What a Month

What a month!

Last week my daughter and I travelled by car from Winston OR to Blue Springs MO. We stopped for a couple of days in Rapid City SD to visit my son and his wife, and our granddog- yes, we have a granddog- Slevin.

It was a long trip - on Memorial day we drove almost 1000 miles...through Montana- which is a beautiful state that stretches on and on and on and ....

Now that my daughter is safely with her aunt (my sister) and Cindy's family (her momn, sister and family, brother and family) our life has become fully emptynester time.

Life continues to accelerate at quite a pace. Even though our school year is not over till June 13 (the district had to add snow days...) it seems like summer is already half-over. Of course, today it is cloudy, rainy and could reach a sweltering high of 62 degrees...it makes me wonder if we've already had summer and are now back into fall!

I hope to start posting regularly on the theology issues. I recently proposed a list of essentials to our church- here is that list:
We believe…

1.The Bible is infallible and timelessly true.


2.God is absolutely sovereign and completely knows the future.


3.Jesus was born of a virgin and lived a sinless life.


4.Humans are born with a sin nature that is totally depraved.


5.Jesus’ death is punishment for our sin.


6.Jesus is the only way to salvation.


7.The Holy Spirit is a real person who indwells and empowers believers.


8.Male and female are created in God’s image and created to be complimentary.


9.Hell is a real place of eternal, conscious torment for unbelievers.


10.God’s kingdom will be victorious over human culture.


11.Satan and his demons are real and work in the world even though they are defeated by the cross of Jesus Christ.


12.Baptism by immersion is the appropriate public response to receiving Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.

(Adapted from Mark Driscoll, “The Church and the Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World,” in The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World, ed.’s John Piper and Justin Taylor (Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2007), 125-147.)

I hope to take each topic and explore what the Bible teaches and how it matters in our lives....

So,

I'll be back!

Steve