Well, I'm back at school.  Part of me is happy and yet most of me just wants to go home.  That's okay.  It seems that only infrequently do what we want and what we get coincide.  Faith is knowing that God will look after His children and that everything works out for a reason. 

Today in church my pastor spoke about how we should not look at Christianity as a duty, but rather as a response out of love.  While I agree with that assesment, I also think that there is a real part of the Christian life that is duty.  If we were truely conformed to the image of God, then we could do things with the single minded purpose of honoring God.  As we are fallen however, sometimes we just have to do the right thing because it is the right thing.  Even if we don't want to at all.  Sometimes you just have to buck up and remember to live in the light of what is true (the gospel of hope) and not in the light of our circumstances.

on a lighter note...  Can anyone give me a good exegetical understanding of believers baptism?  As I currently attend a PCA church, I understand the case for infant baptism, but I am still trying to understand believers baptism before I prayerfully decide where I stand on the question.

grace and peace to you