I’ve always been intrigued by the debate concerning old-time athletes and how they would’ve supposedly performed in today’s modern era. With Barry Bonds recently breaking the baseball all-time home run record, this discussion has come up quite a bit as of late: “What would’ve Babe Ruth accomplished if he played in this decade?” And so […]
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Posted in Administrative on Aug 25th, 2007 1 Comment »
It has been a while since I updated the ‘Weekly Recommendations‘ page of this site. The summer has been very busy, but with the fall I plan to kick things in gear again. (A small podcast is also in the works, but is still a few weeks/months in the future.)
Since I haven’t updated in a […]
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Posted in Misc, Sin on Aug 21st, 2007 13 Comments »
As a Falcons fan and a Michael Vick fan, it has been a rough few weeks. I am troubled by the events surrounding the dog-fighting offenses, and I have often labored in my own heart to see these events from a biblical perspective.
Oftentimes it is difficult for me to come to grips with sports personalities […]
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The question that heads this post may seem like a simple one, but I assure you that it is not as easy as it seems. There is much debate among Christians these days over what is a ‘literal’ interpretation of scripture, and this simple post is just the tip of the iceberg. At this time […]
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This will be the last post on the Sabbath for the time being. It has been a fruitful discussion so far, and I appreciate all the feedback I received, but it is time to move on to different studies.
Today’s post will be a summary on my convictions, and why I believe Sabbath-breaking is still a […]
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Posted in Church on Aug 9th, 2007 5 Comments »
I’ve been on vacation this week (hence the inactivity here), visiting my family in Denver, CO, and I had an opportunity to do something that I’ve rarely had before: with no time-constraints or obligations, I entered a bookstore intent on spending the entire day browsing and reading books. Cup of coffee in hand, I was […]
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Posted in Calvinism on Aug 1st, 2007 16 Comments »
On the beliefs page of my blog, I clearly indicate that “I am a Calvinist”, but to put it another way, the shorthand for summarizing my belief in this area is better communicated by saying: “I am a Monergist”.
Essentially, the thesis of this post is: You, reading this right now, are either a Monergist or […]
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