My Journey
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Rapture Ready? A Word About the Left Behind Movie and Rapture
For those who have not heard, Hollywood is rebooting the Left Behind series/movies, written by Tim LaHayne and Jerry Jenkins. These movies were very popular between the years 1995-2007. This recent release stars Nicholas Cage and…
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What I Should Have Learned In High School
Recently I have been in what I will call a season of “reflection”. Its been bitter sweet. It is good to take some time to evaluate your life’s progress every now and again,…
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Working From Acceptance, Not For It
I have been recently contemplating a move back to my hometown to complete an internship with Redeemer Fellowship Church. It would mean a lot of sudden changes in a very short period…
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The Story of Christianity: A Timeline
A few semesters ago, I was tasked with creating a timeline of major events of Church history over the past few hundred years. Over two semesters, I created a time line of…
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Biblical Ethics: Are welfare programs promoting bad character?
I recently finished writing a paper for a Christian Ethics course, and I chose the topic of welfare. I chose the topic mainly because I work with men (homeless) who are dependent…
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Defending Noah
“Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.” Genesis 6:9b It has finally released! Aronofsky’s film Noah has hit the big screen and is causing quite a stir in…
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The Meta Narrative of Scripture
The meta-genre of Scripture is narrative. The Bible is the narrative of “God’s works in our world on our behalf.” (John Calvin) I recently asked a group of college students to write…
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Unchurched and Church Clothes
Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was,…
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The Mission of God’s People: Being Missional in the Workplace
What does it mean to be missional? What is the biblical definition of mission? What does mission have to do with me, since I’m not a missionary? All of these questions are…
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Exegetical Paper- Colossians 1:3-8
1. Introduction In this paper, I hope to address some key points in the Epistle to the Colossians to help us understand what exactly Paul is saying, specifically dealing with chapter 1…
