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EnjoyingBeer.com - By far my most enjoyable web endeavor yet! I started EB shortly after my 21st birthday, long before I really understood beer, but far enough along to recognize the superiority of certain beers. It went through several incarnations, and for a time even was anonymous (during my stint in Nashville’s Christian [read: Baptist] music industry).

My rating system was pretty fun:

• 5 Beers = On Tap in Heaven
• 4 Beers = One of Earth’s Best Offerings
• 3 Beers = Good Beer for Good Times
• 2 Beers = If There’s Nothing Else
• 1 Beer = Don’t Put this Crap on Tap 

I wouldn’t mind selling this domain, but I’m tempted to hang onto it and do something really great with it someday.

JameyB.com was my personal blog on Wittenberg Hall where I posted writings and thoughts about anything miscellaneous - in other words, not related to the subjets of the other sites (such as classical education, beer, or eschatology).

I’ll probably hang onto the domain and perhaps resurrect it in the future.

Postmillennialism.com

Postmillennialism is the eschatological school of thought in Christian theology that says that the Gospel will fill the earth, gradually converting the world to Christ. Eventually, says postmillennial thought, the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters covers the sea, and all this prior to the Second Coming of Christ. As you may have noticed, this is quite a contrast to the popular Left Behind theology. In addition, most of us believe that the Great Tribulation is in reference to the events leading up to the destruction of Jerusalem and the Jewish Temple in AD 70.

I became convinced of postmillennialism at 19 years old, and became a rabid proponent of the teaching. I registered postmillennialism.com in 2000, and deliberately opened it on Easter in commemoration of Christ’s victory over sin and death through his death and resurrection.

The site went through several incarnations over its 11 year history. During that time, it helped to open many doors of opportunity for me, and I made many friends through it. I’m particularly fond of the period where we had an active discussion board…that was our social networking.

Originally titled Folks, It’s Not That Bad!, the site motto has always been “Optimistic eschatology in the midst of Christian pessimism.” 

I might bring it back someday, but for now it’s going to have rest for a while. 

Wittenberg Hall was the blog that never wanted to be a blog. I saw it more as a theological webzine - sort of a reimagined RazorMouth 2.0. Really, it was a family of sites that covered beer, education, eschatology, theology, culture, and more. Inspired by Martin Luther, my intention was to have a historically ecumenical blog that highlighted thoughtful Christian thinking from a number of perspectives. I saw Wittenberg as an excellent bridge - for Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants alike.

I ran the site with a little help from friends. Our contributors were eclectic, and included Orthodox, Anglican, and Reformed men, including Dr. Thomas Askew, Fr. Stephen Freeman, Dr. George Grant, Eric Holmberg, Bishop Lucien Lindsey, Rev. Steve Schlissel, Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr., and Rev. Dr. Peter Toon. Occasionally, Robbie Grayson, Gary DeMar, David Bunker, P. Andrew Sandlin, and Alison Sailer offered their expertise. For a time, we partnered with my friend Gregg Strawbridge’s WordMp3.com and offered free downloads of lectures and sermons from various Christian thinkers.

It was plenty fun. I ran the main site from 2005 - 2011, but posting was somewhat irregular beginning in 2009 or so. Ultimately, my move to Hawaii, and then my conversion to Orthodox Christianity, led to the site going dormant. I’m pulling the site soon, but I’ll hang onto the domains for a while.

RazorMouth.com - An online webzine of “cutting-edge Christianity”

Joel J. Miller’s brainchild, RM was a largely Protestant theological webzine for the average Christian. We covered culture, theology, beer, cigars, politics, as well as practical matters (like family life), with regular contributions from David Bahsen, Jeremy Lott, Dale Meador, P. Andrew Sandlin, R.C. Sproul Jr., John Whitehead (and a few other guys), with occasional contributions from Douglas Wilson and others.

We covered the gamut. Theological topics included Federal Vision (before we knew there was one), Law/Gospel, and end times; we reviewed or discussed movies like Legally Blonde, Bruce Almighty, and Matrix; we danced about to the tunes of Joy Electric, Vigilantes of Love, and Death Cab for Cutie; and there was plenty about libertarian politics.

It was great fun and a headache all wrapped into one. Joel and I remember those days with both a chuckle and a cringe.

I was the Managing Editor and a contributor from roughly 2001 to 2005, or something like that. It was primarily through RazorMouth that I figured out how to write and learned a thing or two about editing. (Thanks, Joel!)

(The domain now belongs to someone else entirely, and we have nothing to do with that.)

Defiant Joy: The Remarkable Life & Impact of G.K. Chesterton by Kevin Belmonte

Alison and I wrote the jacket copy for this really cool biography of one of the greatest Brits of the last century.

Published by Thomas Nelson, 2011. 336 pages.