In light of my last post about my amazon.com wishlist, it might be good to explain a little bit about my apparent obession with books. First of all, people who write books are a heck-of-a-lot smarter and wiser than I am. So, as someone with a future in the ministry, getting some sound theological exposure […]

So, last time I said something about my Amazon.com wishlist, it was at something like 83 books. I’ve read a few of the books that were on my list since them and purchased many others. However, in spite of all that, my list has now grown to an unthinkable 163 books. So, if you want […]

For a while, I wondered why I even blogged, even though I don’t do it on a regular basis. But last night, as I was writing a 10-page paper for one of my classes, I realized that I had blogged about a few things that were relevant to my paper. So, since it was my […]

I think the research sited in my previous post is taken from a new book on the religious lives of American teenagers called Soul Searching. The conclusion is that most teens are “therapeutic, moralistic deists.” I have to read the book for my internship this summer. It should be a good read. Anyone involved with […]

So, we were talking about liberal theology (of the Adolf Harnack variety) in Church History. It became readily apparent that, although I consider myself to be fairly generous theologically, liberal theology falls well outside the scope of Christian orthodoxy. It was quite absurd to me that these people even considered themselves Christians because their faith […]

So, I’m a fan of Tony Campolo and Brian McLaren’s book Adventures in Missing the Point and I think that self-esteem should be thrown into the mix. Or maybe it is in their book and it’s been so long since I’ve read it I’ve forgotten. Regardless, I was thinking today about self-esteem for some reason. […]

As I am almost done with three full years at a non-denominational Christian university, I am able to look back on my time here and reflect on what has occurred in my faith during my time here. As could be expected, my pre-college expectations were demolished. Being raised in a conservative non-denominational (which basically meant […]

As I observe life, the world, and the scriptures, I am increasingly becoming a believer in total depravity. It seems clear to me that we all have God, as well as the life that he has called us to, dead wrong. And I don’t mean just a little bit wrong, but a lot wrong. To […]

I’m not sure what to think of this. As I was leaving Alicia’s room over in her dorm, I saw a flyer advertising a new weekly worship get-together in the lobby of the dorm. That got me thinking. How much is too much when it comes to “doing stuff.” We’ve got chapel three days a […]

I’m pretty close (I hope I hope I hope) to getting a job as a youth pastor, which is really exciting. However, as usual, when someone new comes in to anything, there will eventually be some sort of changes taking place. Inevitably, this means that people will be uncomfortable and skeptical about changes because they […]