by Bret Capranica | Jul 1, 2005 | Personal
Our Mt. Sinai in San Jacinto: Ok. I’m starting to get the hang of this picture thing (I know, it’s not that hard). Anyway, this was the scene from our office as the fire season kicked off. See the post from Thursday, June 23. Here’s what it looked like close up. Ok – one...
by Bret Capranica | Jun 23, 2005 | Personal
Yesterday marked the first brush fire of the summer for us here in Southern California, and this one was close to home. The mountain range to the south of where I live was ablaze yesterday, producing some awesome and ominous pictures (if I can figure out how to post pics, I’ll see what I can do to put one up here). I couldn’t resist telling a number of our folks at church last night that I had the urge to preach outdoors from Exodus 19 on the smoking Mt. Sinai and the glory of God. Thankfully, no homes in our area were lost and no injuries. With the large amount of rain we have had this winter there is a large amount of growth. With the triple digit temperatures we expect, the growth will quickly become fodder for future fires. Keep us in your...
by Bret Capranica | Jun 21, 2005 | Personal
The blog hiatus is finished. For ten days I attended classes at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. I was privileged to study with Dr. Daniel Block, outgoing professor of Old Testament interpretation at Southern (Dr. Block is moving this week to Wheaton College). The class was perhaps one of the best academic experiences I have had to date. Dr. Block is a profound student of the Word of God and his life is thoroughly impacted by what he has gleaned from God’s truth. My life was thoroughly impacted by the time spent with him. Another highlight of the time away was becoming better acquainted with the members of my cohort. God has providentially provided good friendships with four godly men, a few of which have stumbled into “The Capranica” lately. David Cox, a fellow cohort student and Missouri pastor, is “The Cap’s” latest fan and we warmly welcome him. So, the break is over and its back to regular contributions at “The Capranica.” I’m looking forward to...
by Bret Capranica | Jun 7, 2005 | Blogging, Humor, Personal
The definition of a fundamentalist: too little fun, too much damn and not much mental: According to this little quiz, I are one: You scored as Fundamentalist. Fundamentalism represents a movement in opposition to Modernism, stressing the highest importance on foundational religious tradition. Science has brought on corruption of society. God is real and is watching. Scripture leaves little room for interpretation; man is God’s creation. About a quarter of the population in the U.S. is classified as Fundamentalist. Fundamentalist 81% Cultural Creative 69% Romanticist 38% Postmodernist 38% Existentialist 13% Materialist 6% Idealist 6% Modernist 0% What is Your World View? (updated) created with QuizFarm.com Wow! Still too much postmoderninsm in me for my fundamentalist...
by Bret Capranica | Jun 6, 2005 | Blogging, Personal
My posts over the next two weeks will be somewhat slow if even visible at all due to my final preparations for a Doctoral seminar I will attend at the end of this week through all of next week. However, I may come up for air from my studies to post something. I have a number of blog topics running around in my mind that I hope to comment on in the next few weeks. One in particular is Christianity Today’s recent issue containing articles dealing with the Evangelicals and Catholics trying to come together. This one will definitely find a way through my keyboard to this...
