Welcome to my Blog!

My name's Dan, and this is my Weblog. I've been posting in various web forums for several years, but this is the first time I've ventured into "Blog" territory. A thing or two about me. I'm a 48 year old science teacher in Pasadena, Texas, who also coaches football and basketball. I'm also a devout Christian and have more recently become single. My marriage of 25+ years yeilded four wonderful children, the youngest of which is now 19. I enjoy fishing, watching almost any team sport (can't stand soccer!), and working with "my" kids, which usually total around 150 or so in any given year. Before I started teaching science, I was a social studies teacher, and I enjoy talking politics with almost anyone who can do so without yielding to the temptation to resort to personal attack, a political maneuver that gained great acceptance during the Clinton years despite the damage it did to general political discourse. So there you have it. I like to talk religion and politics; the two taboo subjects!

What do I believe? I believe that, despite continued vilification from the left, Ronald Reagan was one of the best Presidents this country has ever had and was definitely in the top three for the Twentieth Century. I believe that people need to be empowered to be the best that they can be without interference from an overbearing government, meaning that taxes, intrusions into personal liberty, and other forms of governmental regulation should be scaled back to the point of near non-existence. People will produce when it is in their best interest to do so. As long as the government encourages people to be ordinary and dependent upon government for their existence, people will fall short of their capabilities. I also believe that Jesus of Nazareth was (is) the living Son of God, the second member of the Godhead. I believe that He was born of a virgin as predicted in scripture, that He was God incarnate, that He taught His followers about the Kingdom of God and what God expects of those who would be called sons of God, that He died the ignominious death of a criminal, taking our shame upon Himself, then rose in triumph three days hence, later to be accepted into the bosom of God at the ascension. I believe that Jesus now sits at God's right hand and makes intercession for us, the believers. I also believe that He is coming again as He said He would and that He will judge the living and the dead at that time. I also believe that the time of Jesus' second coming is near and that any who would call on His name at this time will be saved!

There. I have many other beliefs, but that should give anyone who reads this enough ammo for now! - Dan