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.
Incarnational or Representational?
A growing number of missional thinkers continue to use the concept of "incarnational ministry." Two notable scholars raise interesting questions about whether or not this term is useful. For instance, Eckhard J. Schnabel writes, “I submit that the use of the term...
Fallacy Fridays: The Disjunctive Fallacy
The disjunctive who? The Disjunctive Fallacy! Come on, that word is fun. Say it ten times... own it... say it with meaning! You'll have a lot of fun, I promise! We live in a world where truth is under assault. Issues that used to be right or wrong or black and white...
No Divisions or Disagreements! Just Gospel Agreement!
There's been a lot of discussion related to the differences between central or essential doctrines and those that are secondary. Jesus said that a unified church is a testimony to the world (John 17:20-23), so how should we approach the distinctions and differences...
Ambassador’s Story
http://dl2.cbn.com/cbnplayer/cbnPlayer.swf?s=/mp4/SUA21_MichelleWilliamBranch_072111v2_WS Ambassador was a part of the Cross Movement before going through the above story. I've always liked his music. This is a cool story of redemption and reconciliation. Check it...
Does the “Third Wave” Movement Disdain the Pentecostal/Charismatic Label?
Vinson Synan writes, "Added to [the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements] is the newest category that some called the “third wave” of the Holy Spirit. It originated at Fuller Theological Seminary in 1981 under the classroom ministry of John Wimber, founder of the...
Dress Codes for Preachers: Formal & Informal Settings
It's not even a question of how influential Bryan Chapell's classic Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon is. I can hardly imagine someone going off to seminary and taking classes on homiletics without having to read it. If you did, stop what you...
Michael Horton’s Approach to Israel
Concerning the future of Israel, Supercessionism, and a Reformed approach to the issue, Michael Horton writes, "So while some amillennialists regard all of the saving promises to Israel as fulfilled in the new covenant church without remainder and dispensationalists...
This. Is. Blasphemy. *UPDATE*
Apparently the original video I posted was taken down due to "copyright" issues. Let's read between the lines and assume that it has been taken down because the content was so blasphemous. Joe Carter has a good blog on it (here). You can watch the video here...
“I don’t need to interpret the Bible” or, Hermeneutics Matters
I used to always here people tell me that hermeneutics didn't matter. Guess what? I used to always tell them they were wrong. Here's why: "The very use of the term hermeneutics raises an important question: Why should Bible readers be expected to study principles of...
Learning to Play by the Rules…
I'm not an angry pastor-theologian. I don't wake up in the morning and read through my Google Reader in order to find the blogs that are teaching heresy so I can comment and post responses here. That's not the general thrust of what I think is a good use of my time,...
