Well we are six days and counting -- I am so far behind in my reading for school that I am committed to one hour in each book between now and Sunday when I leave for Duke, which so far has amounted to one chapter per book!!!
I did write my paper, I just need to remember to print it off and take it with me!!! I also need to double/triple check the syllabus to find out if there is anything else I need to have ready to turn in on July 2nd.
I also need to contact the school and find out about my accomodations. I will need to contact my roommate to be sure she will be in the apartment on Sunday night when I get there or I will not have a place to sleep on Sunday night. Registration begins at 8am on Monday and then classes begin sometime around lunchtime.
Just so you know, reading these books about how the Bible came to be can make an athiest out of anyone. Having the authors show you over and over again how the Hebrew Bible is full of pagan rituals and responses to pagan history and nowhere do they say it is God breathed or God inspired or even that God is leading the people is just hard for me. I personally am an Old Testament Christian -- Jesus came and died for me and my sins -- but it's all about the Father for me and the way he related to the people of the Old Testament. We'll see how I feel in five weeks!!!!
2 comments:
I took the Disciple 1 course this year and as we went through the background and history (not the same as seminary and course of study mind you) it was so evident that God was in control, then as He is now, revealing Himself, bit by bit, unfolding like a rose to full flower in Christ. I don't think we are that much different today. Our culture is secular and toxic to the things of Godliness and we are steeped in it as the people of old were I see a lot of what we do in church in context our culture just as their religious observance was then. if we think about it, how much do we really resemble the church in Acts? When all I see is the darkness around me, I keep saying " God is in control" He was then, He is now and always shall be.
Pam,
I had the same concerns with the Disciple class that I referenced in this blog. I don't want to hear that the 'primitive' tribes needed to explain the world around them so they made up a diety that is in control.
I want to hear that God is in control, God did create the universe and mankind, God is involved in our lives.
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