Why Am I Here?

So why do I have a blog and why is it named what it is?

Well, it’s because I feel as if God has called me to some pulpit somewhere… I need to preach… I need to talk… I need to vent… I need sometimes to shout from the housetops what God whispers to me in the night. I want to make a difference for God. I want to be obedient. I want to wield the sword of the Word… I want to fight against false teaching. I want to preach to people that will listen. I want to do my part to counterbalance the insanity that comes from the pulpits of today. I want to proclaim the word of God in non-socially relevant terms… I want to stand on the Word of God in all its fullness and preach God in all His glory, even though I am sure I will fall woefully short.

I am first and foremost a Christian… I believe in the sovereignty of God… I am a Calvinist and believe in the five points. I believe these things because I believe if one correctly expositiorally studies the Word of God, Calvinism is what you will end up with. I am tired of being a closet Calvanist! I am tired of saying the “C” word and have people freak out because “election isn’t fair.” (Helloooo… read Romans 9!) I want people to realize Calvinism is much more than election… it is about who we are in relation to who God is. It’s about God’s glory… His honor. I am tired of people viewing God as this celestial salvation machine and if we just crank in the right inputs, out pops salvation. Man gets so upset that if we take away man’s free will we will all be robots, but we have no problem making God a robot. We do this… and blam, God must do that. What about the free will of God?

Am I angry? No… just frustrated. Most people that are now beginning to find out my wife and I believe in sovereignty and now that they are, they seem to incorrectly identify us as being “angry.” Well… you know maybe I do feel like turning over a couple of money changer tables in the temple… sure. I mean, we have muscle men coming to our Baptist church in August! Team Impact will break baseball bats on their heads and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ! Yes… at times I get angry… very offended that we have cheapened Grace and cheapened God. We aren’t preachers anymore… we’re a church of marketers making Jesus relevant. 

So this is what I am doing here. My wife said “You need to blog.” She made this space for me and I think she is a smart woman. I am hoping to make a difference… settle my restless soul a bit… make my name count… it’s Timothy (Honoring God). Somehow I am finding that it wasn’t accidental… I mean I do serve a providential God… no accidents…
LOL.

I know I ranted. I know I rambled. I know I was supposed to.

In His Hands,

Timothy (the clay)

~ by thepotterandtheclay on May 22, 2008.