I just wanted to introduce myself. If you were curious, I am from Gainesville, FL and that is where the University of Florida is. So that is how I came up with my screen name. If you can't tell I was grasping for straws when trying to come up with a screen name.

I guess I'll give my testimony here. I was born in Charleston, SC in 1988, and then moved to Gainesville, FL in 1990. I grew up in a Southern Baptist home, and so that is where I get my roots from.

I believe that I was saved at a very young age. I understood the basic truth of the gospel when I was a child, and that was that I was sinner and needed a savior. I however understood this is an Arminian or even a Pelagian sense of the gospel. I moved on to a more Arminian view of the gospel as I got older. Anyways I graduated from high school in 2006 and ended up going to Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, and I am going into my senior year there. When I got to Mercer I quickly got involved with RUF (Reformed University Fellowship), a PCA campus organization, and got introduced to the doctrines of grace. I struggled dearly with them, and I really had to wrestle with God over those. I finally came around, though, and finally accepted the truth.

Having been in RUF, I have been introduced to paedo-baptism and covenant theology, and how they relate to each other. So I would probably call myself reformed baptist or a baptisterian as I like to call it. I believe to have a very basic understanding of the issues, and so please excuse my ignorance.

And I am probably already pretty famous on this board because of that Romanism comment I made on the dunking vs. sprinkling thread. All I can say is that sometimes all you can do is look back at some of the things that we did in the past and laugh at your own lack of judgment and stupidity. And again I apologize for the comment.

And brothers, I encourage you to be patient with me. I am quite the infant when it comes to Reformed Theology. I would greatly appreciate it, though, if those who are way more versed in Reformed Theology than I am could just point me in the right direction.

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McLeod
Baptist
Florida

From one ingrafted Floridian to another - Welcome McLeod.

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Steve Butts - Former SBC-er
Three Forms of Unity - Bradenton CRCNA - Bradenton, Florida
(A conservative member in a conservative congregation)

"Turning away to false Theology is equal to turning away to false gods" — Francis Schaeffer (Death in the City)

Welcome to the crew!

Theognome

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Bill Cunningham
Covenant Reformed Church, URC
Kansas City
There are three kinds of people- those who can count, and those who can't.

Welcome, McLeod. And no worries, discretion in speech (/typing?) is something in which we all continue to grow (But the tongue no man can tame). We're glad you're here, and I look forward to getting to know 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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I grew up in Georgia not too far from Macon. I attended college in Statesboro (Georgia Southern) and was also involved in RUF while I was there.

I must warn you, though, that I am a lifelong UGA fan, and excessive Gator comments will not be tolerated on the PB.

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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

One thing we can be sure of is that we will not have to worry about MM attending any Georgia Championship parades...

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

Deo Vindice

But, but that's slightly more likely than the Pirates making the World Series...

What BWP is not telling you is that one evening after General Synod, when he spotted me wearing a Georgia t-shirt and eating peanuts from Georgia, he was so awed he felt compelled to offer me an adult beverage...

Welcome to the board Gator. We are Gator fans up here in Indy. And Gainesville is the home of the NHRA GatorNationals. Woo Hoo. Let's go Drag Racin.

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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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We can no longer be friends, Randy. [J/K]

Oh, wait, I understand -- it's not like you can root for Purdue or Indiana or Notre Dame football.

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

From a Native Floridian...

My sister lives down there in Gator Country..going to college..and one of my young neighbors and members of our church is getting ready to start there in the fall.

I lived in Milledgville for awhile, but never became a Bulldog fan...

Gainesville is just down the road about an hour from us..

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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

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 and Salutations.

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Donald Jacobs
Roanoke VA.
Covenant Reformed Episcopal Church.

Cum vero infirmor tunc potens sum.

Welcome McLeod!

Having been a very proud BAPTIST with similar views as you are exploring right now I understand. I am an 1992 alumnus of Bob Jones Univeristy in Greenville, SC and wrote a letter to Bob Jones III criticizing the school's non denominational stance and lack of pride in their Baptist Heritage. Little did I know at the time only a year later I would become a Calvinist and eventually a few years after graduating Reformed and Presbyterian.

Nothing wrong with understanding and appreciating your Baptist heritage but you'll find we are a homogenous group of Reformed folks with Baptist and Presbyterian distinctives.

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Wayne Whitmer
Member, Rio Rancho OPC
Albuquerque, NM

Welcome to the PB

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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

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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

Welcome

cheers

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Daniel
PCA
Memphis, TN

welcome.

baptisterian lolol i luv it

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Kevin
Reformed Southern Baptist
Texas
www.redemptionevangelical.com
www.reachrecords.com/speak
For if you doubt or disdain to know that God foreknows and wills all things, not contingently, but necessarily an immutably, how can you believe confidently, trust, and depend upon His promises? Martin Luther

to the PB, McLeod.

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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

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

Well, actually I do watch Notre Dame. Purdue is a family school as well as Indiana. But I would rather watch and cheer on Ball State.

If it comes to Florida vs. Oklahoma or LSU.... Go Gators. Actually I just like College Football.

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

Welcome!

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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.” -

HI!! baptist... I was one of those once!

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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)

"Go Gator" … Them the Gators don’t take no jive!”

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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)

Welcome!!!

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Alex - Orange County, CA - PCA

"I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but
Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by
faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me."
Galatians 2:20

Manton - "The sovereign dominion of God is a great prop to our faith."

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Wayne Sparkman, Th.M.
Director, PCA Historical Center, St. Louis, MO
Blogs: The Continuing Story and PCA History Blog

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Rev. Andy Eppard
Associate Minister
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Springfield, MO

"Southern Baptist born
and Southern Baptist bred
and when I die I'll be Southern Baptist dead!"

OH! Hi, McLeod! Welcome to the PB!

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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

Welcome to the PB! Thanks for sharing about your "new found" understanding of the Reformed Theology...I'm fairly new myself, and very thankful for the Puritan Board and the many Godly folks here!

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Seeking Godly Wisdom,

Melissa
Baptist>Seeking Reformed Church Home
Louisville, Ky

I have no problem figuring who I should root for most weeks in the fall: anybody playing Notre Dame.

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BTW, Welcome McLeod.

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Curt Lovelace
Pastor, Covenant Baptist Church (CBA)
Acton, Maine
Director, Lifework Forum
Sermons at SermonAudio.com/CBCActon
Blogging at Coffee with Curt

Greetings!

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Mike Myers
Teaching Elder
West Suffolk Baptist Church
Suffolk, Virginia

Many a plain, honest, unlearned disciple of Christ, by meditation, experience, prayers, and especially obedience, attains to a more clear, sound, and useful knowledge of the word of God, than some great scholars with all their wit and learning. Matthew Henry

Um... are you doing spam adds on random threads?

Theognome

Welcome! I grew up in Gainesville and still have family there.

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Denton Elliott
Husband of one wife, father of three
Deacon - Christ Community Church
Monroe, GA
Student: Whitefield Theological Seminary M.Div program

Welcome.

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Nate
Protestant Reformed Churches in America
Ann Arbor, MI