Lyle offered a very insightful comment to a recent post. Many do not read the comments. There are times when I am glad for this. Like when someone gets on who intends to use the site for personal advertisement – other websites offering interesting assistance. I try to monitor … Continue reading

Wrestling with the text of Scripture presents some interesting situations. Our tradition tends toward one of “Biblical Authority.” That is, the Bible speaks and from that we understand the meaning of life, the histroy and future of redemption and how we ought to live as followers of Jesus Christ.… Continue reading

I listened to a talk by Stanley Grenz this morning while walking my three miles (Davis, if your reading that was for you). He spoke on what it means to be a Trinitarian Christian. Grenz quoted Immanuel Kant who suggested there was no practical value for the doctrine of … Continue reading

What about a story? Diabetic. Broken leg. Pneumonia. Lost finger. Alarming phrase used by doctor. Lost house. Lost cars. 51 years old. Away from wife. Scared. Little family. No care from family. Anxious. Electric wheel chair. Alone.

Interested brother-in-law. Embers of faith. Hopeful for heaven. Like to live longer. … Continue reading

Listening in to Dan Kimball this afternoon left me wrestling with some comments he made. Dan has been on staff at the Santa Cruz Bible Church for fifteen years. He led the youth, then the college ministry and then a “church within a church” called Graceland. He spent a … Continue reading