I do not write at any time or in any way without the Lord being the initiator, the source and the indispensable flow for doing so.

 This website has been created for three primary reasons:

·      To provide a short description and links to my various publications;

·      To update readers about certain teaching opportunities I’ve been given, both domestically and abroad; and

·      To give my readers or listeners (if/when I post podcasts) the means to ask questions, make comments about their struggles, as well as their victories, and react to the insights and information they have encountered in their exposure to me and my “cloud of friends.”

My “friends” are members of that “great cloud of witnesses” (Hebrews 12:1), being historical individuals whom I have gotten to know through the writings they left behind. It has been, and continues to be, my great pleasure to “get to know them” and, consequently, their own hearts as well as the heart of the Lord whom we love and serve.

It seems to be a sad fact that every generation forgets those who came before them and, far too often, each generation believes that only what is written in the context of today is really relevant to our contemporary lives.

The Lord makes two very powerful statements about those who have gone before us:

“This is what the Lord says, 'Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.'” (Jeremiah 6:16 NIV) 

“Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did.” (1 Corinthians 10:6 NIV, referring to the example of the Nation of Israel and others throughout the Old Testament)

Both of these verses exhort us to to look back and seek understanding, warning, and encouragement, thereby finding obedience and rest. Because I believe in this imperative, I have committed myself to two primary activities:

 1.     Reading and studying the Bible, not so I can become a great theologian or apologist, but rather so that I may be a man who “understands and knows God” (Jeremiah 9:24a), in accordance to His own request and desire; and

2.     Reading broadly and constantly the writings of the saints of the past several centuries.

 As a result, I strive to merge the two activities into both what I teach and what I write. Consequently, I work on these things:

1.     Updating (I don’t rewrite) the writings of others along certain thematic lines;

2.     Resurrecting certain out-of-print publications for today’s readers; and

3.     Synthesizing all of the above through my own teaching and writing in a manner that presents Truth in a 21st-century style.