| HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013! DR. DON SWEETING BLOGS ABOUT TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA  "Triskaidekaphobia? It means the fear of 13. This being the year 2013, it’s an issue. It’s not just the Romans and the Vikings who were spooked by 13. Many people will not live in a house with the number 13, build a 13th floor, or even sit 13 people down for dinner. They prefer to jump from 12 to 14. But that we can’t. Ready or not, we must do 13—2013 that is, together. It is a year that will be filled with great challenges and all kinds of assorted fears. But for the Christian, it will be filled with gospel hope." Click here to read more. | January 17, 2013 | Issue #132 DATES TO REMEMBER February 4,5 or 6 - Classes begin for Spring Semester on most RTS Campuses February 26 - The Harold O. J. Brown Lectures at RTS/Charlotte April 20 - Inauguration of Dr. Scott Redd, Jr., President, RTS/Washington D.C. |
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| SPECIAL PRESENTATION BY DR. MICHAEL KRUGER AT RTS/ATLANTA On Saturday, Feb. 23, RTS/Atlanta will host a special presentation with co-sponsors The C.S. Lewis Institute Atlanta and The Aeropagus at 9 a.m. The guest speaker will be Dr. Michael Kruger, president of RTS/Charlotte and professor of New Testament. Dr. Kruger is the author of Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books and The Early Text of the New Testament. The morning presentation is entitled "Why These Books and No Others? The Canonization of the New Testament." Read more here. DR. MICHAEL YOUSSEF TO SPEAK AT RTS/ATLANTA Dr. Michael Youssef, the founding pastor of Church of the Apostles in Atlanta, will speak at RTS/Atlanta on Feb. 5 to kick off the new class Christian Encounters with Islam from 6-9 p.m. (Dr. Lowe will regularly teach the class on Tuesdays from 1-4 p.m.). Dr. Youssef is a world renowned expert on Islam, specifically "Muslim Zealots and the West." His groundbreaking Ph.D. on this subject is highly regarded, being published by the prestigious academic publisher E. J. Brill. His expertise continues to be recognized. Recently during the so-called "Arab Spring," Dr. Youssef appeared on CNN to offer opinions. Daily his sermons go out through Leading the Way TV and radio programs and The Kingdom Sat, a 24/7 satellite TV channel, reaching millions of Muslim people. Dr. Youssef himself is a native Arabic speaker who grew up in Egypt. This event is free and open to the public. NEW YEAR, NEW ASSISTANT Carolyn Airing is President Mike Kruger's new assistant and director of communications at RTS/Charlotte. Carolyn has the kind of background in both business and non-profit work that makes her a great fit for this role. Most recently, she has served on the Board of Trustees at Covenant Day School, where she was the chairperson of the development committee and worked to build strategic relationships with key constituents and donors. In addition to an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia, she has a law degree from George Mason University. She has worked as an attorney and also as a law clerk to Judge Warren King on the D.C. Court of Appeals. Carolyn is a member with her husband Brad at Christ Covenant and has three children, David, Sarah and Benjamin. DEEP SOUTH REGIONAL FOUNDERS CONF STARTS TODAY This years conference is Jan. 17-19 and is entitled God's Covenant with Dr. Sam Waldron as the main speaker. He is academic dean at Midwest Center of Theological Studies and professor of Systematic Theology. There will be a friendly debate, Covenant Theology vs Dispensationalism, on Thursday night between Dr. Waldron and Dr. Elliott Johnson from Dallas Theological Seminary. For more information go to the website, http://deepsouthfounders.com/ or call Pastor Thomas Winn at Grace Baptist Church in Jackson, Miss., at 601-573-1072. The conference is free to seminary students, but they must register. LETTER TO STUDENTS FROM DR. MICHAEL MILTON Read Dr. Milton's letter to students, "The Best: A Charge to Our Married Men in Seminary and a Letter to All. Read the letter here. ARTICLE ON CHANCELLOR IN CHARLOTTE OBSERVER "When Michael Milton left his boyhood Louisiana home to study in California, 'I went out there with a guitar on my back,' he says. "Milton, 54, now chancellor of Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, worked for some time as a linguist with Navy Intelligence. But on the side, he played and wrote music that had a 'sort of Southern California, late ’60s-early ’70s kind of folk sound,' in the vein of Neil Young and Dan Fogelberg." Continue the article here. RTS/CHARLOTTE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE The Women of RTS/Charlotte will hold a conference on "Part of the Plan" April 26-27 on the Charlotte campus. The speaker is Nancy Guthrie. Contact Tari Williamson to sign up. The cost is $50. LISTEN TO INTERVIEW ON NEW BOOK BY MICHAEL MILTON  Dr. Milton recently released Silent No More: A Biblical Call for the Church to Speak to State and Culture (Fortress). The book is available here. Silent No More is a collection of thoughtful essays that create a singular concern that the gospel is applied to every area of life, including the power structures that often are labeled "off limits!" by the media, the intelligentsia, and too often even believers. “Michael A. Milton has written a book that might deal with the most important question of our time 'Silent No More.' It is a must read if we are to save our nation.The Church must take the lead in this effort and if they do not then there is another quote from my father and it talks about Communism ending up on the ash heap of history. This time however it might well be us. Please pray for our nation.” Michael Reagan, national Radio Talk Show Host, Author, columnist, son of U.S. President Ronald Reagan In January, Dr. Milton discussed his new book Silent No More with Tim Wildmon and his co-host