I had to write a paper this week on the "Sons of God" written about in Genesis 6. It was a pretty interesting topic, but I found it pretty difficult to find enough material on the subject. Well, that’s not true, there was lots of info on the internet, but who knows how much credibility…
Miranda’s Teaching Debut
My beautiful bride, Miranda, was asked quite a while ago to teach a group of about 60 women on a retreat this past weekend. The only direction they gave her was "Faith." Anyway, she had some very specific ideas of what she wanted to share with them but hadn’t quite figured out how to tie…
My 10 Commandments
In class last night Dr. Loken asked us each to spend about 10 minutes and write our own 10 commandments around each of these 10 topics listed. It’s a good exercise; I’d encourage you to do it too. Here’s what I came up with: 1. Priorities – I will keep my personal relationship with God…
Awesome School Stuff
Wow! I really love going to class on Tuesday nights. Right now I’m in "Special Issues in the Old Testament – Historical Literature." Anyway, last night, Dr. Loken gave us an overview of Genesis. There are lots of things he covered which I knew, but quite a bit that I learned too. Check out some…
Abraham
Last night was a crazy night. We were getting all kinds of warnings about the weather and the news people were saying not to get out in it all. It was supposed to freeze, and schools were shutting down. But I had class. I really have enjoyed the classes I’ve been taking and so even…
The Nativity Story
We went to see the movie the other day and I thought it was great! I don’t think the High School guys who went with us enjoyed it too much, but it followed the Biblical account pretty well. Mary and Joseph were portrayed as a couple who didn’t know each other very well, and he…
The Bible as Literature
Dr Loken taught us last night about how to read the Bible as literature. It also seems to me that this is one of his favorite subjects. His dissertation involved these very same concepts as they applied to the Book of Nehemiah. His focus tonight was on the narrative form which makes up most of…
Hermeneutics
Our class last week was a bit dissappointing. I’ve really enjoyed the thigns Dr. Loken has been teaching, but he didn’t teach much that week. We spent most of out time doing what he called "show and tell" where he described different Biblical reference materials to us and then passed them around. I know it’s…
Peter’s more Sure Word
Here’s some thoughts I had after watching a video in class with a guy named Ravi Zacharias. 2 Peter 1:19, "We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star…
Observation
Along with Interpretation, and Application, Observation is the first of the three elements of hermeneutics (science and art of Biblical interpretation). Anyway, the other night in our class we had an "observation" test. They gave us one hour to find all the books of the bible hidden in a two page story. Here’s the file…