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    Good Doctrine Goes Only So Far
    I recently heard a couple discussing reasons as to why they left a certain church. They kept telling me that they loved the doctrine, they loved what they heard from the pulpit, and they loved what they learned. What drove them away from this church was the attitude of some in the congregation. As they have been searching for a new church to attend, they said they...
    by Terry Delaney at September 7th, 2009 at 04:09 am
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    Ponderings About Preaching
    I’ve been reflecting upon an experience that my wife, Abbie, and I had not too long ago. I serve as a Youth Pastor at a church in Dunn, NC, called Stoney Run, which is a part of the Pentecostal Free Will Baptist (PFWB) denomination. Every summer, the denomination holds a week-long Camp Meeting where members of various PFWB churches attend to hear a speaker preach....
    by Joel M. Usina at September 4th, 2009 at 04:09 am
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    Obstacles are Just Opportunities in Disguise
    This is a guest post written by Rev. Michael Shanlian. In my fifty six years I have never met an accomplished person who did not overcome adversity. Dr. Martin Luther King said, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” I am sure my struggle to obtain...
    by W. Ryan Burns at September 2nd, 2009 at 04:09 am
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    The Sojourning Seminarian
    I am employing the word “sojourn” in a very intentional way as I reflect on my current status as an individual who has traveled a long way to attend seminary. To be certain, I have physically moved quite a distance in the past five years in pursuing education. I essentially spent the first eighteen years of my life on Aquidneck Island, in Southeastern Rhode...
    by Stephen Hess at August 31st, 2009 at 01:08 am
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    …Career Third
    Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men Colossians 3:23 This is the third post in a three part series. Read God first, family second if you have not read them yet. Now, we have come to the last third of the mantra my mom used to say to me as a kid. God first, family second, and career third. My greatest concern here is for the seminary student,...
    by Terry Delaney at August 28th, 2009 at 04:08 am
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    …Family Second…
    And a second is like it:  You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 22:39 This is the second post of a three post series. The first one, God First, discussed how God should be number one in our lives in everything that we do; specifically, where it concerns the seminary student. As I said in the previous post, this series is based upon a mantra my mom always...
    by Terry Delaney at August 26th, 2009 at 04:08 am
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    God First…
    You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Deut. 6:5 I was raised in a nominal Catholic home, but there are a few theological points my mom would make that actually make sense. One of those was the saying, “God first, family second, career third.” I would like to spend the next three posts discussing...
    by Terry Delaney at August 24th, 2009 at 04:08 am
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    When Parents Are Involved
    DISCLAIMER: I am not sure that this post will have much personal application to anyone not going into seminary right after college, or if it will have much application to anyone for that matter. However, it is part of my story and will shed light on what “going to seminary” means for me personally. Maybe your comments will provide me with some godly wisdom. HERE...
    by Stephen Hess at August 21st, 2009 at 01:08 am
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    Why go to seminary?
    This guest post is by Daryl Eldridge, President of Rockbridge Seminary. Seth Godin wrote an interesting piece about education at the crossroads today. And he raised an interesting point: School was the big thing for a long time. School is tests and credits and notetaking and meeting standards. Learning, on the other hand, is ‘getting it’. It’s the...
    by W. Ryan Burns at August 19th, 2009 at 12:08 am
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    Adopted for Life – Book Giveaway
    It has been a while since we’ve had a book review on Going to Seminary, so I got in touch with the good people at Crossway and requested that they send me Adopted for Life by Russel Moore. I requested the book because adoption is not only something that my wife and I are considering, but it is a subject that we can’t get very far into the scriptures without...
    by W. Ryan Burns at August 11th, 2009 at 05:08 am
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