Thoughts on N.T. Wright’s “Surprised by Hope”

One of my books to read this summer was N.T. Wright’s book Surprised by Hope. I finished the book this afternoon and thought I would share a few thoughts about the book.
1. The book is accessible. N.T. Wright is a first rate scholar and some of his works are tough slogs. Not so with this [...]

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Buying a Car With Cash (Take 2)

It’s kinda weird when you stop and think about it. How many American’s actually own their cars? Most people slowly purchase ownership in their cars month after month as they make payments. By the time the car is paid for 3-6 years later, the car is worth a fraction of what they just finished paying [...]

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A Brief Layman’s Review/Overview of Windows 7 x64 (RC 1)

I confess that I jumped on the Windows 7 bandwagon early on. I had resisted upgrading to Vista for really no other reason than not having a computer that I deemed acceptable to run the heavier (compared XP) OS. I know Vista had some problems early on, but at this point on the OS’s life [...]

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Home Theater PC (HTPC)

My most recent foray into computer building (and my last for awhile) was to build a HTPC. I recently built my own desktop and really enjoyed the process. Doing that sucessfully gave me the confidence to tackle the HTPC project. I have to say thanks to my wife for indulging me these last two months [...]

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More Southern Baptist Birth Control Controversy from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

I confess, I haven’t gone to chapel this semester. If I would have gone to chapel, I would have heard Dr. Thomas White deliver a sermon on Psalm 127. Here is a link to the full sermon. The controversial comments start at about 19:00.
Unfortunately, this is something that I have addressed before on this blog. [...]

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Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin is an intruging choice for the VP ticket of the Republican party. A John McCain/Sarah Palin ticket, in my opinion, is a mirror of the Obama/Biden ticket. Obama chose a man who had a lot of experience and who could lend a sense of realism to a campaign that has been something like [...]

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Misplaced Conservative

If you follow this blog with any regularity, or have taken a moment to read the blurb on the right side of this page that tells you a little about me, you can probably guess that I am a pretty conservative person. The problem is that sometimes I feel like a flaming liberal in some [...]

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Response to Dorothy Patterson’s Article on Contraception

Dorothy Patterson’s article on the family, contraception, and sexuality is extremely misleading and offers bad advice and information to people looking for guidance on this important issue.
In my response to her, I will address several points where I disagree and the reasons why I believe she is wrong on this issue. Please note that I [...]

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CNN/YouTube Debates Thoughts

The debate is over and my fingers survived the live blogging, although I think I may have carpal tunnel.
Here are my initial thoughts:
1. Mike Huckabee, once again, got very little air time. I am anxious to see a break down of the time each candidate had on the air.  I hope that I’m wrong and [...]

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Fred Thompson Receives National Right to Life Committee Endorsement

Fox News story here: (link)
A major endorsement by prominent pro-life group National Right to Life Committee was just given to Fred Thompson. There has been much speculation about who the group would endorse. With the endorsement, Fred Thompson is able to shore up his pro-life credentials, something which he had been criticized on, and potentially [...]

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