Hey guys (and gals),

This is my first post although I joined the board about a month ago. I was not too sure where to start, so I just thought I would introduce myself since I saw a clever forum entitled, “Introduce Yourself.”

I was raised in dispensational Arminian-style SBC churches here in the Bible belt my whole life, where religion is commonplace and there is a church on every corner. My parents were/are faithful Christians who faithfully modeled a marriage that testified to the truth of the gospel. Through them, and the church community, I understood the validity of the gospel message, although I did not embrace it. I made a few professions of faith throughout my life, yet lived an openly rebellious and heathen lifestyle. It was not until I was 21 when the Lord really began to convict me of my sin and my desperate need for our Savior. Ever since then, slowly but surely, the Lord has been/is transforming my life by the power of the gospel.

I was first introduced to the Reformed faith through studying apologetics. I had gotten involved in listening/discussing/reading objections to the Christian faith from atheists and skeptics. I began to learn about the different schools of apologetics and was drawn towards the presuppositional method. Also, during this time, I had been heavily drawn towards the preaching and teaching of men like John Piper and R.C. Sproul. I wrestled with the five points for about nine months before embracing them, and after another year embraced the Reformed faith completely.

I am now currently in a PCA church in Shreveport, LA where I work part-time (it is a relatively small church) with the youth.

Anyways, glad to be here! (I tried to make this as short as possible.)

In Christ,
Brady

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Brady
Part-Time Youth Pastor (PCA)
Shreveport, LA

"To suppose that whatever God requireth of us that we have power of ourselves to do, is to make the cross and grace of Jesus Christ of none effect." - John Owen

Welcome to the Puritan Board!

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole

Welcome!!!

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Benjamin P. Glaser
Pittsburgh, PA
Fairmount ARP Church, Sewickley, PA
Candidate Under Care Pittsburgh Theological Seminary & Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary

“If the Church could be aroused to a deeper sense of the glory that awaits her, she would enter with a warmer spirit into the struggles that are before her.”-- J.H. Thornwell

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Daniel Ritchie
Saintfield, Northern Ireland - Queen's University, Belfast:History/Politics
Member of Dromara Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland (Covenanter)

Welcome.

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Rev. Daniel Kok
Pastor of Grace Reformed Church (URCNA)
Leduc, Alberta CANADA
Church Blog

"there is no creature, either in heaven or on earth, who loves us more than Jesus Christ"
Belgic Confession, Article 26

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I was born and raised about 120 miles from Shreveport, in Alexandria and have spent a lot of time in the Shreveport area over the years.

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Chris
OPC member
Now attending Grace Community Baptist Church
Mandeville, LA

"Faith alone saves, but it is a faith that works." - S. Lewis Johnson

Welcome, Brady! I'm not too far north of ya here in Texarkana. Glad you're here, Brother.

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Josh Hicks, Chloë's Daddy
Member of TRBC, Attending CCRPC. My Blog
The Puritan Pub (Team Blog)
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Welcome Brady !

Glad to have another former Dispy-Arminian (like myself) on the board.

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

Hello and welcome! My wife grew up in S-port!

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~etexas~

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Sterling Harmon
Coventry, CT
PCA
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

Welcome! I had the pleasure of stopping at Shreveport some time ago whilst on my way to Mississippi, nice place =D! Glad to have you here.

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Nikki Edmond
Berean Christian Assembly (Reformed Baptist)
Tucson, AZ
HaveATulip Chat Room for Reformed Believers
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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John
Member Under Care
Christ Prebyterian Church (OPC)
Salt Lake City, Utah
www.christpres.net

Welcome fellow Louisianian!

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Devin Brian
1689er
Attending Trinity Baptist Church in Shreveport, LA.
Vivian, Louisiana, USA

"The fall of man is written in too legible characters not to be understood: Those that deny it, by their denying, prove it." - George Whitefield

Glad to meet you!

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Beth Montgomery
Wife to Steve,mom of Benjamin and John, Graduate Whitefield Theological Seminary



Blog: Journeying for Him

Tolle Lege, Tolle Lege!

to the PB, Brady. Hugs to Anna and Ezra!

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HaigLaw, ruling elder
Grace PCA, Shreveport, LA
http://www.xanga.com/HaigLaw

Hey, Devin, just noticed your signature. Have some great friends in your church, such as the Wallaces.

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HaigLaw, ruling elder
Grace PCA, Shreveport, LA
http://www.xanga.com/HaigLaw

Greetings.

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Bill Brown
Elder
Grace Baptist Church
Anne Arundel County, Maryland

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Chris Coldwell, Lakewood Presbyterian Church (PCA), Member
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and welcome!

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Margaret
Free Church of Scotland [Continuing]
Michigan

"He must increase, but I must decrease." - John 3:30

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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

Great people indeed.

Its amazing how you can find people to converse with on the internet who are either a continent away or across the street.

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Devin Brian
1689er
Attending Trinity Baptist Church in Shreveport, LA.
Vivian, Louisiana, USA

"The fall of man is written in too legible characters not to be understood: Those that deny it, by their denying, prove it." - George Whitefield

Drove through Shreveport this past Christmas while on my way to visit my sister in Minden. Nice town.

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Tom Mitchell
Opp, AL
Member of First Presbyterian Church PCA Florala, AL

Open profaneness is the broad dirty way which leads to hell
--but trusting in religious duties is a sure way, though a cleaner way to hell. ~ Thomas Brooks
www.myspace.com/tom_mitchell1960
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=607055102

Welcome.

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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

Welcome, Brady!

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Ivan Schoen, Pastor * Maranatha Baptist Church * Poplar Grove, Illinois USA www.maranatha-sbc.org/
“One of the most important discoveries I have ever made is this truth: God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied in him. This is the motor that drives my ministry as a pastor. It affects everything I do.” --- Dr. John Piper

Welcome!

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Yours sincerely,


"Illum oportet crescere me autem minui."