Return to the Blog

I have not updated this blog since early January. I intended to, but I have had my hands full with all that I have been doing in my life. I hope that is all about to change. This week I turned in my final assignments of the semester. I completed all requirements for the M.A. in Biblical Studies, and the educational requirements for the Army Chaplaincy. This means that I will no longer be taking full loads of seminary courses. However, I will continue to work toward the Master of Divinity, but I will take my time. I still have a few Greek courses to take, and then about a year of Hebrew, along with a couple of other courses. But since these courses are for my personal benefit, and not requirments for the chaplaincy I have no reason to hurry.

This summer I will be off to Fort Jackson again. This is the 3rd straight Summer that I will spend in South Carolina. This time I will be finishing CH-BOLC. After CH-BOLC I will have all the required military training that I need to enter the chaplaincy. All that I require now is my ecclesiastical endorsement. I am still working toward those requirements through my local church and my endorsing agency. The good news is that I can see myself serving as a chaplain in the Army Reserves by early next year.

I have had great opportunities to minister at my home church. I was blessed over this past year to teach the teenage Awana class. I hope to do that again. And since we concluded Awana for the summer, I have been holding Wednesday night youth services with our group. These have worked out really well, and everyone seems to look forward to this time. I have also had the opportunity to preach to the Sunday morning congregation several times this year, and with each oppurtunity to stand in the pulpit I get more comfortable preaching God’s word. My church has really been good to me in giving me the opportunity to minister, and I thank God for them.

So, what’s next? Even though I have not been blogging, the site has still been getting a lot of traffic. Most of the hits are on KJV only issues, and come from searches. This is something that I am really interested in, and I hope to continue writing articles to expose the myths of KJV onlyism. I have also been able to devote much time to studying other theological topics and would like to write about some of these issues as well. I started out on my book-a-week plan at the beginning of this year, but I must say that I am way behind. The books that I have read this year have all been for class.  So, as I begin to catch up on my reading for the year, I may post small reviews of some of them.

As the title says, I am returning to my blog. I may not blog every day, and I may not blog every week, but I will blog more often. There is so much to write about, and I am looking forward to it. My family and church responisibilities still come first, and the family ones have increased, as we now have four children with the birth of my new daughter. She is beautiful. Actually, all my children are, and so is my wife. They definitely deserve more of my time, and I will give it to them. But I promise, this blog will not be neglected for so long again.