I was wondering: I see in my avatar that I am a "Puritan Board Freshmen". I am assuming that this shows that I am decently new here, but was wondering what the method for "advancing" in my level is (ie How does one beome a PB Sophomore?).

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Joseph F Scibbe
Chaplain Assistant
Chapel of Wings Ft Rucker Al
Ephesians 1:4-7, 1 Thessalonians 2:8, Romans 12:1-2
Titus 2:2 - But you, teach what accords with sound doctrine.

http://twitter.com/just_joe_scibbe

1-500 posts=Freshman
500-1000=Sophomore
1000-2000=Junior
2000 & up=Senior
whippersnapper=Awesomeness.



Mods please correct me if I got the numbers wrong.

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Ben Franks

I attend: Ketoctin Covenant Presbyterian Church (OPC)
in Purcellville, Virginia
I'm a member of: Heartland Community Church (PCA)
in Wichita, Kansas
I blog here (along with my Dad): http://rrfranks.blogspot.com/
And I'm a student here: www.phc.edu

"Remember the speeches we have spoken so often over our mead, when we raised boast on the bench, heroes in the hall, about hard fighting. Now may the man who is bold prove that he is."-Aelfwine at the Battle of Maldon

I guess that explains why the seniors are selling me elevator passes! All I want to know is how to use the buttons, when do I get to thank someone (I know, I'm a guy and I don't like to read directions!), and where's the lunchroom!!!

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Eric
Deacon, PCA
Slow-moving seminarian
South Carolina

You are not allowed to be thankful until you have 25 posts. Sorry.

don't forget the frosh hazing ritual.

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Todd K. Pedlar
member, First Congregational Church, (CCCC) Cresco, IA
http://inprincipiodeus.solideogloria.com
http://puritanwisdom.blogspot.com

"As God did not at first choose you because you were high, He will not now forsake you because you are low."
John Flavel in Keeping the Heart



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Todd, did you get the goldfish and eggs or was that my job?

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We shall not adjust our Bible to the age; but before we have done with it, by God's grace, we shall adjust the age to the Bible. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Lawrence Underwood, Jr.
Pastor - Providence Family Fellowship / Mobile, Alabama
1644/46 LBC
My Blog - Imprimis

*Laughs with wicked glee* I'm so glad I'm not a freshman anymore!

I think Randy got the fish (catfish though) and the eggs will have to wait till they've sat out in the sun for about a week. Should be ready to go Monday.

And you have been quite decent. For that you should get extra credit. Take a few of Theognome's extra posts.

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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

can we buy indulgences?

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Ricky Heeb
Grace Reformed Church (RCUS) Lancaster, CA

So we advance through being garrulous??!!!! What would Proverbs say about that?

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Clark Brooking
Pastor
Living Hope Presbyterian Church (OPC)
Clarksville, MD

"As soon as a coin in the coffer rings / the *freshman* from purgatory springs."



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Silence freshman!!!

(Hey, this is kinda fun!)

If we thin and scrawny freshmen (don't I wish!) WERE speaking up, would you wizened heads have to turn up the hearing aids to hear us? And to think that I didn't even read enough instructions to know that I had to post at all to maintain my presence here! Now 25 posts to give thanks! Think I'll grab my quad-cane and take a walk!!

HEH! WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY THERE?? DON'T BE SHY, SPEAK UP SONNY!

Oh great, what have I done!!??

When I was a real freshman (OK, make that "the last time I was a freshman"), I actually had to wear a beanie. I'm glad we don't have that in this institution of higher learning and eloquence.

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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

Did it have a propeller on top?

Y'all don't want to know what we were made to do as freshman pledges. . .

I'm sure we could arrange for a beanie. It would only take a few quick code modifications...

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Jonathan
Audio Engineer
Reformed Anabaptist
Ohio

Moroni's magical glasses of proper interpretation:

How about if posts >= 10,000 then status == Wizard?

You didn't get your beanie!?

Here---

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Sterling Harmon
Presbyterian Church of Coventry (PCA)
Coventry, CT
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
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In response to this I am changing my profile pic to a beanie for a little while.

Oh to be a "whippersnapper" !

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~ Steven Bradford ~
Member Covenant Presbyterian, Chattanooga, TN

Peasants.

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Josh Hicks, Chloë's Dad
Christ Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church, RPCGA
Facebook - The Calvinist Vent
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It is God that multiplies our sorrows.... God, as a righteous Judge, does it, which ought to silence us under all our sorrows; as many as they are, we have deserved them all, and more: nay, God, as a tender Father, does it for our necessary correction, that we may be humbled for sin, and weaned from the world by all our sorrows; and the good we get by them, with the comfort we have under them, will abundantly balance our sorrows, how greatly soever they are multiplied. - Matthew Henry

Yes, but happy peasants! We thresh the grain with a smile, dance the safety dance (and with our beanies we're men (and women) WITH hats!), and tug our greasy forelocks when the old 'uns pass by! And at least we don't have to spend our hard-earned centavos on bran muffins and Geritol!

I don't have anything really important to say. I just want another post -- gotta advance somehow.

That's the spirit!

...the one that gets threads like this one closed down in a hurry.

Unless the mods are having a good day, in which case they just move it to the Entertainment forum and ignore it for a few days before locking it.

Ah yes... the old "best thread ever." Tear! I miss it.

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"I was found by those who did not seek me; I was made manifest to those who did not ask for me." Romans 10:20b

Angela Asano
Edwardsville, IL
Member, Center Grove Presbyterian Church - PCA

"History never repeats itself, but it rhymes." - Mark Twain

What?

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Lance G. Marshall
Pastor
Georgetown, Indiana

Well then, in all seriousness (though I suspect Puritans really did have senses of humor, despite their bad rep), as a "freshman" I was happy to read posts and learn from them, until I received the "you're about to be removed from the forum roles" type of note, at which point I dived in to get some "posts" under my belt. Rules are rules, I understand; and forum member lists no doubt get long (I belong to this and a motorcycle forum only--sorry young folks!); but in defense of the about-to-be-removed unwashed masses, it can be a bit time consuming even to find if someone has responded to a post of mine, or to read a longer thread to find out where I can comment. I don't even check my "facebook" every WEEK, to say nothing of trying to find time to thread-in. Any grizzled advice for those of us who want to stay "active" but have enough trouble marshaling our time as it is?

:m oneywings::mon eywings:

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Rich Koster
1689'er
Browns Mills NJ USA
Often Goofy Reformed Eccentric
Romans 7:14-25

I'll just quote you guys and add nothing.

Like this?

Check out the thread tools at the top of each thread. You can subscribe to just the threads you want to follow, which will make it easier to see if someone has responded to you.

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Anna
Wife of Tim/Marrow Man
Louisville, KY
Member of Midlane Park Presbyterian (Associate Reformed Presbyterian)

Exactly. Or "exactly right" as they say on "the news".

249 to go til graduation . . . oh, wait, 248!

Joseph...good to see you on the board. Hope u r enjoying your stay at Rucker.

Many moons ago(1975-77), I was at Rucker, first as an MP and then in the crew-chief school. Loved every minute of it.

God bless.

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Tim Goerz
Weatherford Presbyterian(PCA)
Alvord, Texas

Can I get an extra post before this meaningless thread is closed?

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Sean Caouette
Independent Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Memphis, Tennessee

Only if I can get one to.

I'm in.