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It wasn’t an intentional hiatus, but I just realized it has been seven months since I wrote my last post. Statistically speaking, a break that long should have cost me all of my subscribers, but a surprising number of loyal (or lazy?) readers have stuck with me through the downtime.

But I’m back and I’m looking forward to writing regularly as well as trying to more precisely define the content of Cogito. I encourage everyone to subscribe to the RSS feed, and I will be enabling subscription by e-mail for those that prefer that medium. If all goes as planned posts will generally fall under the following topics:

• Science & Faith - Historically I have written on the topic of “apologetics”, or what has become widely (and politically) known as “Intelligent Design.” While I think this topic is very important in certain contexts, my views concerning the purpose of so-called “apologetics” has changed quite a bit. I will expound on this more in a future post, but it essentially comes down to Romans 1:20:
  

  For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

  That is, the evidence is there and - like the parables Christ used as teaching tools - the information itself naturally provokes polar reactions (faith vs. skepticism). Those that want to disbelieve will always find ways to do so; therefore, I don’t know that an evangelistic focus should be given to disproving theories that exist solely as reasons to disbelieve. On the other hand, we should consider the evidence in light of our belief in God and let it further kindle the faith of those who have seeking hearts. I plan to write more about this soon. I don’t believe the creation vs. evolution debate is directly constructive to the salvation of souls; Overall, it is nothing more than an ingenious distraction.

• Religion & Current Events - Religion is in the news on a daily basis. Sadly, the great majority of this news is negative. Wrong-headed and false religion is responsible for more turmoil in this world than skepticism and unbelief. What has gone wrong? What are the sources of all the violence, misunderstanding and vastly different “interpretations” of a single book? These are all things I’d like to analyze as they arise in mainstream news.
• Getting at the heart of what it means to be a Christian - I’ve witnessed a lot of politics, scriptural dishonesty and downright hatred of brethren in my young life and it has disquieted me to a point of questioning everything and re-examining/re-tooling my beliefs in light of scripture. It is so easy to become comfortable in what you are taught, regardless of it’s validity. So, I count desire to question and prove as a great blessing. As a young, newly-married, American male I face mountains of spiritual struggles. I don’t intend to hide those as I explore what it means to be a Christian in this modern age. We are all human and fallible at best. Until we recognize that as a fundamental fact, we will always proceed with unrealistic expectations met by inevitable disappointment. I want this blog to be a place of honesty as well as encouragement. Being a Christian in a corrupt and materialistic world isn’t easy and none of us should pretend it is.

I will also be posting the occasional links to things I find of general interest, but for the most part this is my roadmap for the future of Cogito. As far as the reasons for my extended silence, I have been extraordinarily busy with a variety of exciting ventures. Among them are two soon-to-launch websites that I encourage you to check out (and share with your friends)

• For iPhone owners there is iPhonicka.com, which is a resource for all things iPhone (software and accessorie reviews, guides, news, contests and more).
• For coffee lovers (like myself) we will soon be launching Perk-O-Late, a collection of news, reviews, brewing techniques and more.

Both sites should be fun and informative.

As always, thanks for reading Cogito and your comments are always welcome!

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