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.
Richard Baxter’s Reminder to Pastors
Richard Baxter, the insightful pastor of pastors, writes, "See that the work of saving grace be thoroughly wrought in your own souls. Take heed to yourselves, lest you be void of that saving grace of God which you offer to others, and be strangers to the effectual...
“Not Always Essentially Literal but Essentially Correct” Translations
In the preface of my ESV, the following words are found: "The ESV is an "essentially literal" translation that seeks as far as possible to capture the precise wording of the original text and the personal style of each Bible writer. As such, its emphasis is on...
The Gospel and the Mind, by Bradley G. Green
Six years ago I was given a copy of a book written in the early 1900's that introduced me to the idea of thinking as an act of worship (Grose's Religion and the Mind). Until that time, it simply wasn't a concept I had even considered. In fact, intellectualism wasn't...
The Obligation of Expository Preaching
"After the preacher knows the text for the message, the next step and obligation is to make sure that the truth of God revealed in the text is in fact the basis for and master of the sermon that is to be preached. At the heart of expository preaching is a commitment...
John Bunyan on Being Saved…
"The miseries from which they that shall be saved shall by their salvation be delivered, are dreadful; they are no less than sin, the curse of God, and flames of hell for ever. What more abominable than sin? What more insupportable than the dreadful wrath of an angry...
Bin Laden’s Death: Are You Rapture Ready?!?!?!
If you haven't heard that Osama Bin Laden has been killed, you need to crawl out of your cave and check your facebook or twitter! As reported this evening, Bin Laden is dead. What no one is reporting is that this has set in motion the final end times events! Justin...
Moses, the Stand-up Guy, and Jesus, the Superior One
I'm at the place in ministry where I can see some very strong parallels between Moses' ministry and being a pastor. Different people, same problems. Not everyone, but enough of the same issues to warrant a comparison. So I like Moses a lot. I understand where he's...
Debunking the Preacher’s Urban Legends
Trevin Wax has a great blog post - Urban Legends: The Preacher's Edition. He states that there "are a number of urban legends that get repeated in sermons," and that "some are more pervasive than others, even appearing in commentaries and scholarly works." Which urban...
John Bunyan on Praying in the Spirit…
"There is no man nor church in the world that can come to God in prayer, but by the assistance of the Holy Spirit. “For through Christ we all have access by one Spirit unto the Father” (Eph 2:18). Wherefore Paul saith, “For we know not what we should pray for as we...
David Wilkerson is w/ the Lord…
David Wilkerson, of The Cross and the Switchblade fame, went home to the Lord today. Sources say his death involved a car crash. A giant in the faith, and an extremely influential Pentecostal pastor. He will be missed, though we celebrate his life and ministry...
