November 5, 2008 Posted by David N
closeAuthor: David N
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Email: dvnilsen@gmail.com
Site: http://reasonfromscripture.blogspot.com
About: In 2003 I graduated from high school with no set direction for my life. I spent a year in Iowa before returning to California to attend Junior College. I changed majors 3 times; from Physics to Business to Film (as you can see, no direction). I was a Christian, attending church regularly, but furthering the cause of Christ in this fallen world was not a high priority.
In 2005 I picked up an issue of TableTalk magazine, and I was re-introduced to the work of R. C. Sproul (whom I had read once in high school). Later that year, while taking a biology class with an ardent atheist professor, I picked up a copy of Lee Strobel's "The Case For A Creator." In the Fall of 2006 I came to Biola University and was introduced to the works of J. P. Moreland and John Mark Reynolds. My fate was sealed.
Just a few years ago, I was passionless. Now I have two passions: Studying the Word of God and engaging in the task of Apologetics. 1 Peter 3:15 exhorts all Christians to be ready to give an answer for the hope that we have. My goal is to be able to give my answer articulately and powerfully, but even more importantly, in love. There are many purposes for apologetics, but by far the most important is the opening of minds and the softening of hearts for the work of the Holy Spirit. If we don't care about and pray for those with whom we engage in apologetics, we fail to fulfill this purpose. As a wise man once said, "Take a stand for the Truth, but do it in love fool!"
Education Info:
--Currently: M.A. in Historical Theology student, Westminster Seminary California
--2008: B.A. in Philosophy, Biola University
--2006: A.A. in Liberal Arts, Palomar CollegeSee Authors Posts (75)
Barack Obama will be the next President. Regardless of how you feel about this outcome, we must remember that God is at work in all things, and do our duty as Christians and American citizens and pray for our (soon to be) President.
Dr. John Mark Reynolds shares his own thoughts:
Wednesday the sun came up and I was happy. It is still morning in
America. The candidate I voted for did not win, but I got to vote in a
free and fair election. Power will be passed peacefully and the
Constitution is intact.
We should never take that for granted.
Read the rest of his article, “Morning In America.”
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Posted in Culture, David's Posts, Main Page, Politics
November 5th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
I thought this was a great line:
Jim Manzi: “There are about 1,460 days until the next Presidential election, and I assume that I will spend approximately the next 1,459 of them opposing Barack Obama. But I’m spending today proud abut what my country has overcome.” (http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MDM3ZDU1NGY0ZjU4MzdkMjgxMTc5YTFlNmE5NmI5ODQ=)