Where Were You on September 11th, 2001?

I posted a blog on my other site that I wanted to link up here as well:

http://randomslant.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/where-were-you-on-september-11th-2001/

Recovering Reading

I’ve noticed that the amount of books that I have read in the past year has diminished in proportion to the amount of time it takes me to get to work.  Since I have an hour commute these days, it easily takes two hours out of every day.  After Katie and I move to west nashville, I will have a bit more time to read, and there are quite a number of books on the list to attend to:

1) Augustine – Confessions – I meant to read this months ago on a trip to the beach with a few friends, but never did.  Actually, I read a few “chapters” but didn’t get too far.  It is now at the top of the reading list, if you don’t count the marriage prep. books.

2) Christian Views of War: Four Perspectives – I don’t have the book with me at the moment, but it should be an interesting, quite relevant book.  I hope to blog about this and spark some discussion, because in these days we need to know where we stand when it comes to the issue of war.

3) Why We’re Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be) – A book that is slowly making its way around some of my peers.  The emergent church is a hot topic in religious circles right now, thus it has to be addressed in some form or another.

4) Is There a Meaning in this Text?: The Bible, the Reader, and the Morality of Literary Knowledge – Kevin J. Vanhoozer – A lenthy, scholarly book that I requested last Christmas.  I have been meaning to read it for a long time now.

There are many, many others, but these are for starters.  They should provide grounds for some interesting debate.

Welcome to The Last Line

The idea behind this new blog is that we, as representatives of Christ, are the last line of defense for the world. It is our responsibility to take a strong stand, to testify to the power of God and to the good news that Christ has paid our sin debt, to protect and defend morality in all aspects of life, and to appeal to the only true God for intercession on the world’s behalf.

I hope to assemble Godly people to submit news articles, scholarly papers, theses, or simple truths here, and in so doing create a community that will encourage like-minded people to follow hard after God and His truth.