What to expect here

Hello friends,

A few months (September 2007 to be excact) ago I decided to create a blog unsure of what the nature of it would be. From time to time I get very analytical and ponder on several issues that I believe demand our attention. Those issues span from the implication of what we believe about certain biblical topics. These topics may include the thing like what Genesis meant when it read "In the beginning", or understanding the finality of absolute statements in the Bible like "As it written" or "Thus says the Lord" or " It is finished". I also would like to consider the early Church in Acts and what the heart of their ministry was and how they intentionally carried out Jesus' last instructions/promises including the need for a Holy Spirit. I have also set out to present my humble defense for the authority and historical accuracy of the Bible as well as the confirmation of Jesus as our only hope. This one is gonna step on some toes right out of the gate but I am willing to set out to prove, that Jesus is the ONLY way to Heaven (Bible being my primary resource). Not only because the Bible says so but because ..... well for many reasons. You'll see, I'm especially excited about this one.

Yeah I know, hot topics! I believe they have been hot topics for far too long and that have been left to the Christian scholars to figure out and for our evangelical heavyweights to explain. I suggest we take to heart the Good Book that has been passed down to us over the past 2,000 or so, and study it. What is the Word of God telling us? Let's be careful to read those translations that have been translated from the original texts and not the most recent cultural-friendly ones. I suggest we use one of thsese: KJV, NIV, NAS maybe even NLT or ESV. Though The Message is exciting as well as maybe other versions I humbly ask that we discuss these topics stemming from versions closer to the greek and hebrew manuscripts.

Phew! so I put it out there. Now you have it; now you have a clear idea of what to expect, look forward to, or ignore. All are viable courses of action or inaction and my feelings will not be hurt, I promise. Seriously guys, at the end of the day these are my thoughts grounded in what the BIBLE has to tell us and what my exegetical findings show. These thoughts have absolutely nothing to do with what I feel or what I think or even what I believe to be held as truth. The Bible is TRUE independent of a what I perceive cognitively,what I feel in my heart or even what I sense in my spirit.

Let this blog serve as a thought-provoking, self-examining, discussion-prompting and sometimes even emotionally provocative slice of your time surfing around the murky waters of our beloved web.

Let's talk about the issues, opinions, ideas, principles or topics that are presented. Just like one of my favorite professors in college once said "Can we do that?"

The only thing I ask when commenting on an issue is that you limit your thoughts or opinions to a maximum of 2 inches of screen space (to all those English majors I don't know how much of a word count that would be) regardless of the font or format you use. Though I am willing to put myself out there and am ready to receive criticism and disagreements, let your conversation be void of any bad language, misleading tangents and defamatory remarks or ideas. However, please bring on the discussion!