This past Sunday I had the opportunity to preach to the people of Westside Baptist Church, the church in Grand Rapids where I am a watchcare member. Though I’ve been struggling to get over an infection in my lungs, I’m thankful that the Lord sustained my voice and stiffled my cough during both AM and [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Preaching at Home
Posted in deputation, tagged deputation on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Gospel and MSU
Posted in linguistics, ministry, tagged linguistics, ministry on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been praying and longing for an opportunity to give the gospel here at MSU. Other than a brief conversation with a classmate on the first day of class, the Lord did not give me an opportunity for the first month. But just last week I had a great opportunity to speak to a classmate about [...]
A Winter’s Welcome
Posted in deputation, Uncategorized, tagged deputation on February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is my first winter back in the cold North after being away for basically 17 years, and I would say that I have been given a cold welcome back. Grand Rapids has been particularly “welcoming” because of the lake-effect snow. I hardly ever get into my car without having to clean the snow off [...]
A Taste of Linguistics
Posted in linguistics, pictures, Uncategorized, tagged linguistics, morphology, phonetics, pictures, syntax on February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been wanting to give you (well, at least the interested ones) a taste of the linguistics courses that I’m taking. I could have put this post in my “Translator’s Page,” but I decided to go ahead and put it here. Linguistics is the science of language. Consequently, it uses very scientific terms to describe [...]