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Well, yeah, I haven't posted in quite awhile . That is partially just due to the procrastination weakness remaining in me, and partially due to the fact that I'm busier at school now than I have been in quite awhile. That is due to none other than Classical Greek. It's enjoyable, but very challenging as well. But who knows - maybe one day I'll be writing these posts in Attic!

Anyway, I don't have time at the moment to write extensively on any certain topic, other than noting some of the changes going on in my life at the moment. One thing I am extremely grateful for at the time is the charity by which I have been surrounded at Riveroaks Reformed Presbyterian Church, getting the matchless blessing of meeting more fellow members all the time due to the willingness of many people to assist me with transportation issues. It's also nice to be in a good class on presuppositional apologetics, including viewing occassional lectures by Dr. Greg Bahnsen.

I have almost never listened to much classical music on my own at any stage in my life. One day in my Humanities class (Fine Arts track, for something different) last week, we spent the class analyzing and discussing parts of Beethoven's fifth symphony, which we had been assigned to listen to prior to class and listened to throughout the class. That afternoon, I could not get it out of my head, and have been listening to classical radio ever since! I hope to soon get some CDs by Beethoven, Mozart, Bach and others.

Lastly, while I have read a bulk of books and other material by contemporary Reformed theologians, a significant amount of material by the Reformers and authors around the time of the great Old Princeton theologians, as well as some excerpts online from the Puritans, I have never actually read full-length books by either the Reformers or the Puritans. Thus, I have recently undertook the task of going through my copy of John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion for an exposure to a full systematic, and I just ordered two books by Puritan authors as well: The Reformed Pastor by Richard Baxter, and The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs. I expect the former to give me much to consider and pray on regarding my own possible consideration of the ministry, and even though Baxter was not a typical Puritan in many respects, that work in particular has been regarded as classic and invaluable. Burroughs' work should give me a more full exposure to the devotional work by the Puritans, as well as help me to continually and increasingly root my contentment and focus on God in His Word in my everyday pursuits and concerns.