Been a while...

Quite a while, for that matter. Finally finished school for the semester. I have four classes left until I graduate next May. I'll have 3 in Fall, and then one last class in Spring of 2009. Woo Hoo!!

There's been quite a bit going on, both in my life and in the world. I'll touch on my life in this post.

We finally found a church that we all like, and are all excited to go to. It's an Independent Fundamental Baptist Church. Most importantly they are a hardcore Bible believing church, but they have a lot of other good things going on there which makes it a good fit for us. The Pastor gives very good message straight from the Bible, but does it in a way that you learn and retain what was said, unlike some of the other churches we've been to. Enough on that for now.

Turns out that it wasn't that my family didn't like the previous Baptist church, but rather they didn't like who I was becoming at that church. Basically I was being a jerk: controlling, self-centered, pushy, nit-picky and etc., so my wife and family were pissed, and rightfully so I might add. We had a long talk (my wife and I), and I finally realized what I had put them through, and that I can't expect them to act a certain way, nor can I push my beliefs or habits on them. It was a huge eye-opener, and I felt really bad about it, but we came to an agreement, and everything is fine now. We did try going back to the original Baptist church for two weeks before we found this current one. We weren't really getting anything out of it, so I did a search and found this one. They happened to have a Bible study that night, so we went, and right away we knew this was the church for us.

For my Bible reading quest, I'm currently in I Samuel, and getting ready to start Hebrews. I'm also and in the process of reading Charles Ryrie's "Basic Theology". I have decided that two of the Systematic Theology books I bought will probably never be read, so I'll probably re-sell them on ebay, but I haven't decided 100% for sure yet. I have Charles Ryrie, John Calvin (2: 1536 and 1559 Editions of Institutes), Louis Berkhof, Robert Lightner, James Boyce, Augustus Strong, J.L Dagg, R. L Dabney and A.A. Hodge. The last two being the ones I'm thinking of getting rid of. In addition to these, I also have a number of other books coving other subjects such as Apologetics, Hermeneutics, commentaries and etc. Plenty to keep me reading for years.

Went in for my annual eye exam, turns out my left eye has an astigmatism, and my right eye was -.75 worse than previously(and -.50 worse than my left), so now I can actually see very clearly. Hopefully this will help me whack more ducks this year!! Less than 3 months to hunting season!!!

Skipped turkey hunting this year, and I'm skipping my annual Kansas City Rally. I have more important things to take care of, so i'm just enjoying spending time with the family in getting into God's Word. My little one learned how to ride a bicycle, so we've doing a lot of cycling. The first day we rode to my parents house that is over two miles away!!! it took us about 1 1/2 hours, but she made it. My Dad gave us a ride back home, but now she has a bigger bike, so she could make it both ways no problem. 2 weekends ago we found a trail in the woods at the park that has BMX jumps, ramps and stuff, so I had some fun!!

Harley's 105th Anniversary is coming up, so I have some friends coming in to stay with us. I'm Looking forward to it, but not like 5 years ago when I first got the bike. The bike will be paid off next month, only one more payment and it's 100% mine (Yes, Dear, I know, "Ours, not "Mine") LOL

Well, I suppose that's enough for tonight. I'll try to update again soon, and hit some of the issues in the headlines, such as the FLDS Ranch/CPS fiasco, the Presidential Election, the California Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage, and other things.