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1. The strangest\u2013and most hilarious\u2013commercial I\u2019ve ever seen<\/a>. Suffice it to say that after you watch this, you will never hear the words \u201cberries and cream\u201d in the same way. Also, go here<\/a> to discover more of Starburst\u2019s excessively strange commercials.<\/p>\n

2. This man takes good pictures<\/a>. My wife and I randomly met him and he took some incredible shots for us for our holiday picture. If you\u2019re a seminarian looking for a good wedding photographer, you might look Jason\u2019s way.<\/p>\n

3. I just graduated from Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY with an MDiv in Biblical and Theological Studies. When it\u2019s up, go to the SBTS website<\/a> and listen to Dr. Al Mohler\u2019s excellent commencement address. He spoke on Samuel\u2019s call to ministry and related it to our own modern-day call to ministry. In coming days, I will be writing on my experience at Southern, my time with Dr. Mohler, and my thoughts on seminary in general. I hope you\u2019ll find it interesting.<\/p>\n

4. The New England Center for Expository Preaching<\/a> has some openings and is always looking for interns and preachers who are interested in the difficult but extremely meaningful calling of ministry in New England. I recently heard a brother (Reid Monaghan<\/a> who is planting a church in New Jersey<\/a>) relate some comments of workers in Northeastern campus ministry. They said that that the character of ministerial \u201csoil\u201d on Northeast campuses is \u201chard as concrete.\u201d That is, it\u2019s not just hard grass, it\u2019s not just solid dirt, it\u2019s concrete. Brothers, are you ambitious for the kingdom? Do you have energy, and intelligence, and gospel zeal? Then think about New England and the secular Northeast. Your road, if you go, will be hard, but your reward will be sweet.<\/p>\n

Blessings to all, and look in the coming days for some material on my time at SBTS. I\u2019ve been wanting to write about Southern, and Dr. Mohler, and other things for some time, and I\u2019m ready to do so.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"