Issue #107 | June 7, 2011 |
RTS REPRESENTED AT 2011 BUSINESS ETHICS CONFERENCE
Dr. Andy Peterson, president of RTS/Virtual, and Dr. Mark Futato, Robert L. Maclellan professor of Old Testament and academic dean at RTS/Orlando are among the speakers at the 2011 Business Ethics Conference, to be held June 10-11 at the Union League in Philadelphia. The conference is titled "The 8th Commandment and Business: You Shall Not Steal." Click here for the schedule and click here for the seminars.COME TO THE RTS BREAKFASTS AT THE PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLIES AND SYNOD
Welcome alumni and friends of RTS! We look forward to having you at the annual RTS breakfast. Here is the information you need to know:
| RTS Breakfast at the PCA General Assembly: Thursday, June 9, 2011 6:30 a.m. Meeting Room 1D—2nd floor (above ballroom) Virginia Beach Convention Center 1000 19th Street Virginia Beach, VA | RTS Breakfast at the EPC General Assembly: Friday, June 24, 2011 7:00 a.m. Azalea & Rose Room Doubletree Memphis 5069 Sanderlin Avenue Memphis, TN | RTS Breakfast at the ARP Synod: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 7:00 a.m. Dining Room B Bonclarken Conference Center 500 Pine Dr. Flat Rock, NC |
RTS/ORLANDO CAMPUS HAS A NEW ONLINE VIDEO
Danny Iverson, M.Div. student at RTS/Orlando, videotaped several RTS students as they explained how they came to RTS and how scholarships helped them for a video presentation that was played during Dr. Don Sweeting's inauguration ceremony. The video is now posted on the main admissions page of the RTS/Orlando Web page. Click here to view the new video featuring both students and alumni of RTS/Orlando.
REVIEW OF DR. DAN TIMMER'S BOOK
Matthieu Richelle (PhD, EPHE, Sorbonne), professor of Old Testament at the Faculté de théologie évangélique inVaux-sur-Seine, France, wrote a review for the Gospel Coalition on Dr. Daniel Timmer's book, A Gracious and Compassionate God: Mission, salvation and spirituality in the book of Jonah. Timmer is the associate professor of Old Testament at RTS/Jackson. Read the review here.INTERVIEW WITH DR. DOUG KELLY IN EDINBURGH
Lindsay Pell, the senior producer of music for BBC Radio in Scotland, recently interviewed Dr. Doug Kelly, Richard Jordan professor of theology at RTS/Charlotte, while he was in Edinburgh. The interview aired on May 25. It is titled "Twenty Minutes: Soul in the Psalms." Click here in our resources section, scroll down to "various files," and you will see the interview listed. Click on the interview to hear Kelly discuss his Gaelic-speaking ancestors, Gaelic Psalm singing and more.
ATLA SERIALS TM DATABASE ACCESS FOR RTS GRADS EXTENDED
The libraries of RTS are pleased to announce that due to an extension granted, RTS alumni can continue to have access to the ATLA Serials™ Database through a short-term grant funded through the American Theological Library Association. This database provides information on topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues.Produced by the American Theological Library Association, ATLA Serials provides access to more than 266,000 electronic journal articles and book reviews in all fields of religion. Full-text content is accessible from more than 130 journals selected by leading religion scholars in the U.S. Coverage begins in 1949, although indexing for some journal titles extends back into the nineteenth century.
Access to ATLA Serials is provided through the EBSCO host interface. Users will experience several easy-to-use, refined features, ensuring that the search experience is faster and more enjoyable. Key features include a simplified search screen, a smarter results page, and various enhanced search functions, such as limiters, image quick views, and much more.
Since grant program funding is given for a fixed number of alumni for 2010, the RTS Libraries must limit access to masters degree graduates.
1. If you wish to sign up, please contact the library at the campus from which you graduated. Eligibility for access will be determined by each campus library. For Jackson, make your request here. For Orlando, make your request here. For Charlotte, make your request here. For Virtual, Atlanta, or Washington D.C., make your request here.
2. Once access is granted, the link is available on the RTS Alumni & Friends Community Web site.
3. You will need to also register on the alumni site if you are not already registered there.
THREE NEW BOOKS BY DR. DEREK THOMAS
Dr. Derek Thomas recently published three new books. The books are titled Reformed Expository Commentary: Acts (P&R, 800 pages), How the Gospel Brings Us All the Way Home (Reformation Trust, 157 pages), and A Voyage of Discovery (Evangelical Press, 224 pages). This summer he begins his new pastoral position with First Presbyterian Church Columbia, South Carolina. Derek has been named “distinguished visiting professor of systematic and historical theology” at RTS and is scheduled to teach both in Jackson and Atlanta next academic year.APOSTLES' CREED CHAPEL SERIES NOW ON ITUNES
The Apostles' Creed is the basic creed of Reformed churches. RTS/Orlando posted their Apostles' Creed chapel series on RTS on iTunes U. Get started with RTS on iTunes U here. If you have already downloaded RTS on iTunes U, go to chapel messages, select Orlando chapel messages and the Spring 2011 RTS Orlando Chapel messages should come up. To the left you can also click on the Fall 2010 RTS Orlando Chapel message links. Both of these links are part of the Apostles' Creed Chapel Series at RTS/Orlando. Each message addresses a particular line of the creed.
CAMPUS EVENTS
Summer Term is in session.
RTS/ATLANTA
Pictured are the RTS/Atlanta graduates who recently earned master's and doctorate degrees.
