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The year was 1996. I had just graduated from High School and moved to Portland, OR to attend Multnomah Bible College. It was an exciting time of life. I had just turned 18 and was living on my own.

One of the requirements for attending Multnomah...

So, I am trying to keep going with posting more frequently.  Besides the fact that I can’t seem to get to sleep so I thought I might as well write about my day.

Today was a pretty good day.  Our 4th weekend...

I just started John Piper’s response to N.T. Wright, The Future of Justification. It seems to be a very courteous and carefully written challenge of Wright’s presentation of justification.  Piper is careful to note that he is past the stage in life...

This last Sunday I had the opportunity to preach my first sermon at a real church! I was very honored that they asked me after only being at the church for the last 5 months. All in all I think it went pretty well. I received some encouraging feedback...

Conscription is an interesting term. I’ve made theological turns before that employ words like coercive and co-opting. There are also other important words like commodifing and control. But I’ve since begun to think of loyalty and support — in monetary terms, as well...

Our first fireworks display outside of the Northwest was tonight. What a spectacular view! We sat in chairs right along the Mississippi River and straight in front of us was the barge with the festivities!