Archive for category: Personal

Or maybe a smiling coach? Man, must have been rough… While digging through a box recently I found that my mother had kept that very shirt. To say it is small, exceedingly small, is an understatement. (OK, OK, I’m the second from the right on the front row).

I know the date isn’t the best (Easter weekend), but should there be a church in the Cincinnati area that would like to have me speak that weekend (or perhaps just on that Saturday, possibly doing my New Testament Reliability presentation, or something similar), please use the Contact Us link at the bottom right of our webpage to let us

Some of the “regulars” who stand by me and help with resources (VL and RP) flew into the MRL as soon as I posted the preceding entry, and then some new folks (many thanks to you Matt and David) also finished up the Kindle resource requests, all in one evening! I think my little Kindle3 will blow a circuit recording

The Ministry Resource List is a tremendous asset to me, it really is. It is a major source of encouragement, too. But it has one draw back: sometimes an item is marked “purchased” that never gets to me. And enough of these have now piled up that I need to let folks know that these items have been marked “purchased”

Some will remember this article I wrote a year ago regarding my failed attempt to finally break the six hour barrier in El Tour de Tucson and get my coveted gold medallion for so doing. I tried to make a spiritual application and bring something good out of what was otherwise a very disappointing outing. I made mention of taking

I rarely post things like this to the blog, but hey, I’ve known Mark for years, and even performed his wedding ceremony! Evidently, if we vote for his blog here, he might get himself a scholarship for seminary. Now, given that we need good folks in seminary, and Mark is good folk…how about voting for Mark Lamprecht? I’d love to

This post is more personal than what you usually see on the site, and if you are disappointed, I do apologize; but I am asking for your prayers for a man named Donald. Donald (who is a believer) is the father of my wife and was recently diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease. At this point, many of his muscles are

The following was posted to the Puritan Board today. I would like to respond to it: I have been listening to the Dividing Line by James White lately and I have found him to be overly harsh with many who don’t line up with him theologically. I really like him and his stand for the truth and in the past

So I worked it out so that I would hit a cycling milestone this morning at the top of one of my all-time favorite local rides (well, really, one of my all time favorite rides, period), that of the climb up South Mountain. But as I was just about to hit that milestone, 60,000 miles logged since I started on

When “Jack” stood astride the bow of the Titanic and claimed to be at the top of the world, he was, as far as I can see from a quick look at the statistics, about 60 feet above sea level. Well, that is not quite the top of the world.

This is a personal entry, and it is not focused upon a lofty theological concept, so if you are looking for that…might want to keep looking. I’ve thought about writing this entry for months. Every time I was tempted to turn around and give in to the body’s constant cry, “Come on, this is too much, go back,” I thought

Hitting the road for a few weeks (literally, as I will be training for the Sunrise Century while in Santa Fe and Boulder during the days, speaking at night!). This weekend I am in Houston (pondered riding…considered the hassles, and mainly, the humidity, and decided I needed a break!): Grace Reformed Baptist Church 3930 Glade Valley Dr. in Kingwood, TX

I can feel the heat coming on. My outside thermometer reads 102.4 right now. Supposed to have a nice cool down on Monday through Wednesday, but still, the desert summer is knocking on my door. As it was, I got up at 3:45am to ride this morning, and that will become all the more necessary over the next four months

Some of the newer readers of this blog may not even know I do fractal art. Well, here we go… That one, and more, can be found here. But I decided to take it all the way, and put the design on a tie! PurpleFractalGalaxies by DrOakleyBrowse other Fractal Ties No, Brian McClaren had nothing to do with this. 🙂

The Kurschner edition.