on American Family Radio. Dr. Milton responds to a statement made from Wildmon, "Is it a waste of time to convince secular people to behave moral?" Click here to listen to the interview. (Note: The interview is not the full version.) FORMER FACULTY RECEIVES AWARD FROM CIU Dr. H. Wilbert Norton, Sr., who taught at RTS as professor of missions from 1989 - 1997, received an honorary doctorate for his lifetime achievements as a pioneer missionary, educator and author at Columbia International University's winter commencement. Norton and his wife Colene have been married for 73 years. HAROLD O. J. BROWN LECTURE SERIES The Harold O.J. Brown Lectures will be held on Tuesday, February 26, 2013, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at RTS/Charlotte. The speaker is Dr. Derek Thomas, professor of systematic and historical theology at the RTS/Atlanta campus, and minister of preaching and teaching at First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, SC. For more information, click here. DR. MILTON'S BOOK SUMMARIZED ON CROSSWALK.COM  Whitney Hopler contributed an article summarizing Dr. Milton's new book, Finding a Vision for Your Church: Assembly Required (P&R, November 2012) on Crosswalk.com. Hopler wrote, "Start with spiritual hunger. Begin by respecting the powerful forces for good that are already in place at your church and confessing your dissatisfaction with what’s not working well there..." Read the full article here. READ THE DIGITAL M&L MAGAZINE Sign up here to receive our digital version of the Ministry & Leadership magazine. Click here to read the latest digital issue. Our latest issue includes an interview with Dr. Al Mohler, inauguration pictures, and articles on our students and graduates. | Rob Callison (D.Min '12) He is working with Equipping Leaders International to coordinate the organizations' teaching efforts with the Miami International Seminary. He will be in India in January and Nigeria in March, teaching and working with Christian pastors who are working to develop Christian leaders in those areas. Roddy Caughman (M.Div. '09) He and his wife Becky are short-term missionary candidates with Grace Ministries and have a heart for the Deaf community in Zambia. He shared that recently a group called the Zambikes came to the church there in Zambia with numerous bicycles. They have trained the Deaf to build bikes to provide income and also a service to the community. Roddey asks for prayer that God will use this ministry to break the cycle of dependency so these men and women will know the blessings of hard work. Read more about the Caughmans here. Esaie Etienne (M.Div. '04) As director of Living Stone Reformed Mission and with Mission to the World as a missionary to Gonaives, Haiti, he and his wife Natacha have seen 20 lives saved at the school in Docine. The Christian Academy there has a new building and the attendance is 286, with 161 kids sponsored. Three medical teams have provided care to more than 2000 people and two construction teams have helped. The planning of the children's home is moving forward. They ask for wisdom in leadership, strengthening of their leaders in the faith as they are learning more and more the many aspects of Reformed Theology. Duane Griffin (MABS '07)  He has just written a new book titled From Eden to the Ends of the Earth. It is also available on Kindle. The book helps the reader understand the big picture of what God is doing in the world. Duane is a student administration functional specialist at Seminole State College in Sanford, Fla. He and his wife Lisa live in central Florida with their three daughters. Read more about him on his Web site here.F. Douglas Hudson (M.Div. '83, D.Min. '05) As a teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America, Doug is currently involved in a church planting ministry to military members near U.S. bases overseas. He is currently expanding the ministry to the military to include military bases in the States. It will be modeled after RUF. He wants to plant a TE on major installations to do evangelism and discipleship. They will partner with local reformed congregations to bring those they reach into the body of Christ. Eric Noll (M.Div. '12) On January 18-19 he will go before the "floor" and preach a sermon and have his final exam for the ordination process. Upon confirmation of ordination on the 19th, there will be an ordination service on Jan. 26 at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Va., at 5:30 p.m. Peter Sniffin (former D.Min. student) Dr. Michael Milton was in attendance for the promotion of Peter Sniffin to Colonel.  Peter is also a member of the Chaplain Ministry Institute Advisory Council. He is standing in the back row to the right of Dr. Milton. To the right of Peter is Chaplain (BG) Douglas Lee, who is over all Presbyterian and Reformed chaplains in the United States Armed Services and on the Chaplain Ministry Institute of RTS. L-R Back Row: CH Gary Sexton, USA (Ret) / Dr. Milton / CH (Col.) Peter R Sniffin, USA RTS / CH (BG) Douglas E. Lee, USA (Ret) / CH Bush USA RTS L-R Front: CH (Capt.) Britten Price USA / CH (LTC) "Chip" Huey USA / CH (Lt. Col.) Paddy USA Crawford Stevener (current RTS student) He will be the new RUF minister at Duke University after graduation this spring. Kim Trouten (MAC '10)  She is currently serving as a registered mental health counselor intern at Redeemer Counseling at University Presbyterian Church in Orlando, Fla. She and her husband Tim Trouten (M.Div. '12, MAC '12) have a one-year-old son named Xander. Tim currently serves as the admissions coordinator at RTS/Orlando.Rebecca Valentine (MAC '09)  She is currently serving at Redeemer Counseling at University Presbyterian Church in Orlando, Fla., as a registered mental health counselor intern. |
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RTS E-Newsletter iss. #132 January 17, 2013
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