IT'S HERE - ISSUE #100!! 
We are so thankful for our readers! We are happy to keep our friends, students and alumni informed about RTS. In honor of this special occasion, we'd like to offer our readers an opportunity to receive Dr. Mike Milton's music CD "Follow the Call" and also his latest book Small Things, Big Things: Inspiring Stories of Everyday Grace. Please send your name, address, phone number and email to Reformed Theological Seminary, Attn: Lyn Perez drawing, 1231 Reformation Drive, Oviedo, FL 32765, and we will pick 5 winners from the stack of names we receive. Entries must be received by Dec. 31. Sorry, RTS employees are not eligible to participate at this time. We will be accepting entries from students, alumni and friends. So, quickly now, send in your information by the deadline and thanks for reading.
ARMY CHAPLAINCY PUBLISHES DR. MILTON’S SERMON IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL BULLETIN
CH (MAJ) Michael A. Milton, USAR, wrote a sermon to chaplains titled “Finding God in Spiritual Depression” in the Summer/Fall 2010 issue. Click here and scroll to p. 43 to read the sermon.
VIDEO ENDORSES ESV BIBLE ATLAS
Here is a nice unsolicited and unpaid recommendation that Dr. James Anderson found on YouTube for Dr. John Currid's ESV Bible Atlas.
Click here to watch a video by someone unknown to RTS named Glen Brooke, exploring the book.
FINAL EXAM WEEKS AT RTS
It’s testing time at RTS. Keep our students in prayer as they prepare and take these final exams of the semester alongside their other responsibilities with jobs and ministry and many are parents and spouses.
DR. ROGER NICOLE TURNS 95 THIS WEEK 
Dr. Roger Nicole, former visiting professor of theology at RTS, is turning 95 on Dec. 10. He is currently in the hospital. Ceci Helm, assistant to the academic dean at RTS/Orlando said, "I just returned from a visit with Dr. Nicole. I feel that I have been in the presence of a great saint so eager to meet his Savior." She reports that Dr. Nicole said to her “I’m ready to go, I’m actually quite comfortable, nothing hurts, I’m not hungry. I actually thought dying was going to be a lot harder. I’m thankful to be in the hospital. Whether I die here or at the Village is inconsequential. It’s a lot more important where I lived and how. I’m not afraid of judgment because all my sins have been wiped out completely by the blood of Jesus Christ. All I look forward to is the joy of the life to come.”
If you would like to send him a card, please send them to the Village on the Green Health Center, 500 Village Place, Longwood, FL 32779. RTS/Orlando is home to The Nicole Collection, a 25,000 volume library accumulated by Dr. Nicole over his years of collecting books.
DR. MIKE MILTON HAS A HERO
Dr. Mike Milton blogged about his friend and fellow student from seminary that went to Haiti and came back very ill. He begins, “Brian Kelso is my friend. He is now my hero.” Read the story here titled "My Friend, My Hero, Who Walked Through the Valley of Death."
YAZOO CITY HIT WITH MORE TORNADOES
Yazoo City, a city just north of RTS/Jackson was hit hard this past spring with tornadoes and this same area is feeling the heat yet again. Stephanie Hartley, director of development support, who lives in Yazoo City said, “We heard it go by and missed it again. Most of the damage was downtown and [happened] at night.” Click here for more information.
SEVERAL STAFF ATTEND SACS MEETING IN LOUISVILLE
Dr. Mike Milton, Mr. Steve Wallace, Dr. Robert Cara and Mrs. Pollly Stone attended a SACS Meeting in Louisville, Ky, this week.
RTS is in process of preparing for a 10-year reaffirmation of acccreditation that will culminate in a campus visit in 2012 by ATS and SACS.
ADVENT SERIES POSTED ON CROSSWALK.COM
Dr. Milton's Advent series begins with Zechariah's song. One message posted each week. Click here to view the message.
FACULTY SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS POSTED ONLINE
In January Dr. Doug Kelly will lead a retreat in Edinburgh and Dr. Guy Waters will teach in the Ukraine. Please click here to view our calendar of faculty speaking engagements.
CAMPUS EVENTS
Register now for Winter and Spring Terms at RTS.
RTS/ATLANTA
This spring, the class “Acts & Romans” will be held at the historic First Presbyterian Church in Rome, GA. Dr. Bruce Lowe will teach on four Saturdays: Feb. 5, 12 and April 9, 30.
Jan. 22 - Seminar on Islam – (8:30a.m.-4:45p.m.) - Join friends of RTS for a one-day seminar that will examine Islam in light of the Word of God. Taught by a former practitioner of Islam, the seminar will consider the history, beliefs, and strategies of Islam, and will help you to develop a personal ministry for introducing your Muslim friends to the Lord Jesus Christ. The instructor will be Dr. Atif Debs (Ph.D. from M.I.T.), who became a Christian after years of comparative study of both the Bible and the Qur'an. The registration cost $35/person, or $65/couple which includes lunch and a notebook with all presentation materials and supporting documents. RSVP by January 19 as registration is limited. For more information visit this link.
