I am absolutely eating up Hebrew Literature and Poetry! What is there about parallelism that intrigues me so? Why did I enjoy my last homework assignment so much? Is the teacher, Brad (Mr makes him feel old), and the fact that he uses Power Point and shows us examples? Maybe, I'm also enjoying his Hermeneutic class as well. Or is that I'm digging into the Psalms and seeing more to it than just nice, feel good, words? Maybe it has something to do with structure? Whatever the reason, I am most definitely enjoying HL and P!
Hermeneutics is good too. My freshman year I had Bible Study Methods and learned about observing, interpreting and application. Hermeneutics is just more in depth. The biggest thing to remember is Context! Context! Context! Know what the author was intending to his original audience, try to place yourself in his shoes, but also in the recipient's shoes. What is the intension, the occasion? Observe themes, emphases, and other patterns. Are there any key words, phrases? How would you break it up? And various other questions to ask the text when you're interpreting it. Very interesting and very hands on.
Western Thought and Arts is an interesting class... It's taking WT and A from the Greek period all the way down to the 20th century. The teacher is focusing on arts, architecture and ideas, so the sections in the book about music and literature aren't as important to read. I'm going to read them anyways though. I like the big picture. The classes... The teacher is learning to use Power Point and that is taking up a large portion of the class time. Plus she's going to give us her outline and the presentations up in the library. I almost don't have to take notes... Not a good thing 'cause I learn from taking notes. hmmm... Maybe I'll do it anyways.
Apologetics is interesting... I'm taking this because it's a weak point in my life and I'm definitely noticing that in the discussions we are having in class. Yesterday we had three groups discuss and debate the merits of Inclusivism, Pluralism, and Exclusivism. Well, I'm an exclusivist (Jesus is the only way) but I didn't really have a good defense. All of us in the group were Exclusivists, but the one that could be defended the most was Inclusivism and Ryan blew us out of the water. Mainly because he likes reading about these things, but also because Johnny and I didn't have the grounding that we thought we did. Definitely seeing the need to have this skill.
I'm taking Romans Independent Study from Dr. B. Going to translate chapters 6 - 8 and 12, read a couple commentaries and take notes on the setting of Romans. That and discussion will be all I have to do. I'm pretty happy about it. I'm really looking forward to the discussion. There's a lot in those chapters.
Leadership Practicum is at 1 today. It's basically a time to talk about our small groups and how we're doing as leaders. I'm not expecting much today 'cause our small groups haven't met yet (well, besides the initial meeting at camp lane...).
I think that's all I have for academics this term... I'm signed up for 18 credits 'cause of the Summer Internship, but since that was a summer thing, and since I've written the paper and journal, I don't have to worry about it.
All of these classes are good classes. I'm excited to see how it all works out.
Hermeneutics is good too. My freshman year I had Bible Study Methods and learned about observing, interpreting and application. Hermeneutics is just more in depth. The biggest thing to remember is Context! Context! Context! Know what the author was intending to his original audience, try to place yourself in his shoes, but also in the recipient's shoes. What is the intension, the occasion? Observe themes, emphases, and other patterns. Are there any key words, phrases? How would you break it up? And various other questions to ask the text when you're interpreting it. Very interesting and very hands on.
Western Thought and Arts is an interesting class... It's taking WT and A from the Greek period all the way down to the 20th century. The teacher is focusing on arts, architecture and ideas, so the sections in the book about music and literature aren't as important to read. I'm going to read them anyways though. I like the big picture. The classes... The teacher is learning to use Power Point and that is taking up a large portion of the class time. Plus she's going to give us her outline and the presentations up in the library. I almost don't have to take notes... Not a good thing 'cause I learn from taking notes. hmmm... Maybe I'll do it anyways.
Apologetics is interesting... I'm taking this because it's a weak point in my life and I'm definitely noticing that in the discussions we are having in class. Yesterday we had three groups discuss and debate the merits of Inclusivism, Pluralism, and Exclusivism. Well, I'm an exclusivist (Jesus is the only way) but I didn't really have a good defense. All of us in the group were Exclusivists, but the one that could be defended the most was Inclusivism and Ryan blew us out of the water. Mainly because he likes reading about these things, but also because Johnny and I didn't have the grounding that we thought we did. Definitely seeing the need to have this skill.
I'm taking Romans Independent Study from Dr. B. Going to translate chapters 6 - 8 and 12, read a couple commentaries and take notes on the setting of Romans. That and discussion will be all I have to do. I'm pretty happy about it. I'm really looking forward to the discussion. There's a lot in those chapters.
Leadership Practicum is at 1 today. It's basically a time to talk about our small groups and how we're doing as leaders. I'm not expecting much today 'cause our small groups haven't met yet (well, besides the initial meeting at camp lane...).
I think that's all I have for academics this term... I'm signed up for 18 credits 'cause of the Summer Internship, but since that was a summer thing, and since I've written the paper and journal, I don't have to worry about it.
All of these classes are good classes. I'm excited to see how it all works out.
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