So, the father of my nephew sent an email, with a bunch of humorous content, to my wife for my mom, which my wife then forwarded to me. I read it, and laughed, and decided that given the theological bent of my blog I would share one of the items in the email about heaven [...]

For the persistent little narcissist within, I give you the following:

Enjoy yourself!!

As I was cruising through Facebook today I noticed that John Armstrong, an author and theologian whose blog I regularly read, had a comment that directed people to an article in Christianity Today titled, “How the Early Church Read the Bible,” by David Neff, an editor and regular contributor to the magazine.
The gist of the [...]

Jesus Christ
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The Apostle Paul
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Augustine of Hippo
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(Martin Luther)
John Calvin
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For those who are scratching their heads, Apostolic Succession is a doctrine among the liturgical or more ancient traditions that current bishops are able to trace the lineage of their authority and ministry through preceding generations all the way back to the original Twelve Apostles, and of course, [...]

One day I will be so fluent that I will be able to rap in Spanish like these guys.
Regarding the remaining clips and the whole community college experience, that’s pretty much how it was for me when I went to Solano Community College.

Fresno is a grid, a veritable checkerboard of a city. Except for the downtown area, all the streets either run east-west, or north-south, and they are long, stretching beyond the city proper, and out into the countryside, and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. This post is about one such street in Fresno, [...]

I thank you Lord for your sovereign faithfulness to your covenant with  our father, Abraham through which you you sent your son to judge the world, and secure our redemption, so that all things and everyone may be restored to communion with you.

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
-Galatians 3:26-27
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I have repeatedly been impressed by the idea of being clothed in Christ. Most recently I was watching an episode of “White Collar,” a new show on the USA [...]

I know this is cynical, but sometimes I think that whether you’re a liberal, or a conservative, a cog in the machine or raging against it, whether your a rebel or the Man, in the end we’re all paying the same metaphysical arms dealer.

The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works
before his deeds of old;
I was appointed from eternity,
from the beginning, before the world began.
When there were no oceans, I was given birth,
when there were no springs abounding with water;
before the mountains were settled in place,
before the hills, I was given birth,
before he made the [...]