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.
Understanding the Times, edited by Köstenberger & Yarbrough
If you are unfamiliar with D. A. Carson, allow me to introduce you. After earning a PhD from Cambridge, Carson went on to become a leading New Testament scholar and theologian who serves as a research scholar at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) and is a...
The Connection between Pentecost and Revival
Been thinking about revival lately. I'm slowly reading through A God-Sized Vision: Revival Stories That Stretch and Stir by Collin Hansen and John Woodbridge and I sense a stirring. I'm not exactly sure what is stirring up, but I'm pretty sure it's the Lord working...
“Great Delights” according to Jonathan Edwards
"There is very great delight the Christian enjoys in the sight he has of the glory and excellency of God. How many arts and contrivances have men to delight the eye of the body. Men take delight in the beholding of great cities, splendid buildings, and stately...
Redemption, by Mike Wilkerson
One of the most powerful truths that I've learned in the past six years is that the gospel is the only way that people can experience freedom from their brokenness to do what they were created to do. I've basically discovered two things: people have baggage and people...
The Aloneness of Leadership…
Last night I listened to a panel discussion by Tim Keller, John Piper, Ligon Duncan, and Crawford Loritts from the 2008 Gospel Coalition conference. I don't know about you, but I am beginning to enjoy panel discussions more than I ever thought possible. There's...
Gospel Faithfulness in Kenya
I'm in Kenya right now, which is why the blogging is basically at a stand-bye. I will be back in a week. But I wanted to let you readers know that God is at work here in so many ways, as you were probably well aware of. But the good news is that though the false and...
No Other Gospel: 31 Reasons from Galatians Why Justification by Faith Alone Is the Only Gospel, by Josh Moody
No Other Gospel is a collection of sermons written by Josh Moody, pastor of College Church. This collection actually includes 31 separate chapters and an epilogue that comes in at 275 pages. Being that there are still conversations taking place between Protestants and...
Read more“When I really enjoy God, I feel my desires of Him the more insatiable and my thirst after holiness more unquenchable.” – David Brainerd
Across the Web – 08/25/11
So You Want to Be a Senior Pastor - Seriously, if you are serving as an associate pastor or in any role other than the lead pastor role, read this. If you are serving as the lead pastor, this will be encourage you in that you are not alone! Fred Sanders blogs on how...
The Spirital Formation of Pastors
"Out of all the relationships that we have as ministers, none is more vital than our relationship with God. Yet, many books on preaching include nothing about the spiritual formation of the minister. Much is written about how to construct a sermon but little about how...
