Imperishable Inheritance

Last Saturday I officially graduated from Wright State. It was a nostalgic time as so much has changed in the last four years. It's almost hard to believe that I'm even where I'm where I am today. I came into school a fresh-off-the-block drug addict, anorexic, and agnostic at best individual. I started my plight through school and over the course of four years managed to be exposed to the Gospel through Crusade, lead a ministry, make great improvements in my struggles over depression, OCD, drug addiction, anorexia, and other forms of mental garbage.

I have a praise of God upon my lips during this time. It is evident that the miraculous things accomplished in my life are not done by my own accord. I am especially grateful that I now have the Holy Spirit and a member of the New Covenant in which I can turn my body, mind, and life towards serving the living God. He has given me desires I never thought possible, and these desires are pushing me away from the business career I once envisioned towards losing my life for the sake of the Gospel amongst unreached peoples. I am thankful that in losing my life, I have finally found it.

I do plan on starting school again in the winter, but this time it will be at seminary. Southern seems to be the best choice of any in the nation right now. If I were Presbyterian I'd go to some different schools, but alas I am not. I hope the time will prove profitable, and my deep desire is that I learn more on how to make my faith practical. I want my theology and study of theology to prove useful for the furtherment of the Kingdom.

Now that I'm graduated I have the ability to work on some books that I have started but haven't had the time to finish. The first is Let the Dead Bury Their Own Dead which is a thematic survey of the Bible which shows God's heart for all people groups. I also have two works in covenant theology. The first is The Relation of the Covenants which is my exposition on the continuity and discontinuity of the Bible (a longer version of this essay), and the second which I'm really excited about is Life in the New Covenant which talks about the joy of living in the present age. I will also be updating my Introduction to Soteriology manuscript for teaching purposes.

I'll be leading an exegetical study over the summer through Galatians. I plan on also going over Bible study methods include hermeneutical methods, exegesis, and Greek syntax. It is the official summer Crusade study, but any and all are invited. It will start, not this Tuesday, but the next. (For those in the area: I will be sending out an e-mail with details.)

I would like to say that my life will slow down, but it's just now starting up: a new job, new living location, and new perspective on ministry/spirituality. A lot has changed and will continue to change. I am so blessed in so many ways, but there is nothing more desirable than knowing Christ and Him crucified.