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.
Women in Ministry & Trajectory Theology
I generally define myself as a "soft-Complementarian" when it comes to my understanding of how Scripture informs us concerning the issue of women serving in ministry. In a nutshell, I hesitate at seeing Scripture affirming women as Elders (Pastors, Overseers) but do...
The Liturgy of Christ Church
[vimeo 40060590 w=400 h=300] Saw this video at Canon Wired. I've found liturgy especially fascinating ever since I read through Simon Chan's Liturgical Theology. I am especially interested in the tension between the spontaneity of the Charismatic Movement and the...
Themelios is out!
The latest issue of Themelios is out. Lots of excellent articles, essays, and book reviews. Stand outs include: "John Owen on Union with Christ and Justification" "The Earth Is Crammed with Heaven: Four Guideposts to Reading and Teaching the Song of Songs" "The Profit...
Jesus’ Proverbial “Pimp Slap”: Neutering the Offense of Jesus
There are a lot of the benefits to reading Scripture in the original languages. There are also a lot of benefits to studying and understanding the social and cultural contexts that surround the texts in question. Not everyone has the ability to read Hebrew, Aramaic,...
The “What” and “Why” of Small Groups (3 of 10)
I've been thinking a lot about the role of the Church. The Church is God's idea, not ours. It is his solution to many of the world's problems, since the Church is called to represent and continue Jesus' ministry, the final and ultimate solution to all problems. In...
Contextualizing Jesus Cleansing of the Temple…
In preparation for this Sunday, I have been working through portions of Matthew 21. This is the passage dealing with Jesus' cleansing of the Temple money-changers. Jesus kicked them out of the outer courts and this text is widely known and generally connected to Holy...
Why I am “Charismatic” (part 3)
There's a helpful saying that I've heard (and repeated) about the early Pentecostal movement. It states that Pentecostalism "was an experience in search of a theology." This simply means that since there wasn't really a "Pentecostal" category prior to the early 20th...
Understanding Paul’s Christology: Christ at the Center of the Universe
"The universe of Paul’s thought revolved around the Son of God, Jesus Christ. Paul’s christology illumined his thought in its entirety, sometimes shedding its light on aspects of his thought that one might have expected would have gone relatively untouched by...
Fallacy Fridays: Ignoring the Context
This final guideline provided by Grant Osborne (The Hermeneutical Spiral) is pretty simple. It's known as the Ignoring the Context fallacy. It's almost too self-descriptive, right? Osborne is quite helpful in suggesting why this is so important. He writes, "In one...
Breaking the 200 Barrier Webcast
Thought some of you might enjoy Ed Stetzer's presentation on how churches can grow past 200 people. You can download the booklet here and then watch the videos here. I really appreciate Stetzer a lot. Lots of insightful stuff to consider, especially for me. We're...
