I am a Christian, and I try to love God (with varying degrees of success). I am a grad student at the U. of TX in Austin. In my spare time, I read, smoke pipes, roast coffee, and, of course, write.

I believe in the infallibility of the bible, and that the bible ought to be interpreted literally. I am a Calvinist, and I mostly agree with the historic reformed confessions (The Westminster Confession, the 1689 London Baptist Confession, The Canons of Dordt, etc).

Links to places you'll see frequently quoted here:

Cnn.com

World Magazine

Dictionary.com, because Webster appears to be a pay service, now

The Bible Gateway

Wikipedia

People I Know:

The Illustrious Goat

Nissa Marie

I read others, but they are all too cowardly to open their blogs to the public.

People I Don't:

Alpha and Omega Ministries (James White)

The White Horse Inn. I love these guys, and wish I could be as cool as them.

Al Mohler, President of Southern Baptist Seminary and Calvinist extraordinaire

Tom Gilson, A layperson with two qualities I lack: intelligence and humility

Telic Thoughts. Fresh ideas on ID.

David Heddle, a Christian nuclear physicist and also, unaccountably, a NASCAR fan.

Good, (not so) Clean Fun:

xkcd

Dinosaur Comics

A Softer World

Pointless Waste of Time

"Here you shall see what the smoke of man can do against the thunder and lightning of God!"

--Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will, trans. J.I. Packer & O.R. Johnson