Leland has been attending Ruth Institute since our founding. He came to our Same Sex Marriage Affects Everyone series (now up on our You-Tube channel, and available for sale.) I asked him to start posting for us, because he kept sending me interesting news clips, too many for me to post myself! So, he has agreed to share his clippings and his thoughts with us. Leland describes his faith journey to me, in this way:
My journey to salvation took me from nominal Roman Catholic, to agnostic, to atheist, to New Ager, to pseudo-Christian, but eventually (and finally) to orthodox, born again, follower of Christ. I began to acquire an exhaustive (albeit informal) education as a Christian thinker shortly after moving to the Los Angeles basin and discovering the abundance of Christian theological, philosophical, and apologetic ministries that exist in Southern California. I have spent thousands of hours over the course of the last twenty years learning from some of the world’s foremost Christian scholars (including of course, Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse). I am a member of the Seventh Day Baptist church.
Welcome to the Ruth blog, Leland!