| JUST RELEASED: HEBREWS-REVELATION INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK FOR IPAD | ![]() RTS Distance Education is pleased to announce the release of the Hebrews-Revelation interactive notebook on the iBook store. This interactive notebook is designed to complement the Hebrews-Revelation lectures by Dr. Michael J. Kruger, featuring videos of Dr. Kruger, interactive elements, striking imagery, lesson outlines, reading assignments, review questions, and more! This interactive notebook, available for iPad (running iOS 5.1 or later) and Mac (running OS X 10.9 or later), will help the learner engage with the New Testament like never before! Purchase it today to deepen your knowledge of these New Testament books! | | | | ALUMNI EVENTS AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLIES THIS SUMMER | ![]() BREAKFAST AT EPC GA - This year the RTS Alumni & Friends Breakfast will be held on Friday, June 26 at 7:00 a.m. at the Citrus Club, in the Minneola Room on the 18th floor. The
address is 255 South Orange Ave., Ste. 1800, Orlando, Fla, just a few blocks away from the GA site. The dress code is business casual. Limited seating, come early. Register online during registration at epc.org.
RTS-MODERATED PANEL DISCUSSION AT EPC GA - Register online at epc.org for the panel discussion titled "Reformed and Missional? The Reformed Faith for Mission." It will be held on Friday, June 26 at noon (Room TBA).
Participants will include RTS Chancellor Ligon Duncan, RTS EPC professors Dr. Mike Allen, Dr. Don Fortson, Rev. Mike Glodo, Dr. Scott Redd, and Dr. Don Sweeting.
LUNCH AT PCA GA - The RTS Alumni & Friends Lunch will be held on Thursday, June 11, 2015 at noon at the Chattanooga Convention Center in Ballroom E&F (room subject to change). The address is 1150 Carter St., Chattanooga,
TN 37402 (use 1 Carter Plaza for GPS). Come early, seating is limited. (Reserve a spot online during registration at epc.org.
BREAKFAST AT ARP SYNOD - The RTS Alumni & Friends Breakfast will be held on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 7:00 a.m. at the Bonclarken Conference Center. The address is 500 Pine Drive, Flat Rock, NC. | | | | RESISTING A SPIRIT OF LETHARGY - PART 2 | | Dr. Scott Redd, president of RTS Washington DC, posted the second part of his message on "Resisting a Spirit of Lethargy" here. | | | | CRISP LECTURES NOW AVAILABLE ON RTS MOBILE | | Dr. Oliver Crisp was the speaker for the Harold O.J. Brown Lectures at RTS/Charlotte in early March. He is the professor of systematic theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. His two lectures on "God, Election and Incarnation" are now available
on the RTS Mobile application. | | | | RTS PROFESSORS AT WORLD REFORMED FELLOWSHIP GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN BRAZIL. | | This week, the World Reformed Fellowship is holding their fourth general assembly in Sao Paulo, Brazil. On Friday morning, Dr. Steve Childers will give a plenary address on church planting. RTS Chancellor Ligon Duncan spoke on Tuesday. John
Muether and Dr. James Anderson held a workshop on Islam yesterday. Dr. Luder Whitlock, RTS president emeritus, spoke on Monday about the history of the organization. | | | | PRESIDENT'S FORUM AT RTS/CHARLOTTE | | In January, Dr. Mike Kruger interviewed Dr. Ed Welch, from the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation, who taught a week-long course at RTSC titled "Ethos and Essentials of Biblical Counseling. Listen to the interview here on Dr. Kruger's blog or it is also available on the RTS Mobile application. | | | | RTS FACULTY LECTURING AT BELHAVEN | | This spring, four RTS Jackson professors are guest lecturers in Belhaven University's Introduction to International Missions course. Dr. Bruce Baugus is speaking on "Unleashing the Gospel." Dr. Ligon Duncan, on "The Story of His Glory;" Dr. Paul
Long, Jr., on "Eras of Mission History;" and Dr. Elias Medeiros, on The Living God is a Missionary God." The course began January 20 and runs through May 5. | | | | FACULTY FORUM AT RTS CHARLOTTE | | The next speaker for the RTSC Faculty Forum will be Rev. Ken McMullen who will speak on "Grace/Law Controversies in 18th Century Scotland." The forums are held at noon in the dining room. McMullen is the associate professor of theological bibliography
and research and the library director at RTS Charlotte. | | | | TEXAS HILL COUNTRY BIBLE CONFERENCE | ![]()
Dr. Derek Thomas spoke at the Texas Hill Country Bible Conference in Boerne, Texas. He is pictured here at the RTS/Houston booth with Rev. Tim McKeown (left), executive director of RTS/Houston. | | | | SHEPHERD'S CONFERENCE AUDIO | | If you missed the Shepherd's Conference on inerrancy in California, click here for the audio to the messages from Dr. Ligon Duncan, and click here to listen to the messages from Dr. Derek Thomas. | | | | MELISSA KRUGER'S BOOK NOW RELEASED! | | Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood (WaterBrook Press, March 2015) has just been released. The book is authored by Melissa Kruger, ministry coordinator at Uptown Church in Charlotte and wife of Dr. Mike Kruger, president of RTS Charlotte.
