Monthly Archives: April 2008
Presbytery Meeting
Last week I attended the Presbytery of the Southwest (PCA) meeting with Pastors Phil Kruis and Luke Evans, Parker Tenet who is the University of Arizona RUF minister, and Ruling Elders Dean Saxton and Paul Marien in Alamogordo, NM. I … Continue reading
Mt. Wrightson/Madera Canyon, AZ
These are some pictures from a recent hike up Mt. Wrightson. The hike is a total of around 10.8 miles if you take the Old Baldy trail and has close to 4000 feet of elevation gain. The views are spectacular! … Continue reading
Mosin-Nagant
The Mosin-Nagant is the first firearm I have ever bought. It has a date stamp of 1942, and was made in the former Soviet Union. I’m have never really been “into” guns, but for me, this is a very interesting … Continue reading
Pics from Zambia
My sweet niece Andrea with Ireen SO happy I see you!
The Sovereignty of God
The other day I had an interesting discussion. Really, it was a debate on the sovereignty of God. It was said to me: “God only knows about what is going to happen, but does not control things.” Well, naturally I … Continue reading
Preaching Concept
John Piper has a really interesting article on preaching on concept and not simply contextualization. The adventure of preaching sometimes is taking the Biblical truths we work through in the study and bringing it out in a helpful way in … Continue reading
Contemplations on Parenthood
Becoming a parent is an exciting and joyous thing. . . it is also a scary thing. The realization that we are bringing another human being into the world bears an enormous responsibility. Sarah and I have been discussing our … Continue reading
Electricity Shortages?
So I was talking to my parents today and the first thing my dad says is “If we lose our connection, it’s because they are cutting off electricity for hours at a time here”. About 10 minutes into our conversation, … Continue reading
Google Analytics
One of the really cool and amazing things about starting a website/blog is how quickly people seem to find it. One of the tools that We used on this site, on rinconpres.org, as well as many other sites I have … Continue reading