All (have fun interpreting that...),

Greetings from a former lurker turned member! I don't know how much I will post, but it is a tad addicting so far... I am a member of the Reformed Baptist Church of Louisville, KY. I work as the serials assistant at the Southern Baptist Seminary library. Yes, I do love to read! My favorite book, outside the Bible, is probably Pilgrim's Progress. So far there are lots of interesting threads on this board. I pray that God will use me to edify and encourage others here.

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MarieP
Reformed Baptist Church
Louisville, KY

"I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth which You have shown Your servant" (Gen. 32:10)

Welcome (finally!) to the PB, Marie!

We L'villians have to stick together!

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Tim Phillips
Pastor, Midlane Park Presbyterian Church (ARP)
Louisville, KY
Husband of Scottish Lass
My Blog: Gairney Bridge
My Facebook/My Avatar

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"Wherever the gospel is preached, it is as if God Himself came into the midst of us." ~ John Calvin

Yay--I'm so glad you joined!! Now we don't have to wait til every other Sunday night to fellowship!

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Anna
Wife of Tim/Marrow Man
Louisville, KY
Member of Midlane Park Presbyterian (Associate Reformed Presbyterian)

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Lance G. Marshall
Pastor
Georgetown, Indiana

LOL! No kidding! Though "in person" is better ;-) We should get together more often! We are having our Ladies' Conference Sat. if you can come...

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Marie, Is the SBTS at Louisville becoming Reformed under Albert Mohler? I read his blog every day.

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Jeff Allen

First Baptist Church SBC
Christ Follower


"Unto Him that Loved us" Revelation 1:5

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Michael P Doyle
Waukesha WI
Member of http://www.cornerstone-pca.com/
Attending http://www.lampseminary.org/

Greetings!

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

Yes, in many ways it is. I am very thankful for Dr. Mohler! When he started out as president, the school was probably about as liberal as the PCUSA seminary across the highway! That being said, while Calvinist in soteriology, it's not necessarily Reformed in other areas (looser on the RPW, most don't hold to the Lord's Day Sabbath). Due to the fact there are both Calvinists and non-Calvinists in the SBC, not all are even Calvinists, but the professors do sign the Abstract of Principles, which is a Calvinistic confession. I believe it's the best of the SBC's seminaries and much better than most of the other so-called "evangelical" seminaries.

Welcome, I wish I would have lurked more.

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Alan Hughes
PCA
Lake Zurich, Illinois

If you think I'm a Hyper-Calvinist, God planned that thought before the foundation of the Earth. If you try to tell me that God only planned some things and not all things, then your problem is with God not me.

Hey, Ben! Long time no chat! I hope the Presbys are still treating you well

How's the chaplaincy? A member of my church left to go do that...hard work, today's "tolerant/postmodern" climate and all...

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Albert, The Republic of the Philippines
Pasig United Covenant Reformed Church (a Reformed church plant)
United Covenant Reformed Churches in the Philippines (UCRCP)
Three Forms of Unity and Westminster Confession of Faith

Psalm 27:1a (AV) The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
“Perseverance is the badge of true saints. The Christian life is not a beginning only in the ways of God, but also a continuance in the same as long as life lasts.” -

Greetings Marie!

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Ruby
Queensland, Australia


"He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee,
but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God."
Micah 6:8

Welcome, Marie

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Norm
IA PCA

In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will. Ephesians 1:4-5

Welcome to the Puritan Board!

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Jennifer Flummerfelt
layman, P.C.A.
Wichita, KS

"Man's chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever."

Happily Married to KS_Presby as of September 12, 2009

Hello and welcome! That sounds like a great job. I love Albert Mohler too. I wish we had more Baptists like him.

Blessings,
Rachel

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Rachel
Baptist Church, Central FL
“A man’s free will cannot cure him even of a toothache, or of a sore finger and yet he madly thinks it is in its power to cure his soul! The greatest judgment which God Himself can, in the present life, inflict upon a man is to leave him in the hands of his own boasted free will.” - Augustus Toplady (1740-1778)

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Bob, elder, RBC Louisville. 1689 LBCF

"... Of such also, or of those who make a credible profession of being such, all those particular churches consist, which constitute our Lord's visible kingdom. ... Consequently, all the subjects of His government must have spiritual dispositions, , and yield spiritual obedience- obedience proceeding from an enlightened understanding, an awakened conscience, and a renewed heart."- Abraham Booth 1788

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Andrea
Presbyterian, attending Baptist church
Perugia, Italy
Owner: federiformata.it

"Quos et vocavit nos non solum ex Iudæis sed etiam ex gentibus" (Rom. 9.24)

Greetings and Salutations.

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Donald Jacobs
Roanoke VA.
Covenant Reformed Episcopal Church.

Cum vero infirmor tunc potens sum.

to the PB

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Martin - Reformed
Husband to the most godly, honorable and loyal wife Line
Searching for a Church
Webpage www.5solas.dk
Free Online Reformed Seminary - http://www.tnars.net
Soli Deo Gloria

Welcome to the PB!

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Yvonne
Reformed Presbyterian
Currently seeking a Church

"A man's most glorious actions will at last be found to be but glorious sins, if he hath made himself, and not the glory of God, the end of those actions." -T. Brooks

Greetings, Marie! Happy to see you here!

Question, your church's website says that it is "practical"...what does that mean?

