Theology Evolved?

So this is the introduction to what I have been working on. Will post the actual first portion of the subject matter itself tomorrow. Enjoy

I am not the most eloquent speaker, I struggled through my classes, I spent more time pondering the mysteries of God then being able to actually answer or even properly attempt to address them in my classes. I have no masters, or even a doctorate. I am just one guy trying to share my thoughts with others. But ultimately I am also one thing, a Soldier of the Most High God. And in this I move forward in faith knowing that hopefully one day, this book will affect one more person, to stand tall as a Soldier of the Most High God.

God is powerful despite your immaturity, your incompetence, and in your faithfulness… aka… all the time.

Too often a Christian hears they should be meek, humble, timid, passive. They do not hear “You are strong!” or “You should be Proud” or even “You are POWERFUL!” So Christians duck their heads low, trying to move through life avoiding and chance of potentially offending someone Christian or no. The truth is, Christians, we are powerful. We have the omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient God at our backs, and as scripture says, “If God is at our backs who can stand before us?”

Paraphrased: “We got God, who the heck you got?”

This thought, idea, concept, has been established time and time again. The Old Testament proves it in a variety of ways both direct and indirect. God has shown his divine power when his prophet was unsure of himself, and even when his appointed elders were too sure of themselves. But best of all is when God has acted upon the faithfulness of his prophet.

So as you read please know ultimate truth I am trying to portray.




God does not fail…ever.

Yeah, I am asking that question. I am a born again Christian. Yes that means I follow Christ, I live for the Lord, I have seen the light. I understand there is a standard I follow in calling myself that. But of those standards I cannot stand that religion has any right to tell people they cannot produce alcoholic beverages or control what kind are sold.

I am referring to this article written in the LA Times on March 10, 2008 later republished on March 28, 2008 in the Record Searchlight.

The barebone details are that in Alabama it is illegal to brew your own beer or sell beer with an alcohol content over 3.9% following decade old laws based on the prohibition. And as groups try to fight this the SBC is throwing their weight into saying that it is immoral acts, quoting "Be not drunk with wine but filled with the Spirit". This is ridiculous because it does not say anything about brewing, or drinking beer, just the abuse thereof.

I am a Christian, I also consume a beer on occasion. I do not get drunk, I actually enjoy the taste of a well crafted beer. There is a complexity in beer that wine at times even has a hard time competing against. There is something delicious about it that just sits well.

I do not promote getting drunk, it is just plain stupid, you might as well hand your decision making abilities over to a 3 year old at that point and then blame them later for you downfall. But a drink is fine. Legislating the decision to enjoy a drink just seems like it is going too far in my opinion.

Please, read the article and tell me what you think.

Yah God has been laying a sermon out for me. Working title is

"Onward Christian Soldier...

Taking hold of your powerful identity in Christ"


I will start positing these when I am done writing the first set.

So I have been back as made apparent by my twitter updates on the right.

I had a moment of great nerdiness that I feel the need to share across the blogosphere.

On the way back from Sacramento to Redding (2.5 hour drive more or less) I was dead tired from 19 hours being spent in a variety of airports and planes, and you throw in it was 2am when we set out for Redding. So I was pretty loopy. Luckily I had planned ahead and put a rockstar in the car before we left. So between sipping on that and belting out "You Give Love a Bad Name" in Blake Lewis fashion I was doing okay, till half way. Then my mind started shutting down.

So I went back to my childhood roadtripping days when my dad would challenge my sister and I to do math problems so we could win a treat at the next stop. So what did I do? I started calculating how many seconds it would take to cover a mile at a variety of speeds. from 30mph (120 seconds) to 75mph (48 seconds). Down to calculating the exact time we would pull into our apartment (4:31am). It was kinda sick, but it kept me awake.

Unfortuantely after falling asleep at 5am, the rockstar had me going at 7:30 am. But now with that being said I felt really smart because I used that early morning time to organize our spare bedroom before it became a giant storage area for the other rooms. success was mine.

Anyways, yah we are back, we are married, and we are happy.