i think therefore i am... postmodern!

"We have to test everything. Just because I'm a Christian and I'm trying to articulate a Christian worldview doesn't mean I got it nailed. God has spoken, and the rest is commentary, right?" - Rob Bell

so i spent yesterday night like i always do... at "HA-U" (pronounced hey you) which is the youth group i work with, followed by the usual "Wednesday Night College & Career" session. Me and a friend have been taking turns (along with the interim college minister who is actually the singles minister) teaching these wednesday night lessons and for the most part have been fairly successful in our goals... See, I go to a Southern Baptist Church. Not anything close to foot-washin conservative, but conservative nonetheless. So getting our commrades to open their minds a bit to what a bible study could be has been a challenge.

We have made some excellent progress with some folks I never thought we'd get anywhere with though. And before you accuse me of just peddling my own take on christianity at the expense of others, understand this: I really don't care if you approach christianity differently than I do as long as you made the attempt to think it through. One of my best friends in the world is a 7-point Calvinist (the last 2 points are: No need to evangelize, and Fatalism...wink wink Andrew). Another friend of mine quotes the bible in King James English (which cracks me up because I then have to go look it up anyway just to see what he was saying!). I disagree with a lot of the things that both these guys say, but I learn the most about god, myself, and our relationship when I'm arguing with these friends.

The point is that many self-proclaimed christians have not seriously thought through what it is that they're suppose to be proclaiming (to their own impending doom i worry)! Hence the record number of seat warmers that fill the pews of southern, and more generally, american churches. PEOPLE,... WAKE UP!!! 1st Corinthians was written to a people who would not grow up. You cannot stay a baby forever. Repeat after me, "There is no stasis in Christianity. You are either moving towards god or away from him."

"I have taken my good deeds and my bad deeds and thrown them together in a heap. Turned from them to Christ and in him I have peace." - David Dickson

from a house on a hill

In truly voyeuristic fashion I have decided to join the ranks of the blogging world. There certainly seems to be something a bit pretentious about assuming anyone would even be interested in reading my wandering drivel about theology considering that I am neither published, nor degreed in that subject. However, I would be lying if I said I did not have some confidence in my ability to at least discuss intelligently most subjects within that wild and roaming field. In the next couple of days I will try to give you some insight into my particular theological journey, as well as give my readers (what few of them there may be) some things to ponder. Truth be told, I will probably bewilder more than a few of my friends with some of my posts. FEAR NOT GOOD SIR'S!!! I shant stray too far off the worn path of good orthodoxy.

With that said I will cut this blog off early tonight. I have to get up for work at 5:30 AM and if I stay up later than 9:30 or 10:00 I become grumpy... not to mention exhausted the next day.