It is available here. | | | | INTERVIEW WITH MIKE ALLEN AND SCOTT SWAIN | | RTS/Orlando's Dr. Michael Allen and Dr. Scott Swain discuss whether Christians and churches can be both catholic and Reformed. Listen here on "Christ the Center,"
the audio program of Reformed Forum, with host Camden Bucey from Hope Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Grayslake, Ill. The other panelist is Jared Oliphint, regional coordinator at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pa. | | | | RTS PANEL DISCUSSION AT TGC IN ORLANDO | | If you are attending The Gospel Coalition Conference in Orlando April 13-15, please join us for a special panel discussion by the RTS Faculty. "Living
in Light of the Gospel in the Midst of Darkening Culture" will be presented by Dr. Ligon Duncan, Dr. James Anderson, Dr. Mike Kruger, Dr. Don Sweeting, Dr. Scott Swain, Dr. Mike Allen and Dr. Scott Redd. The discussion will be held in the Butler Ballroom
from 6-7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 14. | | | | NEW POST BY RTS CHARLOTTE PRESIDENT MIKE KRUGER | ![]()
Dr. Kruger recently spoke at North Shore Fellowship in Chattanooga, Tenn. He posted a link on his blog here where you can listen to his sermon titled "How is the Authority of the New Testament Being Attacked Today (and What Can We Do About It?)" and the second session titled "How Can We Respond to These Attacks?". | | | | MEDIA GRATIAE RELEASES EXCERPTS OF LOGIC ON FIRE | | Logic on Fire: The Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones is a 104-minute feature film that is due to be released April 14 by Media Gratiae. They have released excerpts of the film on their Facebook page here including an excerpt from Dr. Ligon Duncan's contribution here. | | | | DR. DON SWEETING RELEASES NEW BOOKLET | ![]() RTS Orlando President Don Sweeting makes the case for the importance of seminary theological education in a new booklet Pursuing a Mind for Truth and a Heart for God--Why Seminary Education Matters (Create Space, February 2015), available here. The description notes, "In short, this book is perfect for anyone who is even dabbling with the idea of more effective Christian service—or perhaps becoming
a pastor, counselor, teacher, missionary, ministry leader or just a better-trained Christian." | | | | DR. GUY WATERS BOOK HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED | | Dr. Guy Waters has published ACTS in the EP Study Commentary Series, available here. The description notes, "The Study Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles is
exegetically and theologically sound, cogently reasoned and clearly written, demonstrating Luke's competence as a historian." |
| | Michael Breen (MAR '14) | | Michael is a trial lawyer in Bowling Green, Ky., and is also a writer in the process of composing a book of short stories. He wrote his thesis on Rites of Passage in the Bible (thesis advisor: Dr. Bill Fullilove). | | | | Chris Brock (M.Div. '12) | | The Brocks have settled into their new home in Albertville, in France. They will be working on learning the language there. They ask for prayer that they would be "humble in our learning, bold in our willingness to make mistakes and dependent on the
grace of God to supply us with what we need for today, while not worrying about tomorrow." They also ask for prayer for their young children as they adjust to school. Follow their blog here. | | | | Lauren Brakebill (MAC '14) | | Lauren Brakebill is now serving as a therapist for Ebenezer Counseling in her hometown of Knoxville, Tenn. | | | | Mike Cawthon (MAR '14) | | Mike is an ordained priest at St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church in Charlotte, NC. He wrote his thesis on "Lancelot Andrewes’ Life and Ministry: A Foundation for Traditional Anglican Priests" (thesis advisor: Dr. Don Fortson). | | | | Cameron Clausing (MAR '14) | | Cameron is an assistant pastor of Parish Presbyterian Church in Franklin, Tenn. He wrote his thesis on "Lectio Divina: an Appropriate and Helpful Theological Hermeneutic for the Reformed Community" (thesis advisor: Dr. Scott Swain). | | | | Abraham last name withheld (MAC '09) | | Abraham tells us there is growing unrest in his country of India. Religious fanatic group leaders are threatening to force Muslims and Christians out of the country in order to make them a Hindu Rashtra nation. According to Abraham, the Prime Minister
gave a very delayed response to the uproar by saying "My government will not allow any religious group, belonging to the minority or the majority, to incite hatred against others, overtly or covertly. I strongly condemn such violence. My government will
