I've heard about them through a classmate. Thoughts?

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Scott - Dallas, Texas - Faith OPC

"It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do." - Edmund Burke

I professor I had in college teaches there periodically. I will send him an email and ask him for his thoughts on it and get back to you.

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Paul Korte
OPC
Flint, MI

They who perceive in themselves discoveries of the divine goodness, so full and absolutely perfect, and who make them the subject of earnest meditation, will never embrace new doctrines, by which the very grace they feel so powerfully in themselves is thrown into the shade. --John Calvin

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Very good ministry.

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Kevin Rogers
Sovereign Community Church, PCA
Moncton NB

Very good stuff. I used their 'Understanding The Times' to teach a class long before their new-fangled curriculum. The Worldview chart - Summit Ministries: Resources - Worldview Chart - is extremely helpful. Their ministry is geared to teaching worldview stuff, and they are one of the best. They get a Mega-Ditto's from me.

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

I have also enjoyed their stuff, including the chance to hear lectures from people like D.A. Carson on MP3.

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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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I actually went to a two-week camp/conference hosted by Summit Ministries at Cedarville University two summers ago. All in all, it was good, seeing as it initiated my interest in apologetics and eventually theology, but looking back, the information I received was not altogether helpful.

First of all, they're straight-up evidentialists, which I'm not a big fan of now, but more importantly, I found some notes from there on Augustine and Pelagius, with the wording of my notes showing that the professor favored Pelagius's teachings. I had written down that Augustine's view of man was Latin for "lump of sin" while Pelagius's was Latin for "child of God" -- obviously these are incomplete definitions, but it still showed that the conference was willing to teach Pelagian views as superior to Augustinian ones, a serious problem.

But I also got to hear a lot of cool people speak, such as YEC Dr. Kurt Wise. I got a book of his too.

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Ben Maas. . . . .Facebook
In college, attending First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), Ada, OH, and
Belle Center Reformed Presbyterian Church (RPCNA), Belle Center, OH
When at home, attending Covenant Presbyterian Church (OPC), Mansfield, OH

“Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.”
-Jonathan Edwards-

Were they sure that Augustine wasn't calling Pelagius a "lump of sin"

This ministry has really branched out and grown since I went there right after High School.

The group started under Dr David Noebel in Manitou Springs, Colorado as a Christian camp. It was what I would now know as fundamentalist leaning in theology. It did a great job of combining a Christian world view (including economics, history, etc.) with a week of outdoor adventure (riding the Manitou Incline).

There was some very serious Bible knowledge testing there too, so it was definately a challenge.

They served "health foods" for meals too and had strict rules for students there (e.g. bedtime lights out and men would patrol with flashlights to make sure everyone was in bed).

Overall, it was a stimulating, exciting experience and helped build commraderie amongst young people, clearly shared the Gospel, taught the application of a Christian world view, and really helped young people build self confidence.

Based on that experience, it was excellent. It has changed a lot and expanded to several locations now but looks like Dr Noebel is still associated with it.

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Scott
PCA
North Carolina


"Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised)"
Hebrews 10:23

One of the best things going for young adults about to leave for college.

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We shall not adjust our Bible to the age; but before we have done with it, by God's grace, we shall adjust the age to the Bible. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Lawrence Underwood, Jr.
Pastor - Providence Family Fellowship / Mobile, Alabama
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