{"id":265,"date":"2015-08-04T10:06:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T16:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pastormathis.com\/?page_id=265"},"modified":"2022-02-28T12:51:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T19:51:06","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pastormathis.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Short version: I am a pastor and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sermonaudio.com\/source_detail.asp?sourceid=denverprovidence\">preacher <\/a>at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverprovidence.org\/\">Providence OPC<\/a>. \u00a0I am an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Uniting-Church-Family-Shawn-Mathis\/dp\/1495489582\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1455741478&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=uniting+church+and+family\">author<\/a>. And I am currently writing a book about the LGBTQ movement in conservative churches.<\/p>\n<p>Long version:<\/p>\n<p>This website is the development of over ten years of writing in cyberspace. Beginning with an old blog platform, I graduated to writing about apologetics, news and opinion from a Christian perspective at Examiner.com&#8230;until they <a href=\"https:\/\/caffeinatedthoughts.com\/2015\/07\/examiner-com-fires-christian-pastor-says-content-not-a-good-fit\/\">laid me off<\/a>\u00a0after\u00a0writing one too ma<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-266 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/pastormathis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/News_Doug_Phillips_top-search-news_2013-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"News_Doug_Phillips_top search news_2013\" width=\"319\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pastormathis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/News_Doug_Phillips_top-search-news_2013-300x161.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pastormathis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/News_Doug_Phillips_top-search-news_2013.jpg 646w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/>ny articles on gay marriage around the time of the infamous SCOTUS ruling (they morphed into Axios).<\/p>\n<p>Before losing my writing gig there, Examiner.com considered me a reliable news-source and Google and Bing had accepted\u00a0my articles into their news-search engines. My first search-engine break was the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140416115746\/http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/doug-phillips-of-vision-forum-resigns-due-to-affair\">fall of Doug Phillips<\/a>; my articles garnered\u00a0front page news-search (see picture) Many times my articles were featured on the front page of Examiner.com.<\/p>\n<p>Having written well over 300 articles (all deleted by Examiner.com), I am slowly republishing them at this site even as I continue to write about things of Christian interest from a distinctly theological perspective.<\/p>\n<p>I am the pastor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverprovidenc.org\/\">Providence Orthodox Presbyterian Church<\/a>. And, naturally, what I write does not necessarily represent the views of my church, my Presbytery or my denomination and are not intended to be contrary to our received confessions.<\/p>\n<p>My sermons are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sermonaudio.com\/source_detail.asp?sourceid=denverprovidence\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An interview <a href=\"https:\/\/caffeinatedthoughts.com\/2015\/07\/examiner-com-fires-christian-pastor-says-content-not-a-good-fit\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My twitter handle: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShawnMathis1972\">shawnmathis1972<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shawncmathis\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Want to support me? 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