This song kind of sums up where I’ve been for a while now. I’m praying that God continues to provide the sliver of hope found in the final verse, because my tank is pretty much empty. It’s enough to drive a man crazy, it’ll break a man’s faith It’s enough to make him wonder if […]
The Protestant Reformation of the 1500s was more or less centered around five issues (or guiding principles), now known as the “Five Solas” (in their original Latin terms): Sola scriptura (Scripture alone) – The Bible is the one, ultimate authority in all things. Everything else, including church tradition, leadership and policies, are subservient, and are […]
Author Jared Wilson has an article up today on the growing effort to remove the true meaning of the cross from our understanding of the Christian faith. It’s a damnable trend, and it’s happening not just in individual churches, but increasingly by the leadership of entire denominations – ones with names like “Presbyterian” and “Methodist” […]
I hadn’t checked into any photography-related sites for a while, so I thought I’d check in on some of the latest discussions. It turns out that Olympus just this week announced an update of their flagship line of camera bodies (the E-M1). The latest iteration available later this month is the E-M1 Mark III. It […]
So, a little over a year ago, I started diving deeper into studying God’s word, and the things of faith in general. Since then, I’ve been slowly building a theological library, almost entirely of used books – for the most part gently used (but, sadly, not always) – that I’ve found for cheap. I’ve stumbled […]
Windows 7 has officially reached end of support. After today – unless some particularly egregious exploit is discovered in the weeks and months ahead – there will be no more security updates for Windows 7 (although businesses with volume licensing can purchase extended support for up to 3 years). Windows 7 was/is kind of a […]
As 2020 is still unfolding, I’m trying something new for my devotional time in the morning. For most of 2019 I used Oswald Chambers’ ‘My Utmost For His Highest’ and Tim Keller’s daily devotional on the Psalms. This year, as part of my goal to engage scripture more consistently, I’m taking a stab at scripture […]
Christ Jesus…being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death […]
I almost never watch the local news (and I avoid cable news, since I can almost feel myself getting dumber every second I spend watching it). But one evening this week I turned on the local news during dinner. I took note of two back-to-back car commercials. One was a national commercial for Honda, replete […]