Last Saturday I attended a memorial for an elderly couple in our church who had recently passed away. Without a doubt I was the youngest person in attendance. In fact at the tender age of 38 I was an average of 20 to 30 years younger than the average attendee. My life [...]

Ruud recently put me on to an article by Gordon Fee regarding the cultural context of Ephesians. I was particularly fascinated by his tying Philemon to Ephesians through Colossians. In view of my recent fascination with the book of Philemon I thought I should post this link.

My earlier post is found here: A [...]

“In the previous letter it has been intimated, that, on the subject of the church’s Psalmody, opinions have been expressed and practices authorized, which have, especially in the United States, given occasion to controversy among Christians. The introduction, in the latter part of the eighteenth century, of an Imitation of the Book of inspired Psalms, [...]

As a father of four children I have always desired to disciple them and help them grow to love the Bible as much as I do. Because I have always worked from home, it has been easy for us to do family devotions after breakfast. Now my kids are aged [...]

On March 10, Benjamin turned six years old. The day before, he celebrated the special event with a trip to the Fire Station in downtown Albany.Happy Birthday, Benjamin!

The big Christmas present from Grammy Janet was a trip to Disneyland for the kids and grandkids.The last time the “little boy” in the front row was going through “It’s a Small World” was 25 years ago.

The Blogger’s Prayer
By Lingamish (lingamish.blogspot.com)

You, Lord, are sovereign over the blogosphere.
There is no place on the web where you cannot be found and praised.
Any place where two of your children meet
and acknowledge you as their Father
whether it be a blog or a chat room or a forum or an e-mail,
you are there with them.

I acknowledge [...]

In this post I want to begin looking at both sides of the argument on Is singular ‘they’ a colloquialism?” First let me state that I have a great respect for the two parties involved in this debate. They’re both dedicated students of English and convincing debaters. In looking at these arguments, [...]

At the Evangelical Textual Criticism blog I stumbled across an interesting post on the divine preservation of Scripture. The question is what is God’s role in preserving the Scriptures through the centuries. I also enjoyed a post called “The Bible vs. the scriptures. I’ve added Evangelical Textual Criticism to my Lingamishtic Blogs [...]