Doug Rice
Submitted by azpapi on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 12:16.
Pastor
doug@tempevineyard.com
Hometown:
Chandler, AZ
Activities:
- Vineyard Bible Institute (on-line)
- church functions
- teaching my 1 yr. old son how to eat with a spoon
- cleaning aforementioned son’s entire body after trying to teach him how to eat with spoon
- fixing up my 15 yr. old son’s ’77 Camaro before he gets his license
- date nights with my wife
- keeping up-to-date on the hapless Miami Dolphins who will always be my favorite team, regardless of how bad they stink.
Interests:
- Church history
- Ancient history (particularly the Near East)
- Reformation theology
- sci-fi
- turn-based strategy games involving historical figures
- Thai food
- the NFL (when the Dolphins are on)
- politics
- REAL immigration reform (Lev. 19:33- “When the alien lives among you, do him no harm and treat him as a citizen, for you were once strangers also.”)
Favorite Music:
- Pretty much anything on the Vineyard label
- 80’s: what a great decade for music!
- Light Classical and chamber music
- Swing
- Blues
- Dixieland jazz
- Southern rock
Favorite TV Shows:
- Old Star Trek
- 3 stooges (Curly only, please!)
- LOST
- myth busters
- Naked Archaelogy
- NFL Total Access
- Just about everything on the History and Discover Channels.
Favorite Movies:
- Beau Jest
- Citizen Cain
- Young Frankenstein
- The Blues Brothers
- Gladiator
- Hero (Jet Li)
Favorite Books:
- City of God - Augustine
- Confessions - Augustine
- Cur Deus Homo - Anselm
- The Inferno - Dante
- Summa Theologica - Aquinas
- Discourse on the Method - Descartes
Favorite Quotes:
“To the noble and wise politicians we should leave the art of lying - Plato
“Vetium esse neq en sumo pose bono, neq nissi en oliquo bono” - Augustine
“I doubt, therefore I think, therefore, I am” - Descartes
“What is… is.” - Parmenides
“The only constant is change” - Heraclitus
“Unless I am convinced by sacred scripture or by evident reason, I cannot recant because my conscience is held captive by the word of God, and to act against conscience is neither right nor safe, here I stand, God help me, I can do no other.” - Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms.
“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'.” - Ronald Reagan
About Me:
I am a transplanted Floridian, a rabid Miami Dolphins’ fan, and father of three kids. My wife, Anna, is from Sweden and is trying to teach this mono-linguistic, 42-year-old a new language. (Pray for her.) I am a pastor at the Tempe Vineyard Church, the place I have called home for 12 years now.