Welcome to my personal blog. Note that adjective - personal. I say that, because while I am the primary teaching elder of Cannon Beach Bible Church, the views expressed here are my own, not necessarily those of the church as a church, nor those of the members of the church. 

In the context of my role as a local church elder/pastor, I do my best to teach through the texts in the Bible, in a verse by verse fashion, drawing out the meaning of the text in its historical context. Then I try to demonstrate how that text fits into the larger framework of that book, or that authors corpus, ie biblical theology. Then I attempt to tie it all together to demonstrate a systematic theology, all of which is in accordance with our church’s doctrinal statement (that I 100% affirm). 

This blog, however, reveals some personal views about application, and wisdom in our age, that I am less comfortable affixing to, “thus saith the Lord.” In this blog I reflect on what I think wisdom looks like for today. Even such a statement is dangerous, because as soon as one course of action is labeled “wisdom” there can be the implication that other courses are not wise (and Scripture speaks strongly against those who reject wisdom). So it is necessary to note that there can often be more than one “wise” way of doing things, at a given point of time. And that is the joy and difficulty of Christian liberty! 

This blog is primarily for personal use. If it helps you, great! But I am writing for my own benefit primarily, and the accountability of making my thinking public thus helps me to ensure that I am thinking clearly and biblically. 

You might have caught my head-nod to Francis Schaeffer with the blog’s title.