Update: February 2008
A quick update:
- We are still living in Kansas City
- I got promoted to Interim Director of Information Technology at my company. Now I got to get that “Interim” removed.
- The Lockman Foundation granted Bibleshark.com the right to use the New American Standard Bible and the Amplified Bible
- I actually completed my first Masters class in the MSIS program at Nova and I am on to the next one.
- Kassa and I spent our 11th Valentines Day together….yep…Still in Love
- We are leaving for a much needed vacation in San Francisco in 2 weeks
- I am reading 3 books simultaneously and slowly
- The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need by Andrew Tobias
- The Case For Christ by Lee Strobel
- The Attributes of GOD by Arthur W. Pink
- Next on the list: Southern Baptists and the Doctrine of Election by Robert B. Selph
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Great to hear some updates. I’ve always enjoyed coming here and reading what your brain can come up with. Please keep us/me updated and call me sometime, i got a good story for you. As for me, I start my first shift on my own tonight. I’m pretty dang nervous, but I hope I will be alright.
Although, I was going to, nice trick on the other new post. I was going to place this one there. HA!!
I have been reading your blog and have really enjoyed and been instructed by your thoughts. I call my self a Charasmatic, Reformed , Quaker who is currently on a Mission to a Nashville Southern Baptist Church.
Recently in my Sunday School class I was told that I was not premitted to talk about Predestination because Southern Baptists do not believe in Predestination..as I have been sorting this out with my Teachers it appears that you have sumerised their POV very well ..on beoing questioned they have told me that God looks into the future and ” chooses” those who choose him ..my unanswered question to them …referenced Ephesians 2:8-10 …if we are fore known and choosen by God it doesn’t appear to be because we have earned his Visit. that at least seems to be what scripture is telling me.
The overriding issue is what I feel is an over emphisis of what we should be doing for God vs what God has done for use …or as you mentioned an issue of humility ..for me realizing that God has called me not because of my efforts but because of His Sovreign will …gives me a peace that cannot be described…Hope that all makes sense …I will be a regular reader of your Blog and its comments ..thanks for taking the time to do this ..
Gods peace to you and enjoy that Vacation
The view and food from Scomas in Sausilito is highly recomended .. Kenn
Kenn, I appreciate your comments and I understand your struggles. I will definitely be praying for you. I personally think you are on the right track. If you keep reading the scripture from an unbiased position, I think you will see that the things you speak of are scriptural principles. I agree that the “peace” comes from knowing that God has called us and that we can’t mess it up. After all, if it were up to us to earn/get salvation, it seems logical that it would be ultimately up to us to keep it (which we would definitely mess up). However, knowing that God calls us is assurance that we will persevere since he has literally “saved” us from sin and hell. As I stated on my recent post, if it was as simple as a free choice to accept God, then we would be saving ourselves.