Entry 1

Well, summer school is almost over and I have carved out a few moments to write a quick post. I decided to write this first post about different things on my blog, and my tentative posting schedule. My desire is to, for the time being, post once a week on Monday’s. My hope is that this schedule will allow for me to have meaningful posts as well as ample time for meaningful discussion in the comments. Concerning the nature of this blog, it will attempt to be theological in orientation. I am appealing to the theological blogging community to aid in my personal study and understanding of Scripture. I look forward to future comments and discussion, and the edification that I trust will occur. The name of my blog was an attempt to play off of “Peter, Paul, and Mary” (since my first name is Peter and my middle is Paul). “Graphe” is Greek for a written document, used at times in Scripture to refer to Scripture itself (2 Tim 3:16). Therefore, my blog is about “me, myself, and the study of Scripture.” The Latin phrase under the title is also of importance. If you allow your cursor to rest over the picture, the English translation of the Latin phrase will appear. “What is not biblical is not theological” will be a mantra for me in my attempt to remain grounded in God’s Word, His self-revelation to mankind. Theology must find its basis in the Word, lest it degenerate into philosophical conjecture and ungrounded human hypotheses. I respect both Biblical and Systematic Theology, and understand that both must be founded on a solid exegesis and a solid exegetical method. Items in the sidebar are self-explanatory. Buy a mac, listen to good preaching, go to seminary, read lots on Calvin and by Calvin, drink Starbucks, be a Cubs fan, get a Pit bull and read the NIV. Sheww! Moving on... At the bottom is the infamous quote of the great reformer Martin Luther during his trial at the Diet of Worms. His famous words have inspired many (including myself) and still signify the great devotion to the Word that the reformers exemplified. Every Christian of every era must take this stand; there must be a conviction so strongly felt that such words, when said, strike a cord with other Christians, and harden the hearts and minds of the unregenerate. I end this post by again appealing to the blogging community for your aid. It is with great hesitation that I have begun a blog. Placing my thoughts and reflections on the Internet was not an appealing notion. One of my professors stated that, “There are no ‘Lone Ranger’ Christians.” It is with this in mind that I humbly submit myself to the criticism of friends and other fellows, endeavoring to more fully understand the revelation of our God.