I suppose that in many ways (that are only funny to me) this blog represents the pinnacle of my own arrogance. Deceiving myself into thinking that people care what I have to say has been a daunting task! “People want to hear what I have to say!” I tell myself when I crawl out of bed. I convince myself that people want to read the opinions that I spew from my own glorious soapbox! I suppose many will think that I am just an arrogant know-nothing, nobody. They are most likely correct. I mean really, who am I?

I serve in a small church here in Sacramento California. I have been there since 2002 and I love it. I have been told that I can be very polarizing and brash in the way that I say things. I would have a difficult time defending myself from those accusations. I am okay with that though. By the grace of God in my life, I am what I am. I love truth and I love people. And I don’t believe it very “loving” to keep my mouth shut and not proclaim truth when people are deceived. Despite what a reader might perceive as my “tone,” I am very aware that I do not know it all. I am far from attaining, but I am running as hard as I can, the best that I know how, trying to give God glory in all!

I am not really into self-promotion so if people find me here and read my thoughts, perhaps it will help them. Perhaps it will offend. There are a lot of people that have great difficultly with what I believe but I feel zero compulsion to restrain myself when it comes to the proclamation of what I believe to be true, provided it is based on Scripture. I suppose that this is slightly reactionary to the easy-believism, best-life-now, purpose driven dribble that is oozing from the pulpits of many evangelical churches today. Listen, truth matters! And while I understand that I am not the Apostle Paul and it is not necessarily my job to bring correction to the entire church, I feel constrained to point out error, rebuke false-doctrine, and sometimes show the results of heretical beliefs for the sake of my friends and loved ones.

If you don’t want to read what I write, honestly, I am not offended. If you don’t like what I say, feel free to be wrong… errr… I mean, feel free to disagree! If you think that I am the one that is in error, feel free to challenge me on something. I have changed my mind on A LOT of things in the past and there are probably many more things I will change in the future. Just as you have no doubt changed your mind on a few matters during your lifetime, I reserve the right to do that as well.

And to my small group of friends that love me and watch out for me and really do care what I say, thanks. If I need to be slapped, I know you will rise to the challenge.