Be The Fruit

Note from my thought journal.

I have been reading The Confessions written by Augustine this week to wrap up my assignments for my church history class.  I had to read and keep a thought journal for additional credit.  Here is a thought some of you will appreciate.
The thought comes from reading pages 266-276 from my version where Augustine writes about [...]

Great is my Thankfulness

Since today is Thanksgiving I want to take a minute to thank God for the blessings He has given me in my life.I want to thank God for:

A loving family that supports me.
2 great kids that always keep me on my toes.
For direction in life.  A year ago I had very little.  I was moving [...]

Wow, what a week!

In a little over a week, I wrote approximately 35 pages worth of papers, took 2 finals, spoke at church, and drove from Tennessee to Texas.  From Friday through Sunday I only got about 3 hours of sleep each night so I would have time to finish my work.I almost done with my first semester [...]

Church Discipline

We just began studying First Corinthians in my small group.  We worked through the first six chapters this week.  In chapter five, Paul deals with a report he has received that indicates that a man “has his father’s wife” within the Corinthian church.  Paul rebukes the people within the church for not dealing with the [...]

Happy Birthday Sarah

Three years old today!  Wow!  It only seems like a couple weeks ago that you were about 6 pounds.  Now you run, jump, sing, and yell(mostly at your sissy). 
Tomarrrrr we will have your Elmo birthday party with elmo birthday cake.
Happy Birthday
I love you

God Goggles

God Goggles is a concept that was developed by Jess Chambers.  Today, she told me to keep blogging so I thought I would go ahead and share some of her wisdom. 
I am sure that most of you have heard of beer goggles, but I bet few of you have heard of God goggles.  Obviously beer goggles refers to [...]

The Dangers of Philosophy

As some of you may know, I am currently taking a Christian Philosophy class.  This class is very mind-stretching in that it forces you think beyond simple propositions and really develop an understanding of why you believe what you believe.  The reading for this course can be very tedious because it can be very philosophically [...]

Busy

That is what I have been lately.  My first semester in seminary is nearly complete.  The last class is November 19th.  This date is approaching fast so it means a lot of writing on top of the normal weekly reading of a few hundred pages.  I turned in a 20 page paper this week. 
Do not [...]