Brothers and sisters:

I wanted to let you all know that I have accepted the call to pastor the Los Angeles RP Church. Please pray for me.

-I have a presbytery examination on December 13th.
-Ordination and instillation will be in February.

If you are in the LA area- please come and visit! If you are a pastor in the area, I would love to be a part of a ministerial as well as work towards a Reformation Society of Los Angeles.

Pray for me.

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Pastor Nathan Eshelman, Los Angeles, CA
Reformed Presbyterian Church
PRESBYTERIAN THOUGHTS
Los Angeles Reformed Presbyterian Church
RPCLA Sermons Online
Puritan Reformed Seminary

Congrats and lots of prayers for you, your family, and the church.

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Boliver
Future Chaplain
EPC
Hankamer, TX

GREAT NEWS!! I'll be praying for you, brother.

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Ivan R. Schoen, B.A., M.A., M.L.I.S.
Pastor of Maranatha Baptist Church (SBC)
Poplar Grove, IL, USA
http://maranatha-sbc.org

Great news! Where is that church, exactly?

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Richard T. Zuelch, M.Div
Ruling Elder, OPC (not currently serving)
Westminster Presbyterian Church, CA (OPC)
www.alexandermaclaren.wordpress.com
www.reiterations.wordpress.com
www.spurgeonswords.wordpress.com

Devout souls do not take offence at the depths and difficulties of God's Word, but are, thereby, drawn to intenser contemplation of them. - Alexander Maclaren (1826-1910)

Praise the Lord!

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John
Member
Christ Presbyterian Church (OPC)
Salt Lake City, Utah
www.christpres.net

Where is this church located?

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:detective:
Travis Speegle
Redeemer Presbyterian, PCA (Waco, Tx)
Pacific Cross Roads, PCA (Los Angeles, CA)


"When it comes to trustworthy theologians one can usually honor the rule of thumb that the deader the better."-Dr. John Hannah, DTS (of all places)

In Glassell Park, Los Angeles - Nearby Communities: Burbank, Glendale, Eagle Rock, Pasadena

Church and Map website: Reformed Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles

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Gil Garcia
Rehoboth Reformed Church (RCUS)
La Habra, CA

"Ignorance of this distinction between Law and Gospel is one of the principal sources of the abuses which corrupted and still corrupt Christianity." - Calvin's successor


"By the words of the law man is admonished and taught, not what he can do, but what he ought to do. How is it that you theologians are twice as stupid as schoolboys, in that as soon as you get hold of a single imperative verb you infer an indicative meaning...?"
-Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will

Congratulations! Perhaps I'll visit one day when I'm back home in Los Angeles.

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Nikki Edmond
Desert Springs Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Tucson, AZ
Principle and Practice Blog
Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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James Helbert, Wytheville, VA
Providence Reformed Presbyterian Church, RPCUS
TheBibleAlone.com / The Edinburgh Inn
"Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?” - Zechariah 3:2

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Wonderful news, Nathan! May the Lord bless you and your family as you move.

BTW, be sure to give me your new address. Los Angeles is a very dangerous place and valuables (e.g., your huge library) are easily stolen. Just let me know when you will be gone from home for a few days. Me and my "homies" will be sure to "watch" your place while you're gone.

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Dennis E. McFadden, Ex Mainline Baptist (in Remission)
Atherton Baptist Homes, CEO
First Baptist Church of Alhambra, Member, Transformation Ministries (CA)

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Congratulations!!!!!! Job well done. You've earned it. May your pulpit ring with Biblical truths!

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Timothy Johnson
First United Presbyterian of Moline
PCUSA (Yea, I know)
Theology/Philosophy Sunday School Teacher
Davenport, IA

Congratulations, and may the Lord bless you and yours in your ministry there, Nathan!

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Andrew

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Carlos Eduardo de Oliveira
Member
Presbyterian Church in Aluminio
Mairinque, São Paulo, Brazil

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Benjamin P. Glaser, M. Div, Licentiate, Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Member Fairmount ARP Church
Pittsburgh, PA

Deo Vindice

Congratulations, brother. May the Lord bless you in this new endeavour.

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Kevin, husband of a truly angelic woman, and father to ten.
Zion United Reformed Church of Sheffield
Ontario, Canada

Congrats! &

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soli Deo gloria!
~Nicholas~ Ordained Pastor
Member, Fulton PCA; GPTS Student
Christians are like snow covered dung; it is the purity of the covering which the Father sees. -Luther-
There is nothing more ugly than a Christian orthodoxy without understanding or without compassion.
-Francis Schaeffer-

May the Lord grant you many souls in your ministry.

