The whole blogging thing is new to me so it's going to take time for me to get used to it, however, one thing I've decided on is the major use of this blog will be to clue folks into books, movies, and events that are for evangelicals who like to think. By that I mean I intend to share with folks summaries of books I've read, movies I've seen, or reports of events I've been to that challenged me.
How I suspect this will play out is that I will share reviews of books, movies, and people's idea who I may not agree with in whole, or even in part, but who challenge my basic evangelical assumptions and make me reconsider my current thinking. The bottom line on this is that just because I review an author, movie or an idea does not mean I agree only that I will not shut myself off to new, controversial, or challenging ideas. Just saying for those who prefer to have their beliefs to go unchallenged. If so you may not find this blog yourcup of tea.
At the same time you may like to know what I believe and leads me to unhesitatingly claim the label evangelical. That seems fair. So here are a few of my key beliefs without lengthy explanation or "polishing".
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I believe in Jesus Christ, fully God and man, who lived, died, and was raised from the dead by God.
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I believe that Jesus is uniquely the person by whom men and women may be saved by God's grace if accepted by faith.
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I believe in the inspiration and authority of the Bible interpreted in light of the Jesus of scripture guided by the Holy Spirit.
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I believe in miracles, not the least of which were the virgin birth and bodily resurrection of Jesus from the dead.
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I believe Jesus will someday return at a time of God's own choosing and gather his people both living and dead to form his, God's, Kingdom
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I believe my mission, better my passion, is to proclaim the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ until he returns and help those who accept that good news to become Jesus' passionately devoted followers.
So that said let's go a blogging over the next few years.