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A little about me. I have been married to Anna Moseley Gissing since 2003. We met as students at Beeson Divinity School, an evangelical and confessional graduate school of Samford University. Since 2004 I have served on the staff of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA.
In 2010 I transitioned into organizational leadership as Director of the Blue Ridge Area (NC, SC, and VA) of Graduate & Faculty Ministries. I lead a staff team of campus ministers working with graduate students and faculty in the leading universities not only of the Southeastern United States, but also of the world.
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Hi, two comments. 1st a question: are the two tasks intelligent faith and evangelical faith? Because it sounds as if faith might make a third:
* intelligent
* evangelical
* faith
Or since you’re a Calvinist (I am also) then faith isn’t our task but given to us?
2nd… correction. Armenians are people who live in or come from Armenia. They may or may not believe in free will.
Free-willers follow the 5 points set forth by Joseph Arminius and are actually Arminians. With an “i” –
@SilentGreen – Thanks for your comment. Actually, the two tasks are: loving God with one’s heart and loving God with one’s mind. The title comes from a lecture by Charles Malik given at Wheaton College last century. As for faith, I mean it as a noun (i.e., the faith) more than as a verb–the content of my religious beliefs.
Thanks for catching the typo. I am aware of the difference between Armenians and Arminians, however sometimes at the end of a long week of conferencing you make mistakes!