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.
A Reformational Spar on Election: Lutherans & Calvinists Can Be Friends!
From time to time I find myself reading through sections of John Theodore Mueller's Christian Dogmatics. Mueller's contribution is basically a systematic theology from a confessional Lutheran perspective that some would consider ultra conservative. It's doctrinally...
The Quest for Academic Excellence and Pastoral Growth
Yesterday I had some correspondence regarding my continued education, as I'm strongly considering either doing a ThD or a PhD program. Wading through a variety of programs has been kind of exhausting. I have to really think about my goals. If I intend to teach at an...
Only Men Can Adequately Represent the Incarnate Son of God?
Commenting on the concept of a "diaconate of women," some suggest that: "The same patristic sources that attest to the existence of women deacons emphatically state that women could never be priests. For Jesus Christ chose only men for this ministry and the Church has...
5 Themes Found in the Lord’s Supper: Death, Forgiveness, Renewal, Thanksgiving, & Expectation-Anticipation
As an advocate of frequent observance of the Lord's Supper, I think it's important to consider a variety of the themes that are found in it's meaning. In fact, I think highlighting these different themes can help broaden the understanding of a church. Below are a few...
Small Church in Egg Harbor
Hip Hop, the Gospel, and Missions
It's been about six years since I was on tour doing hip hop shows and selling CD's trying to pay bills and live. A lot has changed. For starters, I went from having one daughter to having four kids. I also transitioned from a full-time rhymesayer to serving a local...
Has the Calvinism vs. Arminianism Debate Run Its Course?
This week there was some discussion amongst the members of the Society of Vineyard Scholars, of which I am a member. Someone asked a question regarding how the Vineyard stands regarding Calvinism and Arminianism, and there were quite a few interesting responses,...
Received BibleWorks 9 in the mail…
I received a copy of BibleWorks 9 today. I am installing it as I type and plan on spending some time with it over the next couple of days/weeks in order to write a series of blog reviews. It's always both a sad and a happy day when you say "good-bye" to an old love...
Walking in the Spirit, by Kenneth Berding
A short book should receive a short review, right? Maybe, maybe not. But Kenneth Berding's book Walking in the Spirit is most certainly a short book, coming in at 127 small pages. It's not quite a booklet, and most certainly not a textbook. Yet there is a lot of...
Cheer Up, Jeremiah! God’s People Will Look Different!
This morning I read through Jeremiah 2. If I didn't know the "rest of the story," to use Paul Harvey's catchphrase, I think I'd be depressed. Writing around 597 BC, Jeremiah went from warning the city of Jerusalem of the coming desolation and destruction to witnessing...
