I’m signifcantly updating my post from July with things i’ve learned since then and more information on the How-To of doing what i’m doing. In July i had lost 36 pounds. It wasn’t a fluke. Here’s a picture of me yesterday wearing an XL t-shirt, down from a 3XL t-shirt 8 months ago. Keep reading! Back in March i began a concerted effort to drop some weight. Now, like everyone else, i’ve done this before only to regain the weight right back plus more, so i had been looking for something different, as in not a diet, but rather an approach to […]
Weight Loss: 36 Pounds (so far . . .)
Back in March i began a concerted effort to drop some weight. Now, like everyone else, i’ve done this before only to regain the weight right back plus more, so i had been looking for something different, as in not a diet, but rather an approach to eating which i could sustain. I started in March weighing 280 lbs. and as of today, i’m at 244. That’s a number i haven’t seen on a scale in about 20 years. Here’s what i want this post to accomplish: Explain the lifestyle change i’m taking Give examples of things which have changed […]
This Sunday is the one when many churches in America conflate Patriotism and Christianity
I want to be very clear that i am patriotic and i am also a Christian. Let me explain what those two things are. Patriotism I believe that our nation as designed by the founding fathers with: separation of powers into three equal branches, a form of republican representation on both the state and federal levels, a structure enabling both individual state’s rights and also an overarching federal union of those states, and with rights for individual citizens as enumerated in our Bill of Rights (and for me, the most important of those rights: separation of church and state along […]
Epistles of John – Week 40 – 1 John 5:13-21
This week we conclude our 40 week study of The Epistles of John by looking at 1 John 5:13-21. This post contains everything from week 40 of the Adult CE class at Eastside Community Church in Jacksonville, FL. This is from a series on the three Epistles of John (1 John, 2 John, 3 John) which has run weekly from January 2016 through May 2017. Links to all the previous lessons are at the bottom of this post. You can view the presentation here. You can listen to the audio of the lesson here: You can download the […]
Epistles of John – Week 39 – 1 John 5:6-12
In this week’s lesson we look at what The Water and The Blood are in 1 John 5:6-12. This post contains everything from week 39 of the Adult CE class at Eastside Community Church in Jacksonville, FL. This is from a series on the three Epistles of John (1 John, 2 John, 3 John) which has run weekly from January 2016 and now is continuing into 2017. We will finish by the end of May 2017. Below is the first part of the Presentation. Below is the second part of the Presentation. The audio of the lesson is here: […]