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Rev. Todd Ruddell
Pastor, Christ Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church (RPCGA)
Wylie, TX
www.christcovenantreformedpc.org

Our best marks can contribute nothing to our justification, ...that is proper to faith. Faith cannot lodge in the soul alone, and without other graces; yet faith alone justifies before God.--G. Gillespie

Congrats!

If you ever get up to Santa Barabara, I am good friends with the Reformed University Fellowship campus minister at UCSB. His name is Jamieson. A great guy and great contact to make.

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Rev. JR HARRIS
Assistant Pastor
Redeemer Community Church (PCA)
O'Fallon, IL

Nathan, congratulations. God bless you in your service to Him.

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Bill Brown
Elder
Reformed Baptist
Maryland

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Hallelujah!

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Ben
Chaplain, US Army
Ft. Riley, KS
TE Ohio Valley Presbytery, PCA

Nathan,

I am so happy for you and the brothers in LA. It would have been nice if we could have been in the same presbytery but I will look forward to seeing you again at synod meetings. Blessings brother!

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Rev. Adam King
Minister in the RPCNA
Pastor,Trinity Reformed Church
Wichita, KS

Congrats!

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Shalom,
jessi
PCA
Steelers fan exiled to Virginia


“Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.”
Martin Luther

Very good news! May God richly bless your ministry in L.A.!

and

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Josh Hicks, Chloë's Dad
Christ Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church, RPCGA
Facebook - The Calvinist Vent
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It is God that multiplies our sorrows.... God, as a righteous Judge, does it, which ought to silence us under all our sorrows; as many as they are, we have deserved them all, and more: nay, God, as a tender Father, does it for our necessary correction, that we may be humbled for sin, and weaned from the world by all our sorrows; and the good we get by them, with the comfort we have under them, will abundantly balance our sorrows, how greatly soever they are multiplied. - Matthew Henry

Congrats and

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Sterling Harmon
Presbyterian Church of Coventry (PCA)
Coventry, CT
Deacon
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"Whatever is laudable in our works proceeds from the grace of God."
-- John Calvin, Institutes III:xv.3.

"Our Lord God must be a good man, to be fond of worthless fellows. I cannot like them, and yet I, myself, am one."
-- Martin Luther, Table Talk
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Congratulations!

What are the plans for the Grand Rapids Church?

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In Essentials Unity, in non-Essentials Liberty, in all things Charity.

Robert Paul Wieland
Springs Reformed Presbyterian Church
Colorado Springs, CO RPCNA
Student at Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh PA
Never be afraid to do something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark, but professionals built the Titanic.

May God bless your labours in His Name!

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Yours sincerely,


"Illum oportet crescere me autem minui."

Wonderful news! God bless you and your new congregation!

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Traci
Lynnwood OPC
"I have taken all my good deeds, and all my bad deeds, and cast them through each other in a heap before the Lord, and fled from both, and betaken myself to the Lord Jesus Christ, and in him I have sweet peace."--David Dickson

The Grand Rapids church is still in good hands. She will do well.

Nathan,

Does this mean you are now going to become a Dodger's and Laker's fan?

The heartiest of congratulations, Nathan! You and your family will remain in our prayers!

Margaret

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Margaret
Free Church of Scotland [Continuing]
Michigan

wonderful news...praying for you

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Bobbi Clark
Covenant Member
Pinewood Pres. (PCA) Middleburg

When I kept Silent, My bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. Psalm 32:3

Congratulations! May the Lord bless your labors.

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Donnie MacLeod
Crossroads Presbyterian Fellowship (PCA), Maplewood, MO
MDiv Student Covenant Theological Seminary

You filled my heart with greater joy
than others may have found
As they rejoiced at harvest time,
when grain and wine abound.Ps 4:7, Sing Psalms 2003

Exciting news! Congratulations to you, your family and the people you will be pastoring!

The few Christians that I know in the LA area are far from Reformed, but maybe I can send them your way for a good talking to!

The Lord bless you in the move and transition!

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Rev. Toby L. Brown, pastor
Jefferson Center Presbyterian Church--in, but not of, the PC(USA)
Saxonburg, PA
A Classical Presbyterian
Proud member of The Westminster Fellowship

"The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which God is also highly exalted." --Jonathan Edwards

congratulations and good luck!

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Erick Bohndorf, Redeemer Presbyterian PCA
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Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he toils under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his reward. Ecclesiastes

God bless.

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Kevin Rogers
Sovereign Community Church, PCA
Moncton NB

Thanks everyone.

Here is an update:

I have my presbytery examinations on December 13th. I will be preaching December 14th. The ordination and installation will be in the early part of February.

Please come out and visit!

Early part of February? Does that mean that your huge library will be "home alone" during the service? Hmmmmmmmm.

10 commandment brother.

JK.

So are you coming on the 14th?