So Great A Cloud

It is no secret – I am thoroughly Reformed and from that standpoint a Calvinist. There are many Christians I interact with that do not like the Calvinist position of irresistable grace and unconditional election. They like their free will, though I argue that my will is more free because Christ saved me. The natural [...]

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‎”Friendship with Lewis compensates for much, and besides giving constant pleasure and comfort has done me much good from the contact with a man at once honest, brave, intellectual – a scholar, a poet, and a philosopher – and a lover, at least after a long pilgrimage, of our Lord.” – J.R.R. Tolkien on C.S. [...]

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“Everyday I go to these words and say to them: ‘Hast thou seen Him whom my soul lives?’ And these words take me by the hand and lead me beyond the words to Him who is the Word.” E. Stanley Jones, The Word Made Flesh (Nashville: Abingdon, 1963), p. 7. When you approach the Bible, [...]

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My doctrinal and theological convictions have been a journey.  I started my adult life pursuing a Bachelor degree in Pastor Studies at North Central Bible College (now North Central University).  Life never allowed me to complete this degree and moved me on into business and law.  The Lord worked through this change in direction.  At the [...]

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