I have been studying theology at Dordt College for 2 years now and entering my 3rd But now matter how many theology courses I take I have yet to find a reasonable cause to bind my beliefs with one type of theology. "I am a calvanist" or "I prefer the veiws of Piper". I often find myself saying "I can agree with that." but not in the relativistic(?) tolerant sense. What I am not tolerant of is an approach to Christianity that feels this need to logically explain everything. To say, "well God must of used evolution to create the earth because that makes the most sense" or to make a formula that explains everything in our world.
I believe God has given a great deal of organization to the universe and to our being human, but that does not mean that everything He created and how He works in our world today makes complete logical sense.
Not matter what Biblical theological view you prescribe to, it must come down to faith.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
ASODGUBAEFVJLNLASNDVMNZOBPDOGHAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
However you pronounce that and coupled with jumping up and down and bursting with excitement is my reaction to the email I just received from my choir director.
I made it into concert choir!!! This is something I have been wanting to be a part of since the day I came to Dordt and now 2 1/2 years of voice lessions and of being in other choirs has come to fruition. Thank you God!
The picture above is a picture of Ross De Wit. He's a frined of mine that was in concert choir last year. Oh and another sweet part of being in Concert Choir is the awesome robes!
Monday, August 25, 2008
Here here
So after leaving my house in Bothell around 8 am on Sunday, we made it to Dordt today around 12pm. We only made stops for food and gas and plowed through the rest. It was interesting to see the slow decline in scenery over the course of the trip...Western Washington through Idaho, Montana and South Dakota and finally to Iowa.
Upon arrival it has finally settled in that I am in my last year at Dordt. Bizarre and stressful to think about what this year will include.
Ready...set...GO!
Upon arrival it has finally settled in that I am in my last year at Dordt. Bizarre and stressful to think about what this year will include.
Ready...set...GO!
Friday, August 1, 2008
Blobbed
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1824744
The advantages of being a larger person become more clear in opportunities to launch someone through 2 complete flips via a blob. But unfortunately according to most opinions being a larger person really has very few or no advantages at all. It surely is not considered an attractive quality, and lets be honest and recognize that when referring to a "larger person" with "more to love" would be the nice translation of fat, obese or possibly just plain ugly. Pleasantly plump huh? Just say it, I'm fat. It's not like you are going to give away some big secret that everyone until now has been hiding from me all my life.
"Wait, I'm fat? Noooooo, surely not. That's the most outrageous thing I have ever heard!"
In recent experience I came across this burning desire to know what someone else was thinking...whether conscious or subconscious. And there is a good chance I am over dissecting the situation, but I do not think so. I like to think that I tend to give people benefit of the doubt but sometimes not so much. Let me explain hypothetically...
You get onto a bus of people, and all of you are familiar with each other. Let's say there are 10 seats, two people to a seat, and you are the 10th passenger to arrive. There is on seat open next to a person who is currently seated by him or her self. Here is the million dollar question...Does it make sense for you to sit next to that person or is there something that would cause you to squeeze into another seat that really only has room for 2 but now has 3 people sitting in it? If you choose to not sit next to that person, what is it that drives you to cause discomfort for you and 2 others just to avoid sitting to that person? Is it to avoid that person, or is it that you want to sit next to these other 2 people you know so badly that you would bear anything just to be next to them? And let us also consider what thoughts are going through the heads of all the other passengers once your choice of making a trio is made. What about that individual sitting alone? I'm sure their sitting alone in this situation is a real boost of morale for the day.
Like I said before, many would claim that this would be over dissecting the situation. But I do not think that is so. In my recent experience I was the one to sit by myself. The point is not so much that I was lonely or desperately needed someone to sit next to me, but rather a point of what goes on in one's mind in this situation. I think it is all too easy to be ignorant to the effects of our actions. Do we understand the consequences of what we say and do or the things we choose to not say and do? Let us put an even bigger twist into the equation and inquire as to how we should conduct ourselves as Christians? Just consider the fact that being a Christian could/should possibly drive us to do things we might not want to for the sake of another's benefit.
The advantages of being a larger person become more clear in opportunities to launch someone through 2 complete flips via a blob. But unfortunately according to most opinions being a larger person really has very few or no advantages at all. It surely is not considered an attractive quality, and lets be honest and recognize that when referring to a "larger person" with "more to love" would be the nice translation of fat, obese or possibly just plain ugly. Pleasantly plump huh? Just say it, I'm fat. It's not like you are going to give away some big secret that everyone until now has been hiding from me all my life.
"Wait, I'm fat? Noooooo, surely not. That's the most outrageous thing I have ever heard!"
In recent experience I came across this burning desire to know what someone else was thinking...whether conscious or subconscious. And there is a good chance I am over dissecting the situation, but I do not think so. I like to think that I tend to give people benefit of the doubt but sometimes not so much. Let me explain hypothetically...
You get onto a bus of people, and all of you are familiar with each other. Let's say there are 10 seats, two people to a seat, and you are the 10th passenger to arrive. There is on seat open next to a person who is currently seated by him or her self. Here is the million dollar question...Does it make sense for you to sit next to that person or is there something that would cause you to squeeze into another seat that really only has room for 2 but now has 3 people sitting in it? If you choose to not sit next to that person, what is it that drives you to cause discomfort for you and 2 others just to avoid sitting to that person? Is it to avoid that person, or is it that you want to sit next to these other 2 people you know so badly that you would bear anything just to be next to them? And let us also consider what thoughts are going through the heads of all the other passengers once your choice of making a trio is made. What about that individual sitting alone? I'm sure their sitting alone in this situation is a real boost of morale for the day.
Like I said before, many would claim that this would be over dissecting the situation. But I do not think that is so. In my recent experience I was the one to sit by myself. The point is not so much that I was lonely or desperately needed someone to sit next to me, but rather a point of what goes on in one's mind in this situation. I think it is all too easy to be ignorant to the effects of our actions. Do we understand the consequences of what we say and do or the things we choose to not say and do? Let us put an even bigger twist into the equation and inquire as to how we should conduct ourselves as Christians? Just consider the fact that being a Christian could/should possibly drive us to do things we might not want to for the sake of another's benefit.
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