Fly Fishing Nor Cal
I specialize in fly fishing from a drift boat on the Lower Sacramento or wading the Upper Sacramento RiverNorthern California has some of the best fly fishing in the United States without the crowds that many of the rivers in Montana, Colorado, and Alaska attract. With year-round fisheries for trout, steelhead, striper, and more, it’s hard to imagine a better location for those who love fly fishing!
If you want to get out, you can book me through Confluence Outfitters.
The Basic Reason Why I Enjoy Reading the Puritans
This past Monday I participated in Cyber-Monday by purchasing A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life by Joel Beeke and Mark Jones... for only $9.99. Yeah, huge savings there. I felt like a rock star. Anyway, I am excited to read through this because it's allegedly the...
Pornography’s 4-Step Progression
Pornography is a serious problem, according to various studies. One study I read indicated that in the United States, $3,075.64 is being spent on pornography every second. Every second there are 28,258 Internet users viewing pornography as well as 372 Internet users...
5 Ideas that Changed the Way that I Serve as a Pastor
Victor Hugo wrote, "One can resist the invasion of armies; one cannot resist the invasion of ideas." If that were true in the 1870's, how much more accurate is it now! We are an influenced people. Television, radio, newspaper, the Internet, and so much more is...
Was Job “Real Time” Reporting of the Ancient World’s Equivalent of a Hip Hop Battle or Should We Understand it More Theologically?
For a number of years I've been wrestling with the Wisdom Literature found in the Hebrew Bible. I don't mean "wrestle" to imply that I'm struggling to accept what it says, teaches, or records. No, my wrestling has been strictly related to how it is best understood, or...
Pauline Sexual Ethics: How the Apostle Frames the Issue, pt. 2
According to D. F. Wright, Paul's second concern is under the title, "Sex, Self and Christ." He explains this as follows: For Paul sexual intercourse is not on a par with the satisfying of other natural appetites like eating. To that extent his approach is as inimical...
Anglicans, the English Prime Minister, and N. T. Wright
Since the Church of England recently voted to not allow for women to serve as Bishops, the Prime Minister of England, David Cameron, has told the Anglican leaders to "get with the program" (source here). He states, "Now I’m very clear, the time is right for women...
The Necessity of Contextualizing the Gospel is Found in the Gospels!
One of the most powerfully convincing statements on the necessity for contextualizing the gospel can be found in The Convergent Church. When answering how we can take the timeless gospel and apply it in a timely manner and how we can speak the truth to a given culture...
A Review of Biblical Hermeneutics: Five Views @ SVS
The Society of Vineyard Scholars recently published a review I did on Biblical Hermeneutics: Five Views. If you have any interests in hermeneutical method, this book might be of interest to it. It is edited by Stanley E. Porter and Beth M. Stovell and includes...
“I’m Reading a Book!!”
The wonderful intern that is serving Trinity Christian Fellowship decided to inform me about a video that addresses my "book obsession": [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuRuwR2JSXI] Justine, you are going to pay for this... 🙂
Playing by a Different Set of Academic Standards: Responding to Mohler’s Comments on the Vineyard
There are some commonly held "rules of engagement" when scholars interact with each other and opposing ideas. And if those scholars happen to be Christians, I would assume that more care would be taken to be loving, gracious, and humble in how one approaches others...
