What is Pointed Banter?

In short, Pointed Banter is where I ramble about the insights God chooses to reveal to me through His word.

The long version? I bought this domain name ages ago, long before my walk with God began to take a priority in my life. I'd heard the phrase "pointless banter" so often, that the idea of having banter with a point to it amused me and I sat on this url for a while. In 2025, at the ripe old age of 42, I went on my first mission trip. It was the first time in years I'd shared my testimony with a preacher. It felt good. As I began to draw closer to God and ask him how to better serve him, he reminded me that the one talent he gave me that I wasn't using for him was writing. This website is me saying yes to what God has asked me to do. 

Oh, man, that really depends on who you ask! I'm pretty much a screw up that God decided to take pity on. I'm not worthy to be writing the content of this website. Like everyone else, I'm someone who was born on the wrong side of the sin gap and in need of God's love and the saving power of Christ. Like many, I'm someone who started on a journey back to God, let my flesh and feelings get in the way, paused that journey, then finally came to my senses and started listening to God again. Now, I'm just a guy who loves God and is trying to serve however I feel called. I am not a seminary scholar. I do my best to research anything I say on here so I don't knowingly go against what God is trying to say, but none of my higher education is bible-related. You can do all the same research I do with a standard search browser and a paper bible.

Why do I matter? Well, I've always been a big fan of the Jackie Robinson quote (and allow me to butcher it as I paraphrase): "No life has any meaning except in the impact it has on others." If all I ever do is convince one new person that God loves them and wants to do amazing things for and through them, then I'll move on to Heaven happy. 

Who do I hope I am? Selfishly, I hope I'm the type of Christian that Jesus looks down on and says, "I'm so glad I decided to be that guy's friend! I am doing such mighty things through him!" I hope that I'm never seen as judgmental and always seen as approachable. I hope that I'm the kind of Christian that makes God seem so loving and approachable that people want to meet him (without compromising what I believe God stands for). 

The first message I want anyone who comes to this site to see and understand is that your relationship with God is meant to be something personal. I dedicated a whole page to making it personal. I'd start there.