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About Me

Hi. My name is Sten-Erik Armitage, and I hate the obligatory “about me” section of this website. Not yours – I love your about you section. It’s not you. It’s me. The reason I dislike it is two fold. First, It’s difficult to determine what would be appropriate to include. You want some information there, but you don’t want it to be a list of achievements – that comes across as egotistical. And you don’t want it to be too long – that comes across as exhibitionistic, or at least boring. Second, it’s not about me. That’s contrary to the purpose of this blog. It’s about Him. It is only about me insofar as I desire it to be about Him.

So, about me. I am a husband to Lisa. Apart from being saved from my sin by the work of the Son, she is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I am father to Haley, Kristina, Emma, and Anja, four beautiful young ladies who have each marked my life in a unique way. I spent nearly 20 years in the corporate world, and am now a recovering human resources executive. I serve Dallas Theological Seminary as the Director of Spiritual Formation. As a student at DTS I earned a Th.M. with a dual focus in systematic and historic theology as well as an M.A. degree. I am currently pursuing a PhD from the University of St Andrews. I preach when given the opportunity, teach even when the opportunity isn’t given, and have committed my life to “Theological Pursuits.”

“Theological Pursuits” isn’t this blog, nor is it a dry, esoteric, academic interest. It is the pursuit of Christlikeness through study, ministry, and the discipline of “thinking Christianly.” Just as a healthy marriage is characterized by the partners always striving to know one another more deeply so that they might love one another more completely, so do I pursue my knowledge of God. My heart’s desire is to grow in virtue by thinking rightly of Him and encouraging others to do likewise. He knows me better than I know myself; so all that is left is for me to grow in my knowledge of Him. Not so that I might become an intellectual fathead, but so that I might love Him more completely.

Won’t you join me on this pursuit? Neither of us will ever be the same…