Category: Doctoral Program
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Energy Sources
Here is a wonderful quote from Raniero Cantalamessa in the book Come, Creator Spirit. This could be the basis for a whole comparision between why the “world” hasn’t been able to ‘convert” to solar (or wind) energy and why the church has difficulty using the energy of the Spirit for its life and practice: This…
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“Helping” the Well Off
I simply loved this quote from William H. Willimon in the book Pastor: The Theology and Practice of Ordained Ministry: Thus I am troubled when a seminarian tells me that she or he is going into the Christian ministry because, ‘I like helping people.’ Helping people,may be a satisfactory basis for ministerial work, if ministry…
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Update
I thought I should post an update. I finished my paper for my Biblical Interpretation class and sent it in. I don't know what the grade is and probably won't find out until I go back to campus in July. My next class is the Theology of Ministry. I have the books and have finished…
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Why Study?
As I work on my paper I keep asking myself why? After all there has been close to 2,000 years of study on Jesus. I keep thinking, will I ever be able to introduce something new? I figure probably not. My question then is, Will I be satisfied to simply repeat the findings of others?…
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Biblical Scholarship….
From time to time I’ve struggled with scholarship. Now, I find myself in a doctoral program where, you guessed it, I have to deal with scholarly material. Part of my struggle has been because the Bible seems like such a short, in many ways, book. After all, it has been around for a very long…