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John

What in the Pooh!!

About Me

I'll keep it fairly short. Right now, I'm living in exile, currently at a 7 year captivity in Southern California. I've finished my Master's of Divinity degree in May of 2004. I have just been hired on to be a Christian school administrator as well as the school's Bible teacher as well as teaching one class of English. I'm still slinging Pizza dough on the weekends as a manager at Pizza the Hut. I currently serve at Arcadia Bible Church and love to teach God's Word to the adults and the kids. My hope and prayer is to continue to minister and serve the Lord at the church as well as the school here. I really miss the trees, seasons, rain, snow, so I wouldn't mind moving one of these days. Oh well, as I have learned, it's not so much about where you are obeying the Lord, but that you should obey the Lord, no matter what place you are in.

My Interests

Baseball, basketball, soccer, golf, football, reading, hiking, being outdoors, occasional computer games, making cookies or pumpkin pies, history, museums (art, history, science).

I'd like to meet:

The Lord Jesus, Elijah, John the Baptist, the Apostle John, John Milton, Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, Harry Truman, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, David Ben-Gurion, my future wife.

Music:

Country: Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Martina McBride, Sugarland, LoneStar, Keith Urban, Johnny Cash, Charlie Daniels, Shania Twain Classic Rock: ACDC, Metallica. Christian: Steven Curtis Chapman, Caedmon's Call, DC Talk, Petra, White Cross, Jeremy Camp, Chris Tomlin Other: I like movie soundtracks, especially more of the epic scores by John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt, Alan Silvestri

Movies:

Star Wars (all 6, though Empire Strikes Back and Revenge of the Sith are at the top for me), Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Great Escape, Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail, Back to the Future Trilogy, the Indiana Jones Trilogy, Mystery Men, Hoosiers, Saving Private Ryan, Gladiator, The Patriot, Princess Bride, Family Man

Television:

The Simpsons and South Park (but they're getting too over the line, but they are great social commentaries), Sportscenter, any basketball, football, or baseball event on TV (if I have time). The History Channel, not much else I watch with any devotion.

Books:

The Bible - God's Word, Mere Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy, Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, Pilgrim's Progress, the Holy War, Sovereignty of God by A.W. Pink, O Jerusalem, the Exodus, Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Killer Angels, anything by Edgar Allen Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, anything Dickens, Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, anything Calvin and Hobbes or Far Side

Heroes:

The Lord Jesus, Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, George Brett, Larry Bird, Dad

My Blog

Continued bias against Israel

Well, here we go again.  Surprise, surprise, the Middle East is the center of the world's attention.  And again, it is Israel that is at the center of it all.  I guess I should not be s...
Posted by John on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:12:00 PST

very late night thoughts

It's another late night...and to be brutally honest, I've been feeling down in the dumps as of late.  I feel like I will never escape this routine I'm in of slaving away 70 hours a week working.....
Posted by John on Sat, 06 May 2006 03:21:00 PST

A different slant on Christmas

The Paradox All things were created by Him Yet He himself became the created People trembled at His awesome majesty But He was born as a helpless baby He opened the mouth of a donkey And slept i...
Posted by John on Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:24:00 PST