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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

yo

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~ Charles Stephen Barribeau ~
Christ Presbyterian Church , OPC (They sing alot of Psalms!)
Original Westminster Standards (I need to study more...)
The Puritans were best! Also... I NEED TO READ MORE!!!
Philipians1:29(KJV) For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

Janesville, Wisconsin (In the fellowship of Bob Vigneault and Matt+Megan Meisberger)

Ivan, good question! I'm sure rbcbob can whack at it better than I can, but I'll try first

It's not what most churches today mean by "practical" or "relevant." It's not that we look at society and run a poll of their "felt needs" and base things on what they think those needs are. This is because they don't know their greatest need, and sometimes even us as believers don't know it!

Rather, it means we look at others and ask, "What does God say that they need?" And the answer to that is the Gospel and the whole counsel of God! And not just in a way that presents the bare facts. Nor in a way that simply tells them how to be a better home-school mom or a better employee (though we trust being in God's presence and hearing from His Word does that), but in a way that shows to them why Christ and the cross and the empty tomb change everything- as a local church and as individuals too.

One of my pastors is preaching through Acts, and he made a conscious decision at the beginning to make the main thing the main thing. Instead of focusing on what passages don't mean, or on how people "out there" misuse texts, he is focusing on what the text does mean and what we are called to be or do in light of it. This is applied to both believers and non-believers.

Recently, my pastor wrote a Reformed Baptist Fellowship blog article, which should cast light on what is meant by "practical."

On the Pleasures of Preaching to the Choir

to the PB

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Thanks in Christ
Gord
RTI Student
Burlington, Ontario

By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels are predestinated unto everlasting life, and others foreordained to everlasting death.

to the PB, Marie.

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Line - Lutheran
Wife to Martin, the love of my life
Mother to Josva, the most wonderfull baby in the world
Member of the Danish Evangelical-Lutheran Church

Welcome to the board.

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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-

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

Deo Vindice

Welcome! Glad to see another lady who likes to read books on here.

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J Baldwin
Keowee Presbyterian Church, PCA
Pickens, SC
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” Luke 10:27

Check Out My Blog: http://reflectjoy.blogspot.com/

Heart warming when Southern Baptists join our merry band. We have so much work to do.

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Rangerus
Southern Baptist
Austin, TX
Teacher and Volunteer
1689 LBCF & BF&M 2000

Finally....

Hey Marie. Hope we can meet someday. As you know I come down there a lot to play. I have met a few of the PB guys from Louisville. Rich B. is coming up from Owensboro next week to fly out of Indy. I am always overjoyed to meet the people of God.

Your brother,
Randy

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R. Martin Snyder
1689er
http://www.puritanboard.com/blogs/puritancovenanter/

"Our object should not be to have scripture on our side but to be on the side of scripture; and however dear any sentiment may have become by being long entertained, so soon as it is seen to be contrary to the Bible, we must be prepared to abandon it without hesitation."
William Symington

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Welcome, Marie. Who's the lady in your avatar, by the way? We look to be from about the same era.

Edit: Well, I think it's a lady . . . sometimes it's hard to tell. Both sexes wore that frilly thing around their neck for a while, didn't they?

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Laura
member of Geneva OPC, Woodstock, GA
"Christ has done great things for his people, and he has suffered great things for his people, and he has purchased great things for his people, and he has prepared great things for his people; yet many of his own dear people are so taken up with their own hearts, and with their own duties and graces, that Christ is little eyed by them or minded by them! This is the great reason why so many Christians, who will certainly go to heaven—do walk in darkness, and lie down in sorrow." - Thomas Brooks

Welcome!

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Serving Christ in Tennessee.
Judson
Elder - Reformed Baptist
Hixson, TN

www.christschurchofchattanooga.com

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Ashley
Crossbridge Community Church
Texas
vincit qui patitur

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! Romans 11:33 NASB

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Josiah Lovett
Member of
Trinity OPC
Bothell WA
Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Westminster Standards

No, my avatar was two generations later. Though they do look so much alike! That's Ann Judson. Have you read My Heart in His Hands? Her devotion to the Lord and to her husband in a faraway, pagan land truly is inspiring!! She had much love for Christ and for the souls of men, which enabled her to bear through so much toil and pain. Several years ago, I borrowed the book from a real-life missionary sister of mine, who had written in the margins her own insightful thoughts and comments So Ann Judson not only was an inspiration herself, but she reminds my of my dear sister in the Lord, who just left for the mission field in a land not far from Burma!

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Rangerus,

Although my church is independent, I have many friends who are SBC and am thankful that I can work in a Seminary that is rooted in the Scriptures and is seeking to train men and women so Christ may be glorified and His name known among the nations. True, the SBC has a lot of problems. ones that can't be overlooked, but then again, every church has its problems.

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Mark Maney
Edmonton Chinese Baptist Church
Master of Theological Studies
Master of Arts (Cross Cultural)
Trinity Western University, ACTS Seminaries
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Michael Tremmel
attending Christ Reformed Baptist Church
Hales Corners, WI.

Isaiah 46:5-11

I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Ps.16:8 ESV

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. 1 Cor.15:10a ESV

Praecepta docent, exempla movent (precepts teach, but examples move)

Yes, PB is like eating baked potato chips (the healthy kind )....welcome!

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sarah
WI
OPC
My Pastor's Sermons: Mark Jenkins...he's awesome!!!

Ah, thanks for enlightening me. I have not read anything about the Judsons yet. I'm sure that book you have with your friend's notes is quite valuable.

Btw, you aren't the Marie who hangs out in James White's chat room sometimes, are you?