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Sharing a Birthday with Jesus

Posted on December 20, 2019January 25, 2021 by ptsblog
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A campus landmark at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is known as the “free table.” Here, one can explore an ever-changing collection of  items searching for a new home – a package of unused file folders, a rice cooker that didn’t quite make the move with a recent graduate, and, most commonly, a stack of books. As…

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The “Gospel” is Bigger than What Billy Graham Bellowed

Posted on October 3, 2019January 25, 2021 by ptsblog
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  Recent Seminary graduate Brandon Shaw muses about how the Gospel story is one of social justice and evangelism.  Let’s call him “Tommy.” Tommy and I sat in proximity to each other in Dr. Dan Treier’s undergraduate, systematic theology course at Wheaton College (Ill.) during the fall of 2006. Tommy was arguably the course’s most…

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Defending Resolutions

Posted on January 8, 2019August 2, 2021 by ptsblog
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Many churches just celebrated Epiphany. In the church calendar, Epiphany fills one official role and one unofficial role. Officially, it’s the time that we celebrate either the arrival of the Magi or the baptism of Christ. Unofficially, it’s the time we begin to joke about broken New Year’s resolutions. Actually, that’s too generous. Many of…

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