Hi everyone,

I've been lurking around the PuritanBoard for a few months now and finally decided to register. My name is David Pell and I'm a junior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, studying Germanic Languages. I've been a believer for about three years and was introduced to the doctrines of grace about a year and a half ago through reading books from guys like John Piper and Wayne Grudem. Since then I've been devouring books and online materials in a quest to have my understanding of God and the bible become more reformed.

Last semester I left the charismatic non-denominational church I had been attending for my first two years at UNC, then spent the summer in Germany, and am now looking for a local reformed church where I can become a member. My developing convictions have led me to look primarily at the local Presbyterian churches and I am spending the majority of my time visiting the OPC and RPCNA congregations in my area. I would like to begin the membership process at one of these two churches by the end of this semester.

The PuritanBoard has been of incalculable benefit to me since I first came across it and I am very excited about getting to know everyone!

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Davidius
Husband of Emilia
Member: First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham (RPCNA) - Durham, NC
Student: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, German Literature and Classics

This may explain the old adage about Baptists being Methodists with shoes, and Presbyterians being Baptists who can read. To round out the adage, Lutherans might qualify as Presbyterians who drink to excess, and Episcopalians as Lutherans who know when to say when. - D.G. Hart

Greetings from the big city farther south.

to the Puritanboard.

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~Jay~
Husband of ENS, father of J II. | Indian Trail, NC
Teacher Aide, Union County Public Schools, NC
Communicant Member, Precentor | Presbyterian Reformed Church of Charlotte, NC | Presbyterian Reformed Church

Greetings from a fellow Tar Heel (UNC-CH '91)! 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

"On land, at sea, at home, abroad, / I smoke my pipe and worship God." -- J.S. Bach

to Puritan Board, David.

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Bob Lynam
Pilgrim Presbyterian Church (OPC)
Raleigh, NC

Howdy!

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Ivan Schoen, Pastor
Maranatha Baptist Church
Poplar Grove, Illinois USA
http://maranatha-sbc.org/
"When a denomination begins to consider doctrine divisive, theology troublesome, and convictions inconvenient, consider that denomination on its way to a well-deserved death." Dr. Albert Mohler, President of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Dave, We've been meaning to have you over sometime. Email my husband, we will have to set up a time! Although, it will have to be after we have the new baby!

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Kara Reeder
Wife of ChristopherPaul, Mother to Abigail, Caleb, Grace, Zoë, Elijah, and ready to pop soon!!!

Pilgrim Presbyterian Church (OPC)

Welcome to the neighborhood!

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Scott Bushey
Husband to Tina, father to Nicole, Danielle and Zoe
Member First Presbyterian Church of Margate PCA

Welcome to the PB.

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The man who is disposed to think of his sin as a great calamity, rather than as a heinous crime, is not likely either to reverence God or to respect His law. - John Kennedy, 1873
Meg
Blog
Member, Intown Presbyterian Church,PCA, Portland, OR

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Howdy.

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Chris Coldwell
Lakewood Presbyterian Church (PCA), Member
• Naphtali Press: Presbyterian & Reformed Books
• The Confessional Presbyterian, A Journal for Discussion of Presbyterian Doctrine & Practice
• The Blue Banner Archive

When heresy rises in an evangelical body, it is never frank and open. It always begins by skulking, and assuming a disguise. Its advocates, when together, boast of great improvements, and congratulate one another on having gone greatly beyond the ‘old dead orthodoxy,’ and on having left behind many of its antiquated errors: but when taxed with deviations from the received faith, they complain of the unreasonableness of their accusers, as they ‘differ from it only in words.’ This has been the standing course of errorists ever since the apostolic age. Samuel Miller, Introductory essay, The Articles of the Synod of Dort (1841).

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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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Chris Rhoades -33
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church (PCA) Nashville, TN-Under Care

Vera theologia non theoretica, sed practica est; Finis siquidem eius agere est hoc est vitam vivere deiformem. - Martin Bucer
""True theology is not theoretical, but practical. The end of it is living, that is to live a godly life."

I went to UNC-G for 2 semesters, but it was probably before you were born!
I can't believe I'm that old!!! I miss it up there.

Again, welcome!

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Alex Berry

Husband to Kristy, Father to Hannah, Kendall (twins-10), and James (6).

First Baptist Church of Boynton Beach
Boynton Beach, FL

Hey, David! Welcome, Sir.

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Josh Hicks, Chloë's Daddy
Member of TRBC. My Blog
The Puritan Pub (Team Blog)
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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

David, good to see you at the PB!

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--chRis
Psalm 115:1

Christopher Reeder
Husband to Kara, Father to Abigail (7), Caleb (6), Grace (4 1/2), Zoë (2 1/2), Elijah (1) and Baby Girl due 8/6/08

Member: Pilgrim Presbyterian Church (OPC), Raleigh, NC

Welcome

Welcome!

Though I am from Frankston South, in Victoria, Australia I have a connection to North Carolina! I have a client in Asheville and Hendersonville - do those names mean anything to you?

Anyway, welcome from one lurker to another

Matt

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Matthew Glover
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Australia

Welcome from Winston-Salem!

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Jeff George
Presbyterian Reformed Church of Charlotte, NC
Industrial Electronics Technician
Winston-Salem, NC