Category Archives: faith

Faith is what I believe about God. This section is a study of me as I study the theology of God. It changes.

I’m coming out – it’s not what you think

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WARNING THIS IS 1 OF 3 MATURE POST: IF EASILY OFFENDED BY HONEST THOUGHTS ON SEXUALITY THEN PLEASE DON’T READ THIS.

My spiritual journey with God can best be described as wrestling. I am by nature a skeptic. It is hard for me to believe in a invisible being called God that is a Sovereign Lord. That belief goes against my nature and my culture. The virtue of our society is that we are our own lords and anything goes as long as its “consensual” and “no body gets hurt”. Sovereignty implies submission and the idea of submission goes against my very nature. I love music and it has been a great influence on my spiritual journey particularly in my late teens and early 20s. I really fell in love with the raw honesty of Jennifer Knapp’s music at a time I nearly walked away from the Church. She spoke in her music about struggles with a sovereign God. I’ve struggled too. Continue reading →

Lent: Joy in the midst of sacrifice

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This is the second in a short series on Lent.

Lent is based off of a period of 40 days ranging from Ash Wednesday to Easter. Anyone with a decent ability to read a calendar will notice 44 days. Many but not all observants of Lent abstain their sacrifices on each of the four Sundays that fall between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. These four Sundays are seen as mini-Easters. Whatever was being sacrificed can be enjoyed again on these days for the glory of God because Christ has risen. Continue reading →

How You Should View Your Ministry

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This is part one in a series of post to come over the next few days. I have been reflecting a lot lately on my ministry. Three years ago about this time I had been a church planter for only a few weeks. I wrote a few words on how I had hoped my ministry would turn out. Needless to say things went a differing direction than what I had expected. It went exactly as God wanted it to, in part to shape my view of ministry. Continue reading →