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Calvinism

I’ve spent some time over the past few years reading John Calvin, or people who follow in his footsteps, like Jonathan Edwards and John Piper. Even though my name isn’t John as well, I think their theology is on the right track. Apparently, I’m not the only one.

Football: less than 6 months away…

Living in Dallas

I recently had lunch in a hole-in-the-wall barbeque restaurant near the seminary. It’s these of restaurants that either have really bad food or really good food; I think they have the latter. I saw a couple walk in, each carrying their favorite Starbucks’ drink, trying to balance their java and their bar-b-que. This was an odd sight to me at first, but then I thought it to be a good picture of Dallas as a whole: a juggling of two images: one, the distinctive Texan ambiance, and two, the modern trappings of the city. That’s what I like about this city. It’s got the best of both worlds.

What I don’t like, however, is the weather. It’s March, and we’ve already had several days of 80+ degree weather. Of course, we’ve also had temps in the teens a week ago.

I’m on break now, of sorts: we have our World Evangelism Conference this week at DTS, and next week is Spring break (read: catch-up time). I’ve been looking forward to reading and listening to things I am not told I have to read and listen to. I’m going to read about how we amuse ourselves too much; I was sent a link to a speaker talking about how we’re over-mediated. Considering I’ve given up television shows for lent, this seems like a good time for these subjects.