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Gender	Male
Industry	Religion
Occupation	Pastor
Location	Perry, NY, United States
Introduction	I have pastored Perry Baptist Church in Perry for 25 years and am passionate to lift up Jesus Christ as the all-satisfying Savior of the world. I am happily married to Phyllis (36 years). We have two grown children, Dave and Rachel (husband-Jay Short). The title, "CROSS Purposes" serves a dual aim: To declare the centrality of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ for salvation, and to discuss the conflicts that arise in a world opposed to the gospel. My education is varied: Bob Jones University (B.A., 1975), Bethel Seminary of the East (M.Div., 1990), Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (D.Min., 2007).
Interests	Bicycling, golf, reading
Favorite movies	Hunt For Red October, The Lord of the Rings, The Princess Bride, Amadeus
Favorite music	Classical-Handel, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Mozart, Haydn, R. Strauss, Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Mahler, Classical Guitar-Parkening, Williams, Fisk, Segovia, & any "new-to-me composers"
Favorite books	Holiness-J.C. Ryle, No Place For Truth, David Wells, Revival & Revivalism-Iain Murray, Jonathan Edwards' Works, Desiring God, Future Grace-John Piper, Life of Geo. Whitefield-Dallimore, Spurgeon's Autobiography, Preaching & Preachers, Lloyd-Jones, Puritans-T. Watson, Brooks, Gurnall, Burroughs, & lately K. DeYoung . . .