Testimony
Tonight I stayed up late to an exceedingly silly degree, but in doing so I got a TiVo configured and a Facebook account cleaned up. These things are important to techie guys. To myself, however, the most important development of the night is that an excessively long sidebar turned into a separate about page. That page kind of turned into my testimony, too. I’ve never written out my testimony in a way that makes me happy. It either sounded too self-centered (look at me, I’m important!) or too religious-sounding. With tongue inserted firmly in cheek, I learned early in my Christianity that I was

Twins
Tonight I noticed two twin scriptures that made me think. Because I ate chocolate before I went to bed (stupid, I know), I can’t sleep and so I thought I would write about what I found. First, Acts: No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: ” ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people… A piece of one of my favorite passages. Note the bit I put in italics. Now skip on over to Hebrews: In the past God spoke to our ancestors…but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son… Both spe

How?
Does God speak to us today? How? For the longest time, I was told that the only way God spoke to us was through the Bible or other people. The only trouble with this idea? I didn’t understand the Bible. I tried to read it, but it was hard. It was boring. There were some interesting stories, of course. And I was taught to love the Bible, because it’s God’s Word, right? In a sense, I had to love it. If you don’t love the Bible, then as a Christian, you’re kind of sunk, because you’ve cut off communication with God. What about people? My parents were awesome. They love God and directed me as

Friend
You had a good start. Why did you quit? Once I was like you. I wanted to be Jewish. It might strike you as odd, but I had become enthralled with first the ‘Messianic Jewish’ culture, then the ‘Torah Movement’, and then finally I wanted to discard my faith in Christ and somehow, in some way, ‘work my way up’ to becoming an Orthodox Jew. It was a delusion, but it was my delusion, for a time. I owned it, and by God, I was going to do it. I thought that I had found a philosophy better than that of Christianity. I thought that Christianity had gone way off the mark and should be more Jewish. Then it got worse–I had to become J

Women
Quick note: Feeling sick now. Left work yesterday about to faint with low blood pressure. Suspect ear infection causing it. We’ll see. Prayer requested. I had to cut off a former friend earlier this year because of doctrinal differences. I hate doing that; God hates division in the church and I hate losing friends, but this person proved not to be a friend by doing nothing but posting Bible verses at random things I was saying that he disagreed with. Whacking me over the head with your Bible, which is what he was effectively doing, is not correcting your brother in love. In fact, were I in error (and Scripturally I’m not), it would actually