My blog's name

Coming up with a decent name for my blog proved to be quite challenging and as you can see, I pretty much failed miserably in that effort.

The reason for "root and branch" is I know of a pastor who loves to use this phrase in the context of rejecting things "root and branch." In his view, we need to not only reject the superficial errors of doctrine or the outworking of false doctrine (the branch), but also dig deeper and dig out those rotten roots. He makes a good point, although he also seemed to reject an awful lot of things "root and branch" which I found somewhat humorous.

Anyway, I hope this blog serves to not only focus on the surface issues, but also gets a bit deeper and explores what lies beneath.