Jake Wasdin

I am first a Christian–a sinner saved by the grace of Jesus the Christ. I am a high school student now. I’m in the Southeast United States. You may see me with nicks like puritanic829, puritan829, and jawee (although there are other jawees out there for sure) online.

Theologically, what I believe is more or less summarized in the Westminster Confession Faith, although I am still not sure about some things contained therein, but I am always studying.

Some of my favorite authors, preachers, and speakers include John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, John Owen, John Piper, C. H. Spurgeon, R. C. Sproul, Thomas Watson, and Paul Washer. I have gained a lot of inspiration from the Puritans. I mainly use the ESV translation.

As far as computers, I am a Linux user primarily and almost completely. I prefer Debian-based systems. Although I switch around a bit, the distros sitting on my desk now are Maemo, Crunchbang, Mint, and Puppy. I know a little bit of a few programming languages, but I have never gotten too serious about any of them. I probably know Python the best and have been doing Java in school. I can also do the web development languages… XHTML, CSS, and enough JS and PHP to get along.

Politically, I am socially conservative and am libertarian. I more or less support the Constitution party.

That’s about it for now!

A few good Christian sites to check out are:

• Alpha and Omega Ministries -- Online ministry of James White. Invaluable apologetics material
• Desiring God -- Online ministry of John Piper with many free books, sermons, and more
• Monergism -- Many great reformed resources online. A treasure chest of valuable material that cannot be found in print oftentimes.
• Puritan Board -- A great discussion for confessional Baptists and Presbyterians who have been influenced by the Puritans
• Pyromaniacs -- A sometimes humourous blog and sometimes serious blog by Phil Johnson and others.
• The Rebelution -- A community of teenagers who want to rebel against low expectations!

Some software I like...

• Linux Mint -- A great Linux distribution for people new to Linux that want something that just works.
• OpenBSD -- A very configurable and secure OS.
• Opera -- Has become my preferred web browser and e-mail client lately; a great all in one Internet suite.
• OpenOffice.org -- If you can't afford an Office suite, this free one is excellent.
• Puppy Linux -- A tiny Linux distribution that is very powerful and is great for netbooks and old PCs.
• VLC -- A great media player for many OS's that can play about anything.