Hi Gil,

Yes, Vern was my first Reformed pastor. He was very gracious to and patient with a truly ignorant young man. He encouraged me to consider pastoral ministry but he was honest and realistic with me too. We had a very nice group then. Warren Embree and Bill Stephens had just graduated from the old RE seminary (when it was still Reformed in most respects) and they were "on fire" for the Reformed faith. They had gathered a group of about 25 guys or so to study the Institutes on campus at the Univ of Nebraska. I came in after glory had departed but I caught the tail end of things. Vern had to navigate a difficult situation since the congregation was composed of people who had been chased out of an old independent (former) German Reformed group by some zealous college-age dispensational types. They were worried that the same thing was going to happen again.

Vern let me exhort in St John's as my first public sermon in an actual congregation. I'm sure the pulpit is still moist with flop sweat 23 years later.

I know John Muether studied at WTS but I think Van Til was retired by then. John did get to know CVT but the book draws heavily from CVT's own correspondence.

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