That is the question. At least it’s the question I’ve asked myself numerous times over the past year. On occasion I’ve been on the verge only to pull back, afraid to start something I couldn’t continue. But at last I’ve decided to take the risk and forge ahead.

Blogging offers several advantages to the writer, but hopefully some for the reader as well. Most of all this blog will aim to bring glory to the God who has revealed himself in Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit.

What will you find on this blog? Probably a little bit of everything, but all of it related to the Bible and evangelical Christianity. I plan to post devotional thoughts from my daily reading, quotations that I find inspiring or helpful, interviews with other Christians about various facets of life, and perhaps even some analysis of poetry. I’m a big Robert Frost fan.

I write to learn, and the more I write the more I realize how much I have to learn. Even though I have been saved for a number of years, sometimes I feel as though I’m just starting the Christian life. The basic lessons of the cross, such as grace, love, and freedom, have to be learned again and again. So this first post is really an invitation for you to join me on this educational expedition. John Calvin, one of my heroes in the faith, described this journey of learning the ways of Christ as limping along, and that’s exactly how I feel. I’m a limper. But, Calvin reminds us that it’s okay to limp as long as we’re on the right trail. “It is better to limp along the path of God’s Word than to dash with all speed outside it” (Institutes 1.6.3).

Come and limp along with me.

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