May. 28, 2007
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Faith · Funny · Life · Pittsburgh · Theology

I Guess I Am Emegent (but it was a tie)

You scored as Emergent/Postmodern, You are Emergent/Postmodern in your theology. You feel alienated from older forms of church, you don’t think they connect to modern culture very well. No one knows the whole truth about God, and we have much to learn from each other, and so learning takes place in dialogue. Evangelism should take [...]

May. 18, 2007
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Faith · Life · Seminary · quote

Another Good Quote

“Better is the loss that makes them humble than the success that makes them proud”
Thomas Watson - from A Body of Divinity

Apr. 26, 2007
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Another Good Quote

“[God's] silence is not his absense.”
Tim Keller

Apr. 20, 2007
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Good Quote

“Jesus is Bigger and He wins.”
-Steve Huber

Feb. 24, 2007
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Church Planting · Faith · Theology

Red Tape in the PCA

So I’m trying to go through the process of ordination in the PCA, it involves coming undercare, then interning for a year, and then passing a number of exam. But there seem to be some problems, and I might be stuck having to wait another 6 months until I can start the process. I was [...]

Switching Denominations: Or How We Moved to a Generic Presbyterian Church

So its been two months and I thought I would finally sit down and write something about our recent church decisions. Starting last summer I felt increasing pressure about whether or not I could stay in the RPCNA, the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America. The root of my problems stemmed from an uncertainty over [...]

Jan. 16, 2007
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Culture · Faith · Theology

Goodbye Christendom

My buddy Brandon in his blog was speaking about the global shift that is taking place. Christianity is loosing ground in the “western” world, but gaining ground in second and third world countries.
Brandon’s post isn’t presenting some new theory he is just stating the obvious. The one thing that he did say that I [...]

Oct. 20, 2006
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Faith · Life · Pittsburgh

New Pad

So yes after two weeks of insanity where our hopes of buying a home went from definite to very likely, to not looking so hot,it turns out that we are getting a house. Well we haven’t closed yet that will be next Tuesday, but our mortgage which was the last hurdle has been approved. We [...]

Oct. 21, 2005
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A Life in Focus

The times of our life that seems to be the most frustrating and taxing sometimes also seem to be the times of the most growth and sharpening. I feel that I am currently in one of these times of sharpening. Not only am I a graduate student being challenged to do my best work, but [...]