June 2009
15 posts
Crying
There was a crying man in church today. And I wasn’t so struck by a man crying, but a man crying for the salvation and sanctification of his children, and the children of the church.
I don’t like to publicly cry. But I believe there are things that should make a grown man cry. So, in response to this man’s willingness to be open, I wanted to share some of my own thoughts on...
BG's Top 10
So Bible Gateway posted the top 100 bible verse searches that occur on their website. I decided to examine the top 10. You are likely familiar with all 10 of the verses, but do you know the context? Do you know why those verses are really there? Are you sure that we are using those verses properly? I know that, while relatively well trained in interpreting Biblical text, I often take these...
Iglesia
So I spent the past two weeks examining Revelation 2 and 3. Why? Because we’re finding a new church, and it is one place where Jesus speaks directly to churches. And, of course, I had the following , a lot of which is obvious:
Realization: There is no mention of worship style. Conclusion: I shouldn’t get too excited about fancy programming and sweet rock music.
Ensuing...
A Poem
My heart cries out for You, oh Lord My soul yearns to know You more For sometimes You feel so distant So unreal and made up in my mind But some things just don’t make sense without You The basic things that hold together matter, life You bring meaning to the meaningless You make my pathetic, short life full Lord, let me live to glorify You alone Lord, let me bring glory to the One who matters The...
My MLB All-Star Ballot
No, I don’t vote for Phillies just because they are on the team. E.g. - awful Albert over huggable Howard. I wish I had more time to analyze baseball stats. I believe that one could get a much better idea of player performance by looking at the numbers slightly differently. Since I don’t have the time to run the numbers with my schedule, I have measured performance based on the...
