Trying to view the world Biblically and to follow Christ at any cost.
I have recently added a new link to my short list of blogs and resources. Stop on over to Douglas Wilson’s blog for a refreshing and usually always convicting message from a great author. While the jury is still out (well, by “the jury” I mean myself) on some of his Federal Vision theology–probably because I haven’t studied it enough–I believe his writing is extremely God-exalting and Christ-centered and he is popular and respected among my denomination (Orthodox Pres).
(slants are not necessarily bad, some of them are very very good)
When I began this blog, the first thing WordPress wanted from me was a blog title. I was on the spot! I picked something out that’s really important to me, but I knew it would be temporary, because I knew I was going to probably think of something better eventually. Brother to Brothers is a great slant, but I never thought it had real ’staying-power’ or was too descriptive as a theme. Well I think I have thought of something a little better now. A lot of blogs out there have titles that serve as good themes or describers for the general topic of the writing. If I only wanted that, then this blog would be called:
The obvious problem is the length and the encumbrance such a name entails. If all these elements could be expressed in a concise, catchy and original phrase, it would be fantastic! Possible? Probably not, but I think I’ve hit on something that has a good feel for some of the elements listed above.
I have been deeply moved by Job and he has become somewhat of a hero to me in the last week or two. The title is not to say that everything written on this blog is something that Job has said or dealt with specifically, but that I think a lot of the things I have come to understand Biblically can find their roots in the book of Job.
In other news, classes are going so great! Another blessing is the new apartment I signed for on Friday. On Saturday I moved in with a lot of stuff, and by Saturday afternoon there was my stuff strewn out everywhere, and I was kind of exasperated about how it might all come together–but by Saturday night, after a $100 trip to Target, it was all coming together so nicely, and I really love the look and feel of it. When my mom walked in on Saturday afternoon, she declared the place must be built around 1910, and it has many of the original things like cabinets, sinks, floors and windows that give it a very classic appeal. Well I’ll stop talking about it and put up some pictures soon.
More essays on the theology of Job to come too…
PS - this story from Jeremy from Jeremy is way too classic not to link
This is a welcome to myself as much as to anyone else! It’s good to finally take part in a blogging experience among some of the greatest theological minds of our times. Now, even if I am not as wise or even correct as many other theological bloggers on here, at least we are equal in form. No more xanga for me.
It’s been an ordeal to get this all together. I stayed up late last night actually tinkering with code to get WordPress running with MySQL on my iBook. I had a fully functional WordPress blog in my own computer’s directory, but not hosted. I spent a lot of today trying to get it hosted on my dad’s domain, until my brother just went ahead and created a totally new blog on his own server and sent me the link to begin it. How convenient! However, I am now at a loss for how to operate many of the functions of WordPress with all the directories being remote. Sorry if I may sound like a total newbie to WordPress veterans, but I know soon I’ll get the hang of this.
I intend this blog to be less about me and my own life and more about things that actually matter. I mean that I want every entry on this journal to really mean something, and to express a good amount of thought and concern for the Text in everything I say. I don’t want this to be an ultra-personal indulgence/processing/justification of my own experiences (that’s what a personal, non-internet journal is for), but you will forgive me if I occasionally ask for some personal prayer.
I Corinthians 4:1 - This is how you should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
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