Upon His Holy Mountain

I love William Tyndale. There was a man and a great one too! If you have not seen the movie  God's Outlaw  (a film about William Tyndale) I highly recommend it (just click on the link after reading this post). William Tyndale famously stated to a learned Theological professor: " I defy the Pope and all his laws. If God spare my life...I will cause a boy that driveth the plough to know more of the scripture than thou doust" Tyndale translated the entire New Testament into English and much of the Old. He has enriched the English language in so many ways. But that's the not the thing I admire most about Tyndale. Tyndale exhibited great courage, audacity, wit and love all at once even to his dying day on the stake. (That's what I love about the movie God's Outlaw - the actor conveys each of these with equal ability.) Tyndale gave his life so that the Bible might be in the common tongue. Anyone familiar with the history of the Church and especially the...

As my senior year of high school is ended, I want to take a short detour from my worship/ theological posts and relate the story of how I went  from an apathetic thirteen year old nominal Arminian Baptist to an eighteen year old fiery Catholic (i.e. Liturgical) Presbyterian. One of the most difficult questions I have ever had in my life is, "So when we're you saved and how?" It's on nearly every form related to ministry and I still have trouble really answering it. Looking back, I would divide my life into three stages: (I've divided it by age but this is not an exact division...) Pre-Apathetic Period (1-6/7) Apathetic Period (6/7-13/14) Reformed Period (13/14 to the day I die...) From Eden to Egypt I don't have much to say about the first period. I remember little of it but I do remember a strong love for scripture and God. That's what throws the monkey wrench as we will see. At the age of about seven I slowly turned my back on God. I never st...