It's a pleasure to be able to join the Puritan Board. I've seen many posts through Google Reader and been impressed, entertained and edified by reading them!

I'm a PCA Ruling Elder in Barboursville, WV, and Stated Clerk for Providence Reformed PCA. On behalf of the church, we welcome y'all to visit us (we're just east of Huntington, WV - FMI see Welcome).

My wife Chris and I have 4 sons, age 12 to 25. I'm a wastewater engineer by trade so have always had interest in purification. EPA's nitpicking led to my salvation - there's enough legalism at work, so grace is even more essential personally.

I was raised in a non-observant Jewish home in Brooklyn and by the grace of God was saved in 1984 in St Albans, WV. The ministry of TE Rod Mays and TE Rodney King at Covenant PCA (now of Nitro, WV) helped shape my formative years, and have benefited greatly from TE Jerry Maguire, TE Steve Warhurst , and most recently TE Greg Cook at Providence.

Favorite authors include Terry Johnson, Sinclair Ferguson, Joey Pipa, R.C. Sproul, John Piper. I recommend Steve Schlissel (please don't be mad at me, FV-opposed) you won't agree with all his conclusions but respect his analysis.

Praying for revival in Appalachia and to the end of the earth,

Jim Williams

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Jim-Bob...The Hillbilly Hebrew. Shalom, Y'all!

Welcome to the Puritan Board, and Shalom!

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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

Greetings Jim-Bob from the frozen tundra of Wisconsin! I join with you in prayer for revival in Appalachia, Wisconsin, our dear country and throughout the world!

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Ivan Schoen, Pastor * Maranatha Baptist Church * Poplar Grove, Illinois USA www.maranatha-sbc.org/
"Mankind is divided into two sorts: such as live according to man, and such as live according to God. These we call the two cities...The Heavenly City outshines Rome. There, instead of victory, is truth" — Augustine of Hippo

Great to have you here brother!

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1689 Baptist Confession

Psa 55:16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
Psa 55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
James Farley, Wilderness Road Baptist Assembly.
Husband of Melissa and father of Ann.
www.wildernessroadbaptist.org

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~Wayne Wylie~
Member, Mid Cities Presbyterian Church (OPC)
Ruling Elder - Inactive
http://www.mcopc.org
Bedford, TX

Job 28:28 - And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

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to the Puritanboard. Nice to have you.

We have been through your area many times when we were living in PA and our son was studying at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN.

Thank you for taking the time to introduce yourself to the rest of us.

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~Jay~
Husband of ENS, father of J II. | Indian Trail, NC
Currently disabled due to health issues
Communicant Member, Precentor | Presbyterian Reformed Church of Charlotte, NC | Presbyterian Reformed Church

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Bill Brown
Elder
Grace Baptist Church
Anne Arundel County, Maryland

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Visit the Eggus Blog

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Chris Poe
Mandeville, LA

"There are the foolish fanatics always to be found in such a movement and always discrediting it--the lunatic fringe in all reform movements." Theodore Roosevelt

Greetings from the unusually sunny Washington state!

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

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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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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JC
URCNA
PA

"Forgiveness is primarily for our own sake, so that we no longer carry the burden of resentment. But to forgive does not mean we will allow injustice again." --Jack Kornfield

Howdy Jim, I'm so glad you could join us. I will look forward to your contribution. Blessings to you and your family sir.

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Bob Vigneault (Bawb Vēēn-yo)
I just know there's got to be a pony in here somewhere!

The Heartbeat of Heaven (blog) MySpace (Music), MySpace (Personal)
Member of Christ Presbyterian Church, Janesville, WI OPC www.christ-opc.org

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The world gets a little smaller every day.

Great to have you here, Mr. Williams!

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Joshua Wiseman
Riverview PCA
Charleston, WV

"Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings."
- Psalm 17:8

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How often have you wondered why Christ should set His heart upon such a one as you! --Octavius Winslow

Lon Wadkins (Jesup, Iowa)
New Covenant Fellowship, OPC
Independence, Iowa

Welcome!

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Mike Renihan
~Pastor, Heritage Baptist Church, Worcester, MA, ARBCA
~Executive Director, Mission::Ireland, "Bringing the Reformation to the Emerald Isle one book at a time."
~Professor, Worcester State College, Dept. of History & Political Science
~Publisher, B & R Press, Auburn, MA
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend; inside of a dog, its too dark to read." --Groucho

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Davidius
Husband of Emilia
Member: First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham (RPCNA) - Durham, NC
Currently in the process of transferring membership to an as-yet-undecided church in Chapel Hill
Student: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, German Literature and Classics

Greetings to the hillbilly Hebrew!

Good to meet you!

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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

Salutations!

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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

Greetings. Is Rodney King the same Rodney King who is now pastoring an OPC church in Des Moines?

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Rev. Lane Keister
Teaching Elder, PCA, North Dakota (working out of bounds in a CRC and an RCA church)
http://greenbaggins.wordpress.com
http://brahmsgreenglove.blogspot.com
http://accenttranslation.blogspot.com
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Greetings and Mega Dittos! It's great to have someone of your caliber here!

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

Welcome Sir!

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Traci
Lynnwood OPC
Psalm 52:8-9
8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

Welcome!

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Yours sincerely,


"Illum oportet crescere me autem minui."

Hi Brother Welcome.

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<Raj>
Church Planting/Community devolepment
U.P. and U.A. States, North India

No other Name except Jesus (Acts 4:12)
http://groaningcreation.blog.com