Well, hey.
I haven’t posted in a long time, I know. Part of that has to do with the fact that I kind of dropped off the face of the earth after the accident and never really got back into the swing of things. But alas, here we are. Back in the swing of things. Feels [...]

From This article on desiringgod.org
Using the words commonly thought to be offensive in the culture seems to me to be sort of the verbal equivalent of not wearing deodorant and having body odor, or of going around with spilled food on our shirts all the time. Someone might argue that not wearing deodorant or wearing [...]

Just thought my readers would find this interesting. It’s good stuff, from the Abstract of Principles of Southern Baptist.
I. The Scriptures.
The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament were given by inspiration of God, and are the only sufficient, certain and authoritative rule of all saving knowledge, faith and obedience.
II. God.
There is but one God, [...]

So, let’s lay some stuff down here to add to my last post.

Get involved in a Christ-exalting church. If you aren’t involved, and yes, we’ll begin with the word ‘involved’ here, then definitely find a place to call home. A couple of thoughts on that:

Church-search with the bride in mind. Place musical/preaching/ambience style choices lower [...]

I thought I’d start out in an area in which we young people could use a good dose of biblical truth in, especially at ages that have us hustling and bustling around.
The format for these will admittedly involve a good amount of ‘debunking’, but will not be statements that are only  made to simply debunk. [...]

Wins the award for most cheesy worship song, and least theologically sound worship song I’ve heard in a long time.
Hillsong United at least had the ‘best friend’ thing a little more down…
Have you heard of the one called saviour?
Have you heard of his perfect love?
Have you heard of the one in Heaven?
Have you heard how [...]

-Riley

In preliminary searching for possible church families in Austin (which is where I have leaned most closely towards for schooling) it’s quite funny the amount of liberal churches I’ve come across. Austin is a very liberal place.. but that means the good spots stick out like sore thumbs. I’ve found a few good places so [...]