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Sunday, Bloody Sunday (and other things they do not teach you in Seminary)

Posted on September 27, 2012April 6, 2021 by ptsblog
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  There are all kinds of things that happen in church that seminary does not prepare you for. There was a Sunday where I got a bloody nose about 2/3 of the way through the sermon. I called it Bloody Sunday. This was never a scenario covered in preaching class. I just finished quickly with…

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Seminary Students Sent into the World

Posted on February 16, 2012April 7, 2021 by ptsblog
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  Students from the Missiology class led chapel this week. Services were thematically guided by the idea that worship and mission ought to always be held together since worship and mission build up and express each other. One of the most significant moments in worship this week was hearing the Word of God read in…

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Fasting and Spending

Posted on December 22, 2011April 7, 2021 by ptsblog
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  The Rev. Dr. John Burgess, professor of systematic theology, was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship and a Luce Fellowship. These awards made it possible for him to return to Russia to teach at St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Humanitarian University and research the Orthodox Church’s resurgence in the country. He and his family regularly write about their experiences…

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