Apply All of Your Days: A Quick Update on PC (Nic Gold) and Family

We are well; busy and stressed, but ultimately peaceful.

My daughter Dakota is 19 months.

My wife Lisa is drop dead gorgeous.

And I am getting better.

The Big News is that the family and I are moving to Ohio in a few weeks – January 1st to be exact.

Oh, wonderful cold and snowy weather! A winter wonderland in which to walk! And write!

Specifically, we will be living in Dayton.

("Be careful … Dayton can be nasty after dark!" - Mr Carlson, WKRP in Cincinnati)


Current Writing Projects:

Yes, I do believe that Ohio will be a nice cold and snowy place to write my three current books.

A quick break down:

The first book is a “theological memoir” about my wonderful experiences at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and how my theology changed while I was there.

The second book is a novel. It concerns why and how a body of Christian believers fragments and how this fragmentation affects this body’s witness to the world.

This novel is somewhat of a companion piece to the previous book in so much as it touches upon many of he same theological issues. I would love to have them published simultaneously but they may not be possible.

The third book is my annotated collection of Dale Moody lectures. I was not planning this but now that I will be in Ohio, my proximity to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (where Dr. Moody taught) will be a tremendous help. Ha!


Recent Areas of Interest:

Books: Faust, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Greek Passion, Siddhartha, The Western Canon, Fragmentation and Redemption, The Last Temptation of Christ, Ulysses (audio), Titus Groan, Freedom and Limit, Garfield comics

Music: The Clash, Jeff Buckley, Jethro Tull, Bob Dylan, U2, Pink Floyd, Beck, The Who, Phish, Pearl Jam, Sinead O'Connor

Films: Mr. Arkadin, Chimes at Midnight, Lawrence of Arabia, Play Time, Baron Munchausen, Prince Caspian


Apply All of Your Days!

If it weren't for Christmas ...

Roses are reddish

Violets are bluish

If it weren't for Christmas

We'd all be Jewish.

Running on Water (a birthday promise to my self)

Aloft Deconstruction of Baptist Battles (Premonitions of Running on Water)

The Specialist

If we can say that Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone are each the worst actor and actress of their generation (and I think we can), then the film The Specialist really was something special.

Alright, who was first: Radiohead or Third Day?

"Whomsoever Dwells" - Sinead O`Connor

An absolutely fabulous song from one of my favourite Christian music artists.

Scenarios of the Fall of Man: How Else Could the Event Have Gone Down?

This is a thought experiment that I am working on for my novel. The focus is on some the various scenarios which could have occurred at the Temptation and Fall of Man as told in Genesis 3.

Here are my possible scenarios:

1) There was No Creation to begin with
2) There was No serpent
3) Adam and Eve correct the snake and/or walk away
4) Adam and Eve call on the Lord for help then and there for help against the serpent
5) Eve falls but not Adam
6) Adam falls but not Eve
7) The Lord forgives all and moves on
8) The Lord gives Adam and Eve two more chances
9) The Lord destroys them then and there “abandoning” his plan of Man
10) The Lord destroys them and starts with a new Adam and Eve
11) The Lord forgives Adam but not Eve
12) The Lord forgives Eve but not Adam
13) The Event as told in Genesis 3

Please, I would love to hear of any opinions, comments, initial thoughts, well-reasoned responses, criticisms, Scripture verses, and general replies.

Such remarks can be made either by the comment section or by email.

I shall offer no critique of the thoughts sent. No comments unless the person who sent the comments ask for thoughts and opinions.

This is not a trap ala The God-Man of Texas

Anonymous is fine.