RTS/HOUSTON
New executive director Tim McKeown is in process of making his transition to Houston. Please keep him and his family in your prayers. Contact admissions.houston@rts.edu for more information about classes scheduled for the spring semester, or call 800-752-4382 or click here
RTS/ORLANDO
Church Planting Brown Bag Lunch began Dec. 2. Dr. Bob Orner will lead the discussions on the first Thursday of each month.
RTS Christmas party for students, faculty and staff was held December 2.
Feb. 10 - Presidential Inauguration
Dr. Don Sweeting will be inaugurated as president of the Orlando campus of Reformed Theological Seminary on Feb. 10. Click here for more details. This site will continue to be updated as the date draws nearer.
RTS/CHARLOTTE
Dec. 10 – Open House Christmas Party for students, faculty and staff at the Milton home.
April 1-2 - 4th Annual Women's Conference
RTS/WASHINGTON D.C.
Dr. Mark Talbot, associate professor of philosophy at Wheaton College, will teach “Unsought Gifts: Christian Suffering” at RTS/DC January 5-7 from 9a.m.-5p.m. for the winter term. Come explore: “What is it about our agency that makes suffering affect us in the ways it does? What does Scripture say about God's role in our suffering? What are the goods that are likely to come to God's people as they suffer?"
RTS/VIRTUAL
Jim McAlhaney, (M.A.R; M.S.), director of admissions/student services, will run the Charleston “Riverfront” Marathon in South Carolina on January 15. This is a 26.2 mile race to raise additional scholarship funds for RTS/Virtual students. If you are interested in supporting Jim in the 26.2 Virtual Campus Scholarship Fundraiser, email him at jmcalhaney@rts.edu. If you would like to mail your contribution, make the check payable to: Reformed Theological Seminary and mail to Reformed Theological Seminary Virtual Campus, Attn: Jim McAlhaney, 2101 Carmel Road, Charlotte, NC 28226. Note: Please put: 26.2 Virtual Scholarship in the memo line of your check.
If you choose to make a contribution for this cause online, you can do so here, and be sure to put 26.2 Virtual Scholarship in the notes area of the online form. Your donation is tax-deductible and you will receive a receipt.
RTS/JACKSON
Dec. 13-14 — Flavien Pardigon, currently serving in a ministry reaching out to Muslims in France, will be visiting with faculty and students on campus.
ALUMNI SNIPPETS
Chris Donato (MATS ‘03), senior associate editor of Tabletalk, edited Perspectives on the Sabbath: Four Views (B&H, April). Contributors to the volume include Skip MacCarty, Joseph A. Pipa, Charles P. Arand, and Craig L. Blomberg. He also wrote the article “Against the Law: Milton’s (Anti?)nomianism in De Doctrina Christiana” for Harvard Theological Review (Jan.). Follow his blog here.
Sam Kim (MATS ‘06) is the pastor of Ocala Korean Presbyterian Church. He and his wife Mijeong live in Ocala, Fla with their three children.
Matthew Mitchell (M.Div. ’84), 54, who taught school and owned a cleaning business, died on Tuesday, Nov. 30, when a tree fell on his vehicle and killed him. The story was covered on the news here. Matt leaves behind his wife Betsy, four sons, four brothers and a sister. Two of his sons, Jeremiah and Daniel, were just preparing for their final college exams. The funeral was held Dec. 4 at Belmont Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, the family will be accepting donations to a Matt Mitchell fund set up at Wells Fargo Bank in Conyers, Ga. Our thoughts and prayers go out to this family in their time of need. The complete obituary can be found here.
Jolly Rimai (DMin. ’05) Jolly is now working back in his country of India. He sent in an update on his Saturday program among the Muslim Mission. He says, “God, in His great grace, has added 10 new believers in our neighborhood (Muslim) fellowship on Saturday.” Jolly will lead a missionary training in December. Also they are reaching the Guwahati street children with the Christmas message. They plan to distribute 50 blankets to children so they will be warm this Christmas.
Cynthia Ruble (MATS ‘00) reports that Little Rio, four months old, continues to do very well against all the predictions of the doctor. Cynthia has had a sudden increase of clients, especially abortion-minded ones. She expects a new homestay to be coming through the local government. Her last homestay, who gave her baby up for adoption, was baptized a month ago. Also, both young men in the couples' Bible study have decided to get baptized. The Family Court case worker came recently, and after only 30 minutes said he was satisfied and left. He said the adoption should be complete by April or May of next year.
Danny VanZant (M.Div. ’87), 55, passed away on Nov. 5. He was the former pastor of Freedom Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, and a member of Providence Presbyterian Church, in Gastonia, NC. Survivors include his wife, Terry VanZant of Gastonia; son, Adam VanZant of Gastonia; sisters, Margaret Ann Bradshaw, Anita Taylor and Deborah VanZant of Gate City, Va; Donna Eads of Kingsport, Tenn.; brothers, Garry and Donnie VanZant of Gate City and Lyton VanZant Jr. of Kingsport. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Providence Presbyterian Church, 2850 Union Road, Gastonia, NC, 28054. Please keep this family in your prayers.