
05-12-2008, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Dena Quote:
Originally Posted by Dogfreid Ben,
Thank you for your suggestions. They are valuable.
I'm actually currently enrolled at Trinity at their extension campus in south Florida. I'm finishing up my BA there and should have it done by December. I realize that their Divinity school in Deerfield is doubtless different from my experience with their undergrad university here in Florida, but I get a taste of what Trinity offers even now. And yeah, both TEDS and GCTS were on my shortlist a while back.
But it came down to two things that made me elevate RTS Orlando to the top slot. 1) They are Reformed and I am definitely interested in learning from Reformed professors, and 2) Orlando is a manageable distance from where both my wife's family and my family live (Miami). If we have a baby anytime soon, it'll be near-impossible to continue with seminary if I'm at South Hamilton, MA, for example.
What I meant to communicate by stating that adherence to confessionalism not being my primary concern is not that I prefer a broad perspective to a Reformed perspective. No, I definitely prefer a Reformed perspective. But take Dr. Frame for example, I fit in with someone like him quite well and he's not exactly the confessional poster boy. I reject the RPW, for example. I'm also not a strict cessationist, but more of a modified cessationist (or restricted continuationist, if you like). You get my drift. |
why? | Because my wife and I agree that once we have kids she won't work a job any longer. And if this happens while at seminary in Orlando, we can simply move back down to Miami and I can make the drive to and from Orlando for a couple of days each week. This is how my pastor did it. And in this situation my wife could potentially work one or two days at the family business while either of our parents take care of the baby. That way we gain some additional income and the baby gets a chance to spend some quality time with his/her grandparents.
__________________ Berny
Kendall Presbyterian Church, PCA
Miami, FL The Perichoresis
"For how can the thought of God penetrate your mind without your realizing immediately that, since you are his handiwork...you owe your life to him?" - John Calvin
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