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title: 'The Colporteur #2 — A Conversation With Brian Peterson About Jonathan Dickinson'
type: post
author: 'Caleb Cangelosi'
date: 2020-04-24
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2020-the-colporteur-2-a-conversation-with-brian-peterson-about-jonathan-dickinson
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# The Colporteur #2 — A Conversation With Brian Peterson About Jonathan Dickinson

I had so much fun [talking with Miles Smith about George Armstrong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=11s&v=UqcUI7sIaLo) last week, I decided to do it again. This time, I’ve interviewed Pastor Brian Peterson, Pastor of Surfside Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Myrtle Beach, SC, and a D. Min. student at RTS-Charlotte under Dr. Don Fortson. Brian is working on the life and ministry of [Jonathan Dickinson](/authors/jonathan-dickinson), a relatively under-studied figure in American Presbyterianism. We have several of his works on our site, and Brian and I discuss one particular sermon on the dangers of schisms and contentions in the ministry. I learned a lot about Dickinson, and I hope you will as well in [this 48 minute video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=6s&v=HCFqElZFur8).

If you have any suggestions on others who would make good conversation partners on some aspect of 18th-19th century American Presbyterianism, please [let me know](/about)!