Just a simple thought that I had today:  It seems that with blog culture, or at least in my experience with it, you are encouraged to write frequently and provide new, exciting content that readers will want to keep coming back for.  You are also encouraged to speak your mind.  This seems quite opposite from wisdom, which would be quiet, observant, and would only speak when necessary.

Consider these verses:

“A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.” (Proverbs 29:11)

“Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.” ( Proverbs 17:28 )

Wisdom is what seems to be a paradox to humanity.

Just for the sake of reminding those who might (or might not) be interested, I have TWO separate blogs now.  This blog will continue to be the same material that it has been from the getgo.  No major changes in content will happen, and it will continue to carry the same theme that it always has (for the whole, what, 2 months now?? 

My other blog, http://randomslant.wordpress.com/ will be updated daily if I have the chance.  It will be a much more diverse, silly blog that I have been creating since I started blogging.  You know….I was counting the other day and I have had close to 10 different blogs now, if you count thedpage.com as being one.

I hope all is well with everyone, and I look forward to posting about Biblical Nonresistence in the near future.  I hope you do too. 

-Daniel

One:  I have decided to split the upcoming post on war into a series of posts, much like the format of the book itself.  This means, more than likely one post per viewpoint, which will help me to clarify and specify to a much better degree.

Two:  I am launching a new wordpress blog for personal, non-intellectual whateverness.  I don’t know what will end up on there or how often it will be updated.  You might care to know that it will be located at:  http://randomslant.wordpress.com/

Has it really been over a week since my last post?  Time seems to roll right on by, just like a big katamari.

So I was thinking the other day about the motive behind my blogging.  I suppose that if I treated this as an “online journal” that it would be rather….normative, which is something that I am trying to avoid this go-around.  I could probably blog about “interesting things” I found on the internet, how I feel at the moment, movies I went to see, videogames I am playing, baseless comments about news articles, and many other things that are, quite honestly, not of much lasting consequence to me.  I have created blogs in the past of this sort, and I get bored with them quickly.  Not many people want to read about your daily routine when they have their own to deal with, and one opinion in a sea of opinions is not worth much, especially if you do not know a decent amount of information about the subject.  In my opinion though (and it’s only my opinion), the best possible material is material that is of lasting consequence.  If I am blogging for my own benefit, I might as well make a journal offline in the traditional way.  The truth is, though, I don’t want this blog to be solely for my benefit.  I want to blog about something that I think is important (Christianity and different aspects of Christian living) not for my own sake, although it does help me to clarify and organize my thoughts, but I want to blog for the sake of others as well.  I want others to read this, even if it is only in passing, and be challenged to at least think about Christian topics throughout the course of life. 

As you can probably tell, faith is quite important to me.  When I am gone, it’s what I want people to come back and find if they read my blogs posthumously.  Every day I have a choice:  to concern myself primarily with spiritual things that have eternal value or to concern myself with nonspiritual things that have only temporary value.  There is a time for everything.  I know that.  There is a time for the trivial.  Not all of life has to be serious (thankfully).  I want to enjoy life, but I have a compelling urge to study God’s Word and let others know what I have been pondering.  Blogging also provides a great system for edification as well.  Networking and blogrolling is a blast, and I love reading what my peers are writing about.

There is enough triviality in the world; however, I hope that what you will frequently find here are astute and poignant postings about life, religion, worldview, and the pursuit of God.