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The Grace of Failure

Posted on October 11, 2012April 6, 2021 by ptsblog

I handed in my church history test, convinced I had failed. Not in the overly dramatic sense of not getting a perfect but a serious acknowledgement at my impending very, very bad grade. I was angry at myself, for all the time I had invested studying with the output being sub par, worried that my grade…

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The Moravian Church

Posted on October 4, 2012April 6, 2021 by ptsblog

  One of the most commonly asked questions on the campus of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is What denomination are you?  Though the most common response is Presbyterian, it is equally as common to receive answers such as Baptist, Episcopal, Catholic, Methodist or any of the other one on the spectrum that make up the student…

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Have Thine Own Way, Lord!

Posted on May 18, 2012April 7, 2021 by ptsblog

This is a time of great change for students at PTS. As yet another academic year draws to an end, we begin to transition. Some students anticipate a break from studies by going home to be with loved ones or leave for a vacation. Others will begin summer employment, CPE, and summer languages. For those…

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