act strongly in this regard." His party, however was recently defeated in the Delhi state elections. Abraham asks for prayer for the nation. | | | | Justin M. Denton (M.Div. '10) | | "Jay" and his wife "Bet" (Bethany) are moving to Wilmington, NC, this summer to start a brand new Reformed University Fellowship at UNC Wilmington. They ask for prayer as they
begin to raise funds for this ministry. | | | | Ravi Scott Jain (MATS '06) | | Ravi spoke recently on liberal arts education at the Geneva Classical Academy in Lakeland, Fla. The seminar was presented by the Cambridge Study Center in partnership with Geneva Classical Academy. Ravi has
been teaching AP Calculus and AP Physics at the Geneva School since 2003. In 2013 he co-authored with Kevin Clark (MATS '08), The Liberal Arts Tradition: A Philosophy of Christian Classical Education. Ravi is also engaged in further graduate
studies in math at the University of Central Florida. | | | | Mike Kuhn (M.Div. '00) | | Mike and his wife Stephanie have arrived in Lebanon. They recently joined World Outreach. They mention winter storms and political storms in their region and including a recent influx of Assyrian Christian refugees fleeing the violence of ISIS in their
communities. They were "deeply struck by the oneness and courage and strength of the 21 men who died because of Who they aligned themselves to...Jesus and His church." They ask for prayer for peace in the region. Mike recently preached in Arabic
at the local church. He is also supervising and teaching a module of study on discipleship in April. Stephanie is tutoring and mentoring. | | | | Omar Ortiz (M.Div. '04) | ![]()
Omar stopped by RTS Orlando with a friend and a potential student. He is serving as senior pastor of Lake Osborne Presbyterian Church in Lake Worth, Fla. His wife
Kate (Maynard) Ortiz (MABS '04) homeschools their four children. Check out her blog 'Behind the Gate' here. | | | | Robert Penny (M.Div. '70) | ![]()
Bob is serving as a visiting professor at African Bible College in Kampala, Uganda. For their Spiritual Emphasis Week, they heard from Dr. William Barcley, senior minister at Sovereign Grace Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, NC. They also heard
from Bishop Henry Orombi, former archbishop of Uganda and now bishop of his northern home diocese. Bobby shares a picture of his plate from Culture Night, a covered-dish dinner where students cook from one of their 8 or 10 different countries. | | | | Kelly Simpson (MATS '09) | ![]()
Kelly (pictured right) spoke at a women's retreat for Hays Hills Baptist Church in Buda, Texas in February. The retreat was entitled "Seeking Rest for My Soul: A Sabbath Deeper than Do's and Don'ts" Kelly shared insights from her research which
began during her time at RTS/Orlando and has continued since graduation. Kelly is pictured here with her friend and editor, Abby, who has been instrumental in bringing this information into a cohesive form; | | | | Jason Tippetts (M.Div. '11) | | Jason is the pastor of Westside Church in Colorado Springs, Colo. His wife Kara Tippetts, well known blogger of "Mundane Faithfulness," and mother of four, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday. Please pray for her family and loved ones and that the seeds sown through her faithful life, struggle with cancer, and death would be used. The Washington Post publishedthis article just prior to her passing. | | | | RTS Alumni: Check out rts.edu/alumni for blogs, resources, books and more! |
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RTS Distance Education is pleased to announce the release of the Hebrews-Revelation interactive notebook on the iBook store. This interactive notebook is designed to complement the Hebrews-Revelation lectures by Dr. Michael J. Kruger, featuring videos of Dr. Kruger, interactive elements, striking imagery, lesson outlines, reading assignments, review questions, and more! This interactive notebook, available for iPad (running iOS 5.1 or later) and Mac (running OS X 10.9 or later), will help the learner engage with the New Testament like never before! Purchase it today to deepen your knowledge of these New Testament books!
BREAKFAST AT EPC GA - This year the RTS Alumni & Friends Breakfast will be held on Friday, June 26 at 7:00 a.m. at the Citrus Club, in the Minneola Room on the 18th floor. The
address is 255 South Orange Ave., Ste. 1800, Orlando, Fla, just a few blocks away from the GA site. The dress code is business casual. Limited seating, come early. Register online during registration at epc.org.
RTS Orlando President Don Sweeting makes the case for the importance of seminary theological education in a new booklet Pursuing a Mind for Truth and a Heart for God--Why Seminary Education Matters (Create Space, February 2015), available 
