bierkergaard

I wanted to let all know who might care that I won't be posting any blog essays until after Thursday, May 13, 2010. That is the day I am slated to Commence from Temple University with a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology. There is still much to be done in writing my Dissertation so this graduation is far from a sure thing and the degree is hardly in the bag and soon-to-be on the wall. There is a chance that I won't get everything finished. In order to concentrate my writing mojo and momentum, putting bierkergaard on ice seems wisest. I usually don't spend a lot of time and effort writing my essays, yet it is time better directed to the main focus of the last 8 years of going to school. I will also be laying low on Facebook as I am finding it nearly impossible to keep up with everything. In chatting with my dad yesterday to have him put May 13th on his calendar, he noted that it was Ascension Day. I thought this was pretty cool. I have seen my doctoral work as means to further...

Revelation 3:17 "Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked." The Church of Laodicea in the first century when The Book of Revelation was written, was in a miserable condition. Outwardly, things appeared to be going great. Rich materially but lukewarm spiritually, Jesus promises that He is going to spit them out like a tepid hocker. The Prosperity Health and Wealth Gospel is not a recent phenomenon. Their works were apathetic: (15) "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. " Both hot and cold show energy and commitment. Lukewarm is what happens to a cold cup of water or a piping hot mug of coffee through inattention. It is never safe to assume that if the circumstances of our lives seem positive that this is proof that we are where we need to be with God. Neither can we assume that if circumstance...