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RTS/CHARLOTTE
RTS/Charlotte is leading an urban camp for Brookstone School the week of June 13, and during the week of camp, they will have preaching by current RTS/Charlotte students and RTS graduates. They plan to share the love of God with over 70 inner-city children with a team of over 30 leaders throughout the week. The theme is evangelistic, beginning with "Creation" and ending with "Growing in Christ."
Brookstone Schools’ mission is to equip urban students spiritually, academically, and socially for lives of future leadership and service.
RTS/JACKSON
Women In Ministry will begin a book study on June 2. They will study War Of Words by Paul Tripp. This book as quoted by the author "is the story of the great battle for our hearts that is the reason for our struggle with words."
RTS/ORLANDO
"A Theology of Work," taught by Orlando Rivera (M.Div. '92), is a 2011 summer elective with a special feature. The special feature of this course is that it ends with a 9 am - 5 pm seminar on Saturday, August 20. As a service to the Orlando community, this seminar will also be open to the general public at no cost. It is being co-sponsored by Lifework Leadership in Orlando. Click here for more info.
RTS/VIRTUAL
Upcoming dates for Orientation Seminars are:
June 20-22, 2011
ALUMNI SNIPPETS
Do you have an alumni snippet to share? Have you published a new book? Send it to the editor, here.
Michael J. Butterfield (M.Div. '08) recently accepted a call to Westminster Bible Presbyterian Church (WBPC), a PCA church in the Presbytery of Eastern Canada, in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Matthew Eusey (M.Div. '07, Orlando), pictured right with his family, has accepted a call to serve as pastor of disciple-making at Church of the Saviour in Wayne, Pa, after serving as interim pastor at Bellewood Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Bellevue, Wa. Matthew and his wife Karyn have two sons and are expecting a daughter this August.James H. Grant, Jr., (M.Div. '08), pastor of Trinity Reformed Church in Rossville, Tenn., has written a book published by Crossway in the Preaching the Word Commentary series titled 1 &
2 Thessalonians. The book is endorsed by Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., president emeritus and distinguished professor of Old Testament and Ethics, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and by Timothy George, dean of Beeson Divinity School and executive editor of Christianity Today. The description says, "This Preaching the Word commentary delivers careful exposition of 1 & 2 Thessalonians, highlighting how we are to live in light of Christ’s second coming..." Click here to read more of the description and to order the book. Grant also teaches theology at Westminster Academy and lives in Tennessee with his wife Brandy and their four children: Macy, Trey, Nate, and Addie.
Michael Lee (M.Div. '05) and his wife Tricia are with Mission to the World/Mexico and have recently graduated from the Spanish Language Institute in Costa Rica and after getting their children settled in the states, will soon be heading to Mexico. Michael said, "As many of you are aware, the powers of darkness in Mexico are exerting themselves through narcotrafficking in such a severe way it is impacting the day to day lives of many including even the team in Monterrey. However, the Lees see this time of tribulation in Mexico in the same light as our leadership team in Monterrey does; as an opportunity." Stephen Maginas (M.Div. ‘10) was ordained Sunday May 29, 2011, at Christ Church Presbyterian by the Metro Atlanta Presbytery of the Presbyteri
an Church in America. Stephen, and his wife Lesley, have been called to Athens, Greece, to plant the first joint partnership between Mission to the World and Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) there. This will also be the first RUF ministry in Europe and this is an exciting work done at the invitation from and cooperation with the Greek Evangelical Church. Maginas, whose family is from Greece, has been involved with RUF at both Mercer and Emory Universities in Georgia. For more info click here.
Scott Moffatt (MABS '09), pictured right with his wife Katrina and their children, has been a campus minister with Campus Crusade for Christ for the past 12 years at the University of North Florida. He is moving from Jacksonville to Gainesville to work at the University of Florida. Pray for their family's transition.
John Perritt (M.Div. '09), youth pastor at Pear Orchard Presbyterian Church in Ridgeland, Miss., has
written Reel Thinking: Christians and Film, Illuminated. Perritt says in his description, "Are you tired of films at the local cineplex that are moral garbage? Are you tired of Christians saying there’s nothing but moral garbage at the local cineplex? Some Christians need to check their self-righteousness at the ticket booth and others need to stop taking too much liberty watching films that cause them to sin. The bottom line is, we really must challenge the way we think about and engage with film if we want to use it for God’s glory. In Reel Thinking I try to get Christians to see that film is a part of God’s creation. Just as God speaks to us through the mountains and the sunset, he speaks to us through modern-day film. Even though the general revelation of film should not replace the special revelation of Scripture, movies can get us to grasp deep truths in a way nothing else can. Read more of the description here. The book is due out in August. 
Peter Siaway (M.Div.M '98) is on the faculty of African Bible College (ABC) and serves as dean of admissions and professor of mathematics, political science, evangelism, discipleship and mentoring, and physical education. He is also writing his Doctorate of Ministry thesis with RTS/Jackson. As a graduate of African Bible College, he also pastored Yekepa Inland Church from 1983-1994. He joined the ABC staff back in 1991, but resigned to seek further study at RTS. Now that the 14-year war in Libia is over, and ABC has re-opened there, he has returned to serve on the faculty of ABC. Siaway is married and has four daughters. His family lives in the States while he serves in Liberia, however, he is currently in the U.S. until August.Correction:
In the last e-letter, in the alumni snippets, we shared an email for Lindy Davidson who is collecting medical supplies for a mission trip to Nicaragua in July. The correct email should have beenlindy@lindydavidson.net. We apologize for this error.