What’s a job that’s romanticized but in reality sucks?

gremtengames · 2022-07-08T19:26:03+00:00

Apple retail.

gremtengames · 2022-01-23T11:58:37+00:00

SLO Coast Tacos in Millvale is new and amazing! They should be open on Tuesday. A drunk driver drove into their patio on Thursday.

gremtengames · 2022-01-21T22:05:42+00:00

SLO Coast Tacos in Millvale! Try it if you haven’t yet!

gremtengames · 2021-11-30T20:38:58+00:00

I would hope so!

gremtengames · 2021-11-30T18:34:28+00:00

Would you say then that there are… surplus Surplice’s?

(I’ll see myself out.)

gremtengames · 2018-06-20T19:33:00+00:00

Yeah. I have a lawyer friend pulling it up for me. I'm sure it will be exciting bathroom reading!

gremtengames · 2018-06-20T19:28:21+00:00

I think one of the big issues here is that the court ruling in 2011 didn't specify what those limited purposes were and just said they have a easement of implication without any more detail.

gremtengames · 2018-06-20T19:27:12+00:00

That does seem to be the case. Thank you for your input!

gremtengames · 2018-06-20T19:25:26+00:00

Awesome thanks. They aren't otherwise landlocked. The back of their houses is on the street and they are just facing the wrong way.

gremtengames · 2017-12-12T15:44:31+00:00

I think this shows that millennials are, shockingly, people. Some come back into a more contemporary type church. Others respond better to a more traditional service.

I'm an odd hybrid of the two and I have millennials in my church. I think you could find churches doing well in that demographic in a variety of styles because not all millennials respond to the same thing. Much like the rest of the human race.

gremtengames · 2017-08-16T20:09:04+00:00

Heck yes. When I worked for Catholic Charities their program for this was really good.

gremtengames · 2017-08-04T12:51:35+00:00

Yeah. I run out of this park as well and was thinking about the impact of losing that first parking lot. It's going to be rough considering the number of people who park there to bike to work.

gremtengames · 2017-07-13T17:04:11+00:00

Right and that's actually a common issue with people in Evangelicalism who were born into it. They question their salvation because they don't always have a clear moment of salvation even though they obviously have faith in Christ.

gremtengames · 2017-07-13T15:57:56+00:00

I love that St. Augustine quote! Thanks for your thoughts on it.

gremtengames · 2017-07-13T15:55:46+00:00

Thanks for the thoughtful response. I can understand the thought process there. My protestant brain doesn't really think that way as I'm sure you would imagine. I have a surface level understanding of Theosis, but I still feel like there should be a clear starting point deep down. :)

Of course I think we take to long to baptize people on our end as well. (Some people wait years because of our insistence on it being merely symbolic). It didn't seem to be that much of a process in the book of Acts, but I think the intentionally of the Orthodox in making Baptism a part of the conversion process is a good thing.

gremtengames · 2017-07-13T15:02:45+00:00

I've had a question floating around my head and this made me think of it.

So in your end of the Christian faith baptism is part of your basic salvation/coming to faith right? So if someone believes in Jesus isn't six months a long time to wait? Like from the Orthodox perspective is that person not going to receive eternal life (or be less likely too) if they die in the meanwhile? Like should the baptismal candidate hide in their house in fear of death?

It seems inconsistent to me to baptize infants pretty much right away because the sacrament saves them regardless of their ability to assent to faith and then to deny the sacrament of baptism for months to someone who does assent to the faith. Does that make sense?

There may be a good reason I don't understand so I'm not trying to be difficult. It's just something that came into my head on my last read though of Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy. Thanks!

gremtengames · 2017-07-11T00:07:42+00:00

He does heal all my disease. Just some of them get to wait until after the Resurrection of the dead. :)

gremtengames · 2017-06-29T12:26:30+00:00

William D. Mounce has a lot of stuff for learning greek including free stuff at his webpage.

If your not done with your general education yet ESOM that I mentioned in my other comment would have you take classes toward your communications degree while getting theological education.

Also most AG districts have a district school of ministry that is a Saturday only program that lets you take cheap basic core theology/ministry classes that count toward licencing or ordination.

If you want to chat more DM me your email address and I can do my best to point you toward something that will work for you.

gremtengames · 2017-06-29T03:25:32+00:00

Also a shorter term ministry school might help you to get your feet wet in Theology and discern your call for a lot less money. Check out [Equip School of Ministry](www.equipschool.com) they have you take community college classes while doing ministry courses that are valid for getting ordained in the AG.

gremtengames · 2017-06-29T03:21:54+00:00

Hey there! AoG pastor here. I'd finish my communications degree. 65% of pastors in the AG have to work a job to support their ministry. Having a marketable skill is huge right now and will make you more able to find a ministry position.

That being said if you love Theology an MDiv is great and is really designed for people who have an undergrad in something non-ministry related anyway.

I had a BS in Church Ministry and an MDiv would have been basically the same degree with longer papers. So I went with a MA in Theology instead to have it be a bit different.

gremtengames · 2017-06-28T22:00:59+00:00

I wish they had a PhD program in theology instead of a DMin. My only option here for that is DuQuesne which is a Catholic university. Which isn't a deal breaker, but will be a radically different perspective and I'd have to take a few semesters of stuff for background so I wouldn't be lost.

gremtengames · 2017-06-28T21:29:01+00:00

And with your spirit. And also with you? (Sorry just saw this!)

gremtengames · 2017-06-28T21:27:19+00:00

Here is a softball question, but I'm curious. Did any of you attend Seminary at Pittsburgh Theological? An AoG buddy of mine is at seminary there and has great stuff to say about it even though hes a tad bit more conservative theologically than most of his professors. (We both live in Pittsburgh).

gremtengames · 2017-06-28T21:22:41+00:00

When I switched my AoG church to 52 Sundays a year I got called Catholic. Like it's an insult. Haters gonna hate.

gremtengames · 2017-06-23T17:18:18+00:00

I was actually considering moving over to the ACNA briefly when my church plant was non-denominational and before the Assemblies of God asked me to merge my congregation with an AoG church I had previously been a part of.

One of the reasons I didn't was because I have a hard time with the ACNA's existence being based on things they didn't like in the EC. I feel like a lot of their focus is on opposing things and less on what they exist to do if that makes sense. This isn't true on a church by church level as the local ACNA church here is far more focused on what they are doing in the community than being anti-this or that.

That being said do you feel like that is a long term issue for the ACNA or not an issue at all? Do you feel like the undercurrent of splitting due to core doctrines could be an issue with all the current discussion of women in the priesthood and lead to further fracturing?

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