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Mark D. Roberts

I haven’t been updating my local police blotter for a while. So, here are some recent highlights . . . . May 19 10800 block of Highway 87, Comfort, 7:24 p.m., A caller reported that someone ran through his fence. [MDR: With a car? Or with superhuman strength?] May 20 100 block of Sunflower, Comfort,…

Part 18 of series: The End of the Presbyterian Church USA? Revisited Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series So far I’ve put up three posts on recent changes in the exegesis exam of the Presbyterian Church (USA). If you haven’t been reading along, I’ll summarize by saying that the PC(USA) no longer…

Part 17 of series: Presbyterian Exegesis Exam Changed Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series In my last two blog posts I have commented on recent changes in the exegesis exam of the Presbyterian Church (USA). In a nutshell, the PC(USA) no longer requires candidates for ordination to pastoral ministry to demonstrate knowledge…

Part 16 of series: The End of the Presbyterian Church USA? Revisited Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series Yesterday I began commenting on recent changes in the exegesis exam of the Presbyterian Church (USA). For the first time in ages, the PC(USA) will no longer require candidates taking the exegesis exam to…

Part 15 of series: The End of the Presbyterian Church USA? Revisited Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series I just became aware of a couple of major changes in exegesis exams of the Presbyterian Church (USA). I want to offer some comments on these changes. This may seem like a detour from…

Part 14 of series: The End of the Presbyterian Church USA? Revisited Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series So far in this series on The End of the Presbyterian Church USA? Revisited I have argued that we members of the PCUSA cannot get along as a unified denomination because of our deep…

Faithfulness in Small Things READ Matthew 25:14-30 “The master was full of praise. ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together!'” Matthew 25:21 In this familiar parable, the master praises his servant for being “faithful…

As my regular readers know, I don’t tend to do serious blogging on Saturdays. But today I do want to put up something that is vaguely related to my recent series on the PCUSA and denominations. I’ve been watching with interest the hype surrounding Barack Obama’s imminent announcemet of his running mate. One of the…

Part 14 of series: The End of the Presbyterian Church USA? Revisited Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series Two years ago, in the aftermath of the debacle of the 2006 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA, I wrote a blog series on the topic: What’s Good About Denominations? In this series…

I just got back from vacation. As is my tradition, I’ll put up some photos. In a day or two I’ll get back to more substantial blogging. Our vacation began with a few days in the Sierra Nevada mountains of central California. I put up some photos from this part of our vacation a few…
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