Redemptive History is the unfolding of God's plan of salvation in history
. This level of hermeneutic recognizes the present work within its redemptive-historical context. Thus, at this level one takes into careful consideration all that has come to pass thus far in the Biblical story of redemption, and all that will come after, according to the rest of the canon of Scripture. The Old Testament leads to Jesus. It promises it, and one should not be surprised about the things Jesus is saying and doing. One must understand the Old Testament before they can even begin to understand the New Testament because they are linked. The Old Testament leads to the New Testament and everything unfolded in the Old Testament first. The idea that redemptive history is both organic is very much evident. Progressive basically means that there is a sense of development in the history of revelation. It is not just everything happens at once. The organic process is from seed-form to the attainment of full growth. We do not say that in the qualitative sense that the seed is less perfect than the tree. The feature in question explains further how the sufficiency of the truth could belong to it in its first state of emergence: in the seed-form, the minimum of indispensable knowledge was already present. The gospel was first show, in its smallest form, in Genesis 3: (14-) 15 right before Adam and Eve are going to be kicked out of the Garden. It promises Jesus' coming and satanic deliverance. In 3:15, God promises that there will be a son who comes to conquer over Satan. In Genesis 15:4, God promises that the child is going to be the head of a great nation. As one progresses through history, it becomes more clear and specific. In 2 Samuel 7:12-16 it talks of zerah (seed, used for the child/heir in Hebrew) being God's son. Zerah will be his son and he will sit on the throne for all eternity and be a great king. This leads to the lineage of David. With the judgment it talks about, he will be punished because he takes on the word's sin and he is suffering for the sake of others and he is eaten with the rods of men, just as the verse says. In Isaiah 9 it goes into detail as to what zerah is supposed to be, an everlasting father, prince of peace, etcetera. In Isaiah 42, it goes even further developing how the zerah is going to be a suffering servant. In Galatians 3:16, Paul explains the seed and understands the zerah word and he knows they are talking about the same thing in all of the Old Testament verses. The promise he refers to is Genesis 3:15. So in being organic, the same thing exists from beginning to end, but in being progressive it also develops along the way. The redemptive historic hermeneutic is going through everything and seeing it unfold through history, One example would be the offering of Isaac by Abraham. Isaac is an offering out of obedience. In the New Testament, Jesus is doing exactly that. Jesus is offering himself as a sacrifice for the people out of obedience. The story is foreshadowing the events to come in the future. "Only God's revelation could maintain a drama that stretches over thousands of years as though they were days or
hours. Only God's revelation can build a story where the end is anticipated from the beginning, and where the
guiding principle is not chance or fate, but promise. Human authors may build fiction around a plot they have
devised, but only God can shape history to a real and ultimate purpose." -Clowney The unfolding mystery. The purpose of God's plan of salvation is the main theme running throughout scripture. Salvation, however, is not the end of the story. Just as we are saved from something, we are saved to something. "The cross is portrayed as the central event in history." -Wilkinson. A question that arises is does scripture warrant to read the Bible in this manner? The answer is yea, because scripture supplies is own hermeneutic in Luke 24. Another aspect of the redemptive historical context is the inclusio. An inclusio is when a story ends the same way that it begun. For example the tree of life is mentioned in Genesis 2:9, which is the beginning and then again in Revelation 22:1-5, which is the end. It begins and ends in the same fashion. We are designed to worship in both settings; the tree of life is in both settings, but then in Genesis, Adam and Eve sin and then get kicked out. But it starts with worship and ends with worship. Once they get kicked out, the whole Bible is about how God is going to bring his people back to worship, and that is by sending his son to die and save us and then we are able to go to heaven in the end and it is a life of worship.
We are saved to worship God and enabled to worship Him.
In Genesis 1:1-2 the world goes from being full of nothingness to being something. It goes from void to fullness. In the first three verses discuss the expanses that were there, the next three verses, four though six, gave the bodies that were to govern over those expanses. In verse one there was light and darkness, in verse four the sun, moon, and stars were given to rule over the day and the night. In verse two there was sky and water. In verse five the fish and the birds were given to fill the sky and that water. Then, finally in the third verse the trees and the plants and the land were there, and in verse six the animals and the man were given. The man was given to rule over the land and over creation. Man is a ruler. In the Suzerain-Vassal treaties of the Old Testament there is always a lesser king and a greater king. The greater king in this situation is God, the lesser king is man. There are several steps within a suzerain (the greater king) -vassal treaty (the lesser king). The first step is the preamble, which establishes who the greater king is. Second step is the historical prologue. This discusses why the great king is the great king in comparison to the lesser king. The third step lists the stipulations of the treaty, which are basically the requirements of it. The fourth step is the documentary clause, which states that there needs to be two copies. The fifth is witnesses. People must witness the treaty. The sixth is sanctions, basically, if one do not do this, the greater king will kill the lesser king. It is the consequences that will happen if one does not keep the stipulations of the treaty. The seventh and final step is the ratification ceremony. This is the sign given in order to show that a covenant was being made. It made the whole covenant official. To give an example of how this is relevant in the Bible, a suzerain-vassal treaty is given in Genesis 1:1-2:3. The preamble is stated in Genesis 1:1. The historical prologue discusses who the great king and the lesser king are. God is established as the great king and man as the lesser king. The stipulations, on the man's part, are that he is to have lots of kids and rule over the earth. The documentary clause is that man is God's own image (not only so that he can be established as the lesser king, but also so therefore he is the second copy. When God said, let US make man in OUT own image, he was establishing witnesses. The sanctions of this treaty are that if the man is to eat of the tree than he