One of the most wonderful things about having three children is seeing each of their personalities.  Our first two children have totally different personalities, one being thoughtful, observant and shy, the other talkative, curious, and outgoing.  We don't know what to make of our youngest yet!  The point is simply this: people are different.  They have different personalities, different temperaments.  And this means as we minister the gospel of Jesus to students, we must not deal with students in cookie cutter ways.  Each student has a different personality.  And each student is at a different place, both in life and...

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 One of the ways you can tell you're getting older is that you listen to NPR.  I listen to NPR!  And one of the things I love about NPR is their "This I Believe" segment in which someone, anyone, often a famous one, shares his philosophy of life in one way or another.  Well, given that we've got this blog space on our website, why not blog a little about what we believe as a ministry?  So what does RUF believe?Perhaps the best place to start is to say that we deeply believe in the Bible.  We believe it is...

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How well I can remember my very first days on the campus of USC.  So exciting to be leaving home for the first time, and yet so scary to be one lonely person in a crowd of thousands!  One thing we hope to do as a ministry here at GSU is to reach out to Freshmen and hopefully make them feel a little more at home here.  So whether you can't wait to get to Statesboro and start a new, adventurous life, or whether you are coming here dragging your feet, nervous about how it's going to go, WE WANT...

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 The family and I just got back from spending a couple of days at St. Simon's in GA.  The wonderful folks at Golden Isles PCA invited me to come preach on Sunday, then let us stay a couple of days in one of the member's condo.  It was glorious.  St. Simon's is beautiful, the beach was perfect, and the food was delicious.  Beautiful homes, winding nature trails, the classic pier and lighthouse were great, Barbara Jeans southern food, Moondoggy's Pizza, and on the way home some Mack's BBQ were all quite tasty.  All in all, we are thankful to the...

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Georgia Southern's Freshmen orientation begins today.  If you are an incoming freshman, and you plan on attending the "making connections fair" then look for the RUF table.  Sammy (and hopefully another student) will be there, bored, needing someone to talk with.  So drop on by!  We look forward to meeting you!

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