People love politics, and because of this I feel like adding this paragraph preface after I already posted is necessary: the reality that Christ decided to pop up and move around furniture in my Darwinist, borderline-spiritually-apathetic life is beyond me. The gospel “clicked” for me a year ago, despite my 3-year long prior draw. And [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Contemplative’
January 28, 2010
Never About The Sex
A Preface Throughout this journal, I will be using the term “idol.” An idol can take on many forms; forms that extend beyond golden sculptures of ancient gods of wisdom. An idol in this journal is anything and everything except the proclaimed God of Heaven and Earth. It can be food, sex, television, Twitter, etc. [...]
January 20, 2010
Ephraim
I resonate with David when he said “God has made me fruitful in the land of affliction.” I never really got into poetry as much I’d like to, but this piece got to me. Dark and cold we may be, but this Is no winter now. The frozen misery Of centuries breaks, cracks, begins to [...]
December 24, 2009
Why I’m Enrolling in CCEF for Certification & Counseling
The following is an excerpt from Paul David Tripp’s War of Words Recently I watched my sons argue with each other. This was nothing new; they are two years apart and have had many arguments. In fact, this particular argument is one they have had many times before. Yet this time it captured my attention. [...]
October 8, 2009
The Religion of “Tolerance”
I had a chance to read a bit in the new TCNJ publication, “Perspective.” I’m not sure what I was expecting to read, but I lent it an ear regardless because my friend was interviewed on the basis of his relationship with Jesus and how it plays into his beliefs towards homosexuals. I usually don’t [...]
