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Christic Manhood? Masculine Christianity?

Posted on February 9, 2012April 7, 2021 by ptsblog
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“God has chosen to liken Himself to a female and we are the fruit of His womb.” – John Calvin I recently came across a post by one of my favorite bloggers Rachel Held Evans, entitled “God is Not Ashamed, Our Brothers Speak Out.” This post burgeoned from a previous post where Evans asked Brothers…

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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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Preach Like a Girl!

Posted on December 1, 2011April 7, 2021 by ptsblog
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When I arrived at PTS, like many of my peers, I was questioning my call to ministry. After all, I didn’t really have any pastor role models who were female. So what made me think that I could, or should, feel that I was called to pastoral ministry? Thankfully, I have had some wonderfully affirming…

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