About Me
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I was taught, by God’s sweet providence, much of the Bible as a small child. It has been written on my mind for many, many years. But just like any other good teaching that I learned as a child it took my heart many more years to catch up to my mind. The implicit rules and explicit commands in the Bible were obeyed and disobeyed by me over the years and not until fairly recently in my story has my heart begun to catch up to these actions.
Growing up with an older brother and a younger sister did not make raising me any easier. I can undoubtedly say that I was likely the greatest challenge for my parents. Not because of any aberrant behavioral issues or any deep seated flaws in my adolescence, but because of my political heart. I have always been good with people, perhaps too good. Participating in every church activity, every social event, and every sports team was an absolute necessity. I had to be everything for everyone, and I was generally talented, which only fed the politician's pride. Still in all the busyness I knew that there was something to this Jesus. He fascinated me, captivated my attention. I felt obligation: I must serve this Jesus. I also felt the truth, the seeds of godly motivation: I wanted to glorify my Lord.
I was brought up as an evangelical. I memorized scripture. I was familiar with the Bible. Though not until after high school did scripture really take root in my heart. For the first time, in the presence of contradictory ideas, I was driven to the text. My first theological battles were fought on the hill of spiritual gifts and charismatic theology. But as I read through the New Testament for what seemed like the first time, I was confronted with so much more. I am currently diving deep into that ocean at SBTS.
My beautiful wife, Jodee, keeps me joyful and (mostly) in-line. 5 years of marriage and counting and I could not ask for a greater blessing and each day with her is better than the last.
Lastly, our son, Jacob Robert Borah, was born on June 24, 2011, 8:02 pm at 9 lbs. and 21 1/2 in. He is a handsome young man and we are enjoying the blessing of being parents more and more each day.