And now for something completely different… Those were the days. Somewhere in the early 1970s I watched an episode of All in the Family. It was somewhere between ages 9 and 12, I’d think, so just under forty years ago. I saw this scene once. One time. Just once. And somehow it was burned into my memory. Ever since that

After the Sunday evening service at Trinity Road Chapel in London someone asked to take a picture of Pastor Doug McMasters and myself. Doug is a big boy…he makes me look pretty small. Doug and I have developed a lot of memories over the past fifteen or so years. We once did a 105 mile ride together out on the

I haven’t seen wind like this in a long time, I really haven’t. This morning during breakfast I heard predicted gusts of 110km/hr, and I believe it! But, despite the somewhat inclement weather (at least it is not overly cold), I had a wonderful day today. But first… The morning after I arrived in London I made the trek down

God gives us plenty of warning. He really does. Oh sure, some are cut off in their youth, but for most of us who are blessed to get our three score and ten, the good Lord plants plenty of signs along the way that read, basically, “Eternity Ahead. Take Thought.” When we are young, we ignore the signs, even though

So if you go back to December 17th (or thereabouts…depending on weather, travel, etc.) since 2005, you will find posts from yours truly about a tradition I started five years ago now (here is the first year’s post, here is another). I decided to climb 100 feet for each year of age, riding up South Mountain in Phoenix. Well, this

It looks like the complete route. To the right is the GPS map of my ride today. Those who have ridden El Tour de Tucson will recognize it as the full 109 mile race, the “big one.” Since I got back on the bike in 2005 I have not done the full race, only the 80 mile portion. But this

I didn’t know Brad White had posted these. Short, but they give you a flavor of the presentations:

Half way through my time here in Lima. So far we have covered sola scriptura, the biblical form of the church (plurality of elders), the transmission of the text of the New Testament, and in the Q&A times—just about everything. Yes, speaking with translation is always a challenge, but so far so good. Surviving culture shock as best as a

Just a few pictures from my recently completed trek to Oregon. If the setup looks familiar in this picture from the debate with Robert Sungenis on purgatory, it should; this is the same conference at which I debated Dan Barker last year, the famous “Don’t Quote Me, Bro!” debate. I wish I had had the opportunity to hear the debate

I sought out the steepest climbs I have mapped out in the Phoenix area this morning (one hits 16%) and really hammered up one of them so I could stop long enough to snap this picture. I’ve always enjoyed climbing best, and though I am not genetically predisposed to be overly good at it (145 pounds and about 5′ 3″

About the only thing I like about certain holidays is I get to ride without dodging rush hour traffic. Hence my early morning foray into the as yet still rather hot Arizona atmosphere (supposed to drop into the not-nearly-as-hot range by mid week). 89 at the start, dropped to 83 out in the northern reaches of the Valley (Jomax and

Back to Phoenix (I hope whoever rifled one of my checked bags at JFK and stole one of my Flip Video cameras, with half of the footage of the Silverman debate last night, enjoys watching the debate on their stolen camera—and no, I can’t see that they took anything else, but, having been the victim of theft in the past,

I have really lined out an incredible schedule for myself this fall. Beginning next week I fly to New York twice in August, with a trip to Detroit sandwiched in between. I will be debating twice in New York, once with David Silverman, national representative of the American Atheists, and once with Christopher Ferrara, a Roman Catholic spokesperson and attorney.

Given that more information (important information) is about to come out about the Ergun Caner Scandal and resultant Great Evangelical Cover Up (specifically, the recording of Caner’s lecture to the US Marines has been obtained by the indefatigable Jason Smathers), I wanted to do something enjoyable real quick. Sadly, one of the pictures I took on my ride this morning

The heavens declare the glory of God. (Taken on my cheapie riding phone at the corner of Jomax Road and Westwing Parkway at 5:37am, over an hour into my ride. Total for the past two days: 100 miles, and that while fighting off a bug. I think I’ve discovered a miracle cure!).

If it were not for this time period during the year, everyone would live in Phoenix. But, just as there are brutal weather periods back East, so this is our “the Chamber of Commerce would rather you didn’t mention conditions right now” time. Predicted high today? 115. Low this morning? Well, I was riding by 4:15am (I have a great