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Six Degrees of Separation


I traversed through the dangerous flood waters to Kansas City just a few days ago, where I met Pastor Adams, author of the "Why I am not a Dispensationalist" blog. I heard about Pastor Adams through my church in California. In fact, the Robertson family is largely responsible for dragging him into Covenantal theology. Well, I found out that Pastor Adams not only is familiar with those people back at Saint Andrew's Community Church, but he is also familiar with Pastor Tim, of Sterling Evangelical Bible Church. He also knows the pastor of the CRE church in Wichita, Pastor Brandt. When I visited Pastor Tim last Sunday, I found out that Pastor Adams also knows yet another man in California (whom I thought was disconnected from all of this) named Mr. Federico.

This reminds me of the time I found a picture of the Caravaggio sisters in Mrs. Parson's Latin textbook which she lent to me. The six degrees of separation theory must be true.

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Anonymous said…
You mean YOU know Mrs. Parson, too?! Small world! ;-)
May 31, 2007 at 2:46 PM
Sean Brandt said…
If you say he "knew" Pastor Brandt, then it sounds like a)I'm dead, or b)Eric and I have had a falling out.

I'm pretty sure neither is the case. :-)
July 25, 2007 at 6:32 PM
Unknown said…
Very true, Pastor Brandt. I'll change it forthwith!
July 25, 2007 at 7:26 PM
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