A Better Country
An excerpt from my homework: Prudence: And what is it that makes you so desirous to go to Mount Zion? Christian: Why, there I hope to see him alive, that did hang dead on the Cross; and there I hope to be rid of all those things, that to this day are in me, an [...]
Let us keep the feast!
Because I now believe in baptizing infants, I have begun the process of finding a new church home in Birmingham. Yesterday morning, I visited a wonderful PCA church, where, for the most part, I was very pleased. We sang quality hymns; we affirmed the historic faith by reading the Apostles’ Creed; we heard a good [...]
Alabama Bound
Today, I fly back to Alabama for the January term and the Spring semester of seminary. It will be hard to leave Nebraska again because being home has reinforced just how much I love this state. It is amazing how much God can tie our hearts to a particular place, even as he calls us [...]
OpenOffice.org
On about four different occasions, I have experimented with switching from Microsoft Office to a free office software called OpenOffice.org (yes, its name actually looks like a web site address). On each of those occasions, I quickly became frustrated with a few minor issues, and I switched back. And why not? Microsoft Office was made [...]
The Revelation of Don McLean
A sign that I’m probably ready for seminary classes to start up again: when I was listening to Don McLean’s American Pie the other day, the only thing I could think about was how much the song seemed like a textbook example of apocalyptic literature. I suppose he’s a preterist, then?
Outward Sign, Inward Reality–Part Deux
The more I reflected about my earlier post, my mind went to this verse, spoken by John the Baptist: “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with [...]
Outward Sign, Inward Reality
During my conversion to paedobaptism, I grew fairly cynical about the definition that I had always heard of baptism while I was growing up: “Baptism is an outward sign of an inward reality.” Of course, this definition was meant, in part, to discount the possibility of infant baptism, since it requires conversion (the inward reality) [...]
Cotton Bowl Post-Game Thoughts
Although it might be hard to believe, I was actually semi-pleased with our game. Certainly, it was frustrating to lose. Again. Make no mistake–I was disappointed with our loss. Still, I think that we proved that we can play with anyone–remember that Auburn was the only team to beat national-championship contender Florida this year, and [...]
Cotton Bowl Pre-Game Thoughts
I can only describe my feelings for this bowl game as “Hopefully Pessimistic.” I think that we will have a tough time winning the game, but I think that we have a good shot of upsetting Auburn. Here are my predictions. Look for Zac Taylor to have a good game. He played terribly against Oklahoma, [...]
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