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Rochester, N.Y. - The city's deputy mayor has been arrested for driving while intoxicated. New York State Police said around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, troopers stopped Leonard Redon, 62, of Pittsford, for speeding on Interstate 490 near the Clinton Avenue exit. Redon was subsequently arrested for DWI, speeding and having an expired inspection. State police confirmed Redon had a blood-alcohol level of .13 and was driving 70 mph in a 55 mph zone. He was charged with speeding,

How to have a rich seminary Journey | John Piper

How to have a rich seminary Journey

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

If seminarians will learn the habit of thinking about God’s truth as a means of enjoying him, then they will not waste their theological education, said John Piper during a special, pre-convocation chapel service, Jan. 23, at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

“God gave you doctrine for delight TWEET,” he said in the beginning of his message. “God gave you a mind to be a faithful servant to your heart. Reasoning, thinking, knowing God is the necessary means, and delighting in, being satisfied in, enjoying and treasuring God is the ultimate end of the human soul.”

Piper, popular author, speaker and founder of Desiring God ministries, preached from John 8:28-32, a sermon he called “Don’t Waste Your Theological Education.” In his message to a standing-room-only audience in Alumni Memorial Chapel, Piper applied the theme of his ministry, “God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him,” to the pursuit of theological education.

Piper argued that because a Christian’s mind is in service of his or her heart, theological studies should result in enjoyment of God — students should “make reflection the servant of affection,” he said.

“The organ of knowing is given by God to serve the organ of preferring,” Piper said. “Thinking exists to serve feeling.”

According to Piper, the way those in seminary avoid wasting their experience is by using their academic pursuits both to further their knowledge of God and, ultimately, to enjoy him more.

“You will not waste your seminary — your years here, your efforts here, your experience — if you solidify the lifelong habit of thinking about the truth of God as a means of enjoying the God of truth,” Piper said.

And, he said, Christians must do this for the rest of their lives.

Piper said that what keeps people — seminary students included — from enjoying God is competing affections. He stated that this displacement from affections for God to something else is sin. But the truth of God’s Word will set Christians free from the bondage of sin.

“Sin is an internal displacement of the glory of God in our affections, in our valuing or treasuring of anything above God,” TWEET Piper said. “All sin, outwardly, is an expression of the inward preference of anything above God. You will know the truth and the truth will set you free from preferring anything other than God,” he said, encouraging students to know and prefer God above all other pursuits.

The season of seminary is for learning to think correctly about God, and God gave Christians doctrine for delight, he said, before he transitioned to instruct students about how not to waste their theological education.

Piper then answered four questions — each with several part answers — to help students think about how to glorify God in their thoughts about his truth.

1. The first question was about the definition of affections for the Christian. Piper answered his question, saying by “affections” he did not mean physical, outward reactions, but rather internal, spiritual and supernatural joy in God, which can sometimes overflow in outward ways.

Harlem's Spanish Christian Church Devastated By Natural Gas Explosion

CHURCH Of The RESURRECTION:

"In Need of Prayer"

Carmen Vargas-Rosa, a lifelong member of the Christian evangelical church at the center of the Harlem building collapse, said church members are still trying to find at least two tenants who have been missing since this morning's disaster.

The church at 1644 Park Ave before and after the horrific explosion.

There are six apartments above the church housing about 20 people, she said, all of whom were members of the Spanish Christian Church. All morning, church members have been frantically working to account for everyone in the building.
Some thought to be missing turned out to be at work and school, and other tenants were confirmed to be at Mt. Sinai hospital and other area hospitals, Vargas-Rosa said.
"We know who was safe, but there are those who we don't know anything about," she said.  She said it was unclear whether the two reported dead were from the church building or the neighboring structure.
Vargas-Rosa said she smelled gas last night when she was in the neighborhood visiting family members. She said she thought the smell was coming from the deli at the corner of 116th and Park Ave., and told the owners about it.
The Spanish Christian Church has a long history in Harlem, just celebrating its 80th anniversary last fall. There are about 60 total church members.
The registered head officers for the church are Rev. Santos Mercado and Rev. Thomas Perez, according to Village Voice.

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