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 “What” and “Why” of Small Groups (6 of 10)
Small groups are about Jesus. Okay, let me rephrase that. Small groups should be about Jesus. I readily admit that they are not always about Jesus, but they should be. Actually, small groups are often made up of people who are trying their best to be about Jesus but...
Inerrancy and Worldview, by Vern S. Poythress
The exact nature of how Scripture functions as an authority for the church has long been a source of debate. The issue only seems to have become more intense with the onset of post-modern epistemology. How do those with a high view (inerrancy) to answer the challenges...
“What Does the Holy Spirit Do?”
Gordon D. Fee writes, "What does the Holy Spirit do? He acts as a divine personal agent in myriad ways. The Spirit searches all things (1 Cor 2:10), knows the mind of God (1 Cor 2:11), teaches the content of the gospel to believers (1 Cor 2:13), dwells among or within...
A Hipster Bass Photo
Caught on a secret fly at a secret spot. Nice try.
Two Good Books on Healing
I thought I'd point out two good books on the subject of healing and miracles, though they also cover a lot more ground (Christology): Jesus the Miracle Worker by Graham H. Twelftree and Israel's Divine Healer by Michael L. Brown. I've been reading through sections of...
“We Keep Our Hair Long Because it Glorifies God”
Does the Bible teach that women shouldn't cut their hair and that God requires a woman's hair to be long? My wife and I were discussing this today. Now as a point of clarification, I have encountered a lot of people over the years who interpret Scripture this way who...
Speaking in Tongues as Spiritual Warfare?
One of the theological backdrops to Pauline theology would be the Old Testament, right? After all, the apostle Paul quotes the OT quite a bit as an established authority for the early Christian communities (e.g., Rom. 1:17; 2:24; 3:4, 10; 1 Cor. 9:9; 14:21, etc.). So...
“Always talking about their Jesus”…
Bruce Shelley writes, "Once the Romans discovered what the Christians were up to they were confronted by the problem of toleration in a more exhasperating form than even the Jews had presented. The Jews, after all, were "a sort of closed corporation, a people set...
The “What” and “Why” of Small Groups (5 of 10)
I have become convinced that the most biblical (and effective) way to understand Christian discipleship is to view it as process-oriented. The Christian life is experienced in a way where we grow in our likeness of Christ by the work of the Spirit progressively, as we...
God is Love, by Gerald Bray
God is Love is subtitled, "A Biblical and Systematic Theology." Right out the gate I am going to state that I am not sure exactly why the author or publisher provided that subtitle. It actually locked me into expecting something that Bray's book isn't, and I am glad...
