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Project Submarine

Todd Patterson — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:59:39 +0000

Along with Narnia Elementary School there are a few other ministries in Banská Bystrica that we are excited about. In this post I’m writing about one that’s called “Projekt Ponorka” or Project Submarine.

The University of Matej Bel

I don’t know the official numbers but I’ve heard say that the University of Matej [...]

Dissertation Template: Submitting the Final PDF File (video)

Todd Patterson — Sat, 12 May 2012 16:29:24 +0000

It’s finally time to submit that final version of your dissertation as a pdf to Proquest/UMI Dissertation Services. Rejoice!

Even if you’ve written you’re dissertation in a single MS Word file (as I highly recommend), you’ll still need to create several separate pdf files of your dissertation and then recombine them into one single [...]

Dissertation Template: Printing Chapter by Chapter (video)

Todd Patterson — Sat, 12 May 2012 11:39:23 +0000

This is a tutorial for use with the MS Word template for writing dissertations and research papers according to the TEDS formatting and style guide. In this tutorial I explain how to prepare a multi-chapter document for printing chapter by chapter (in separate files).

You will find this tutorial useful if:

You have [...]

Nine Down, One to Go!

Todd Patterson — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:47:49 +0000

Today I turned chapter 9 of my dissertation in to my first reader. That leaves just one more chapter to go. Since my first reader is gone all of June I’ll need to finish that chapter by the end of May.

That should be plenty of time. I hope.

Of course there’s more [...]

A Work that You Will Not Believe

Todd Patterson — Sat, 05 May 2012 13:58:48 +0000

The first of Paul’s significant speeches is recorded by Luke in Acts 13 when Paul speaks in the synagogue in Pisidian Antioch. The speech is interesting because it contains a cryptic quote of Habakkuk that is often preached horribly out of context. That’s too bad because it plays an important role in setting up [...]

Decisions, Decisions (Update)

Todd Patterson — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:40:19 +0000

In the last post I filled you in on a big decision that’s in front of our little congregation. It has to do with purchasing property and buildings for Narnia Elementary School, which is an outreach ministry of our congregation. Today we had our business meeting and I’m encouraged by the results.

The [...]

Decisions, Decisions

Todd Patterson — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:23:21 +0000

Our little congregation of seventy is facing a big decision this weekend that not only determines the fate of one of our most important ministries but also poses a bit of a threat to the unity of our church. We’d sure appreciate it if you would click through to read this post and pray [...]

Dissertation with Introduction Before Chapters (video)

Todd Patterson — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:19:00 +0000

Along with my day job I also try to help out my fellow PhD students by providing them with a template that helps them automagically format their dissertations, proposals, and research papers at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

In this particular post I am responding to a recent question in which a user asked if [...]

We’ve Only Just Begun: The Emergence of Paul

Todd Patterson — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 09:59:11 +0000

At the beginning of the book of Acts Jesus said to his disciples,

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

As we’ve worked our way [...]

Rembrandt’s Stoning of St. Stephen

Todd Patterson — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:42:42 +0000

I can’t really recall when I’ve ever looked at a classic piece of artwork and felt like I understood all those things about the lines and the blah, blah, blah, that you can read in some of the art critics’ commentaries. But as I was selecting a piece of art for my next theology [...]