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Ryan Barnhart - Pastor of OGBC
Husband to a beautiful wife, Father to two beautiful girls
"But by the grace of God I am what I am." I Corinthians 15:10

"I confess to you, that if I can but live and die serving the Lord Jesus, it will make no difference to me whether I am eaten by Cannibals or by worms. And in the Great Day my Resurrection body will rise as fair as yours in the likeness of our risen Redeemer." - John Paton

Amen and amen on that one. I speak from experience. Though both my husband and I were on the same track spiritually when we got married. My husband got on the track long after I did, and we did not realize how much we differed on seemingly little, but very important things. Though we are pretty much on the same page now, it was tough when our children were very small, because we did not always agree on the "how to's" of their spiritual training. We have seen the negative results of that, especially on our oldest daughter who took the brunt of most of it when she was small.

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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

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You should have a Biblical courtship with someone whose theology is similar (not necessarily identical).

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

Whenever my daughter was born I would make jokes about meeting her first courter (or whatever you say) at the door with a gun. She's only 11 mo. old but I have already stopped that joke because I will be setting down with him and an open Bible. (the gun will be hanging on the wall behind me.)

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Bryan Riddle
1689 London Baptist Confession
Bethel Baptist Church Owasso, Oklahoma

Any courters who failed should be left lying in the front yard for any further would-be courters to have to step over on the way to your front door. This should help weed out the riff-raff.
Then, once the guy's actually made it in the door, bring him in and let him sit alone for a while, looking up at what's hanging on the wall and listening to this song.



Only a young man who is confident in the sovereignty of God will stick around. Then, if he's still around, it might be a good time to open that Bible.

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For the Glory of our King,
Joe Johnson
Married up in 1988 and blessed with two wonderful sons
TMS graduate
Preacherboy at Cornerstone Community Church, Escanaba, MI
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