User:RickReinckens

Education (non-religious)

 * Bachelor of Arts in Languages, 1972, Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y.
 * City University of New York Graduate Center, 1972-1973, 20 s.h. in doctoral programs in Linguistics and Germanic Languages
 * Cleveland Institute of Electronics Certificate in Electronics (home-study)
 * Juris Doctor, 1981, St. John's University School of Law
 * Houston Community College, 1984-1985, 24 s.h. in accounting and tax

General WP stuff
I mainly do "wikignome" stuff--checking random articles for format, adding links, etc. For awhile I did some editing in the Messianic Judaism article but I found the regular clique of editors (almost all of whom are not Messianic) so biased that I stopped.
 * You need to come back. I'm all alone there.--DeknMike (talk) 17:42, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

-- Religious Attendance
(Yes, that does mean I have been attending three different congregations on a weekly basis for several years.)
 * I was raised Roman Catholic and converted to Protestantism in 1996.
 * I am now a Messianic gentile who has attended | Baruch HaShem Messianic Synagogue (BHS) in Dallas, Texas since December 1999.
 * I am a member of Christian Chapel CME Temple of Faith, where I run the Internet Outreach Ministry and teach in the children's program.
 * I have attended the Reform Jewish Temple Emanu-El in Dallas since early 2003.
 * For about a year I also attended Zola Levitt's Shalom Shalom Messianic Congregation.

-- Religious Training
I have completed six Messianic Yeshiva courses given by leaders in the Messianic Movement, a three-day orientation on Messianic Judaism given by BHS, and have extensively read Messianic authors such as Dan Juster, John C. Fisher, Michael L. Brown and David Stern. I have also studied Hebrew and traditional (non-Messianic) Judaism. Including college-lecture-type teaching at BHS I have about 450 hours of training in Messianic Judaism, Messianic theology, etc.

I hold a Certificate in Theology from the Dallas Extension Division of Interdenominational Theological Center (Protestant) in Atlanta, Georgia. I have also attended several non-denominational Christian workshops on children's ministry. I have written extensively on theology and apologetics.

-- Religious Study
As an apologist, I have studied the theology of numerous denominations and religions, including:


 * Orthodox Judaism
 * Reform Judaism
 * Messianic Judaism
 * Roman Catholicism
 * Russellism (Jehovah's Witnesses)
 * Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
 * Islam
 * Evangelical Protestantism
 * Mainstream Protestantism
 * New Age

-- Religious Websites
I am the webmaster of numerous Protestant and Messianic websites that mainly deal with theology and apologetics with an emphasis on evangelism, including:


 * Bible Codes -- Fact or Fantasy?
 * Bible Dictionary
 * La Biblia en Español
 * Catecismo Católico Comparado a la Biblia
 * Catholic Catechism Compared to the Bible
 * Christian Chapel CME Church Internet Outreach Ministry
 * Christian Evidences and Apologetics
 * Christian Methodist Episcopal Responsive Readings
 * Did God Lie? (Messianic Judaism)
 * Dios en la Red (God On The Net en español)
 * God On The Net
 * Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
 * The Holy Spirit
 * HubbleSpacePhotos.com
 * Messianic Literature Outreach Tracts
 * Messianic Worship
 * Новости Мессии Йешуа (News of Messiah Yeshua)
 * Passover Seder Dinner - Messianic Haggadah
 * Protestantism and Roman Catholicism Compared
 * Screen Savers (free, downloadable)
 * 140 Sermons of John Wesley
 * Understanding New Covenant Kingdom Order
 * What the Bible Teaches

-- Secular Websites
I am the webmaster of the following secular websites:
 * Rick's Search Assistant Pages I have found over the years useful for locating people, etc.
 * Texas Links Links to information sites about Texas and many government agencies.
 * TIPS - To Improve Pool Safety Children's water saftey information