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.
Heaven includes more than just Calvinists!
Excellent reminder: "There is no soul living who holds more firmly to the doctrines of grace than I do, and if any man asks me whether I am ashamed to be called a Calvinist, I answer—I wish to be called nothing but a Christian; but if you ask me, do I hold the...
Across the Web – 08/18/11
Ryan Lizza's "fact check" on Michelle Bachmann is quite ridiculous - Joe Carter provides a helpful review of Lizza's recent article. I am not one who is on the Bachmann band wagon, so this was just interesting because it interacts with Lizza's clear misrepresentation...
Being hungry for the Holy Spirit’s work
Stop and ask yourself this question: Am I hungry for the Holy Spirit's presence in my life? Today that question popped into my head as I was sitting in a leadership training session when we were discussing ministry and the Kingdom of God. Now I almost automatically...
Redeeming Sociology, by Vern S. Polythress
This book was not what I was expecting. No, it was quite different from what I was expecting it to be about. When I read the title, I assumed it would be a Christian perspective on sociological studies. Well, sociology is a rather broad subject, so my expectations...
“Listen, we can be friends, but don’t exhort me.”
There's a tendency amongst many of us to have surface level relationships. I think I've noticed this, fought against this, been guilty of this, and struggled with this my entire adult life, and I still see it rear it's head above the water in many people's lives...
Philip Rhyken on Catholics: Keeping Protestants Humble
"Sometimes we forget that Luther, Calvin, and the rest of the Reformers were born and bred within the Roman church. When Catholics were catholic, they were Catholic too, and it was within the Roman church that they came to saving faith in Jesus Christ. To be sure, the...
Two Reasons to Give Jesus Preeminence
I've long had an appreciation for the concept of giving Jesus first place in our lives. I don't know too many pastors that wouldn't love to see more and more people making Jesus the number one priority. When the apostle Paul wrote to the Colossians, he pointed to the...
George Whitefield’s Bible Study Method
“There he is at five in the morning . . . . on his knees with his English Bible, his Greek New Testament and Henry’s Commentary spread out before him. He reads a portion in the English, gains a fuller insight into it as he studies words and tenses in the Greek and...
Why Do So Many Christians Connect the Holy Spirit with God’s Presence?
If I had to choose one theme that I grew up hearing about in regards to the Holy Spirit, I'd have to say that it was the concept of experiencing God's presence. In other words, to have a sense towards the nearness of God, one must be sensing the presence of the...
How Should Christian Preaching Include the Law?
"What role does the law have in preaching? We must consider where a command is in the story line of the Bible in terms of the redemptive-historical scheme we see in Scripture. The moral norms of the Bible cannot be preached apart from the canonical context and apart...
