After hours of tedious work moving blogs over from the old platform and customizing the look and feel, here's the new blog. Hope you enjoy it. The search function works way better than the last one as well, so check it out! For those of you who connected via the RSS ... Read More

Wow, 2008 went by fast with a lot of dramatic events. I pray this year is productive for the church in ministering the Gospel to a dying world, that the Lord would continue to prod us all toward holiness and, that by His grace, we would find the final freedom ... Read More

(Original): http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/art ... l?id=69230 (Archived): http://www.westerfunk.net/archives/theo ... 0Humility/ After reading this article by Keller, and reading more in The Discipline of Grace by Jerry Bridges, I feel like too many times, what I write on here fits the mold of what Keller and Bridges describe, and this is deeply convicting to me. ... Read More

One thing I have increasingly observed and noticed among people who comment or send me messages is that they perceive my blog to be my entire summed up thinking. In all reality, this site is like 1/10 (perhaps an even higher ratio, like 1/15) of my total summed up spiritual ... Read More

Why is it I run these sites? Well, the main reason is for experimenting and having a sandbox to play in that is available on the internet. I test all kinds of new (and old) technologies in order to grow in the knowledge of my field. And trust me, it ... Read More

I'm a nerd. I'm not afraid to hide it, clearly. As a nerd, I love technology. I have a webcam setup at home for security reasons, pointed across my front yard to catch possible intruders that wish to invade my property or cause other harm. I have a threshold setup ... Read More

As I'm sure you've noticed, I haven't been doing as many posts. Part of this has to do with a sort of writers block. I feel as if I've exhausted many of the things I normally talk about. So I'm taking a step back and reassessing why it is I'm ... Read More

This was a recent interaction I had with a great friend of mine who is Reformed in his theology, but sees some flaws within the Reformed movement and is concerned with claiming that as a belief system. I agree with the assessments of the flaws within many who claim the ... Read More

When Courtney and I were engaged on October 12, 2000, she was 19 and I was 21, 20 and 22 when married on June 8, 2001. As the news began spreading about our engagement, we had a lot of people cheering us on, very excited to share with us in ... Read More

This was a question posed that has been going around: "Do you see anything in these lyrics that’s not scripturally correct? 'I believe there are angels among us Sent down to us from somewhere up above They come to you and me in our darkest hours To show us how to live, to teach us ... Read More