About Me...

While the thoughts expressed here are mine, the very idea of a post entitled “About Me,” seems somewhat inappropriate.  After all, the thoughts I seek to express are about God.  Still, there remains some value, I would imagine, in knowing something about the one whose thoughts you are reading and considering.  So, I would offer the following “about me.”

I am, first and foremost, a man who stands amazed at the matchless mercy and grace of a perfectly Holy God Who sovereignly transforms hearts of stone, into hearts of flesh, building a spiritual house, by His Grace and for His Glory, one living stone at a time (1 Peter 2:4-5).  Even more amazing is the thought that He chose to include me as one of the living stones in that spiritual house.

As you have, no doubt, already noticed, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a writer.  I have no college degree, and no formal theological education.  I simply offer here some of the thoughts and insights I have been graced to glean from His Word, as I seek to find and follow His way on this pilgrim journey.

From the time, more than 30 years ago now, that the Lord chose to reveal Himself to me through His Word, Sacred Scripture, I have had an insatiable appetite for reading and studying the Bible, and for reading and studying the works of those saints He has gifted and used to teach His people through the centuries.  It has been said by some that I like to read the writings of “old, dead guys.”  I must admit, that’s true.  Of particular note, Augustine, Calvin, Turretin, Edwards, and Owen, to name just a few.  However, the death of the author is not a necessary prerequisite I feel somehow compelled to confirm before reading someone’s work.  I also value highly the writings of living authors such as R.C. Sproul, D.A. Carson, Sinclair Ferguson, Tim Keller and John Piper, as well as many others whose commentaries, essays and other writings I continue to look to, and benefit from.

Beyond His gracious and indescribable gift of forgiveness of sin and life in Him, provided at such a great cost, He has also provided me with the privilege of serving Him through preaching and teaching, both at our home church, and at a variety of other churches.

But, enough “about me.”

By His Grace, and for His Glory,

Victor