Open Theist and rejecting the hyper-sovereignty and hyper-transcendence of Calvinism. But, after experiencing what I did...

Tonight I Should Have Died

It came out of no where. Actually, no. I saw it coming. He didn’t stop, and followed his friend…and just didn’t stop. I tried to stop, damn it. I couldn’t in time. And I knew it. I would have hit him, so I turned my wheel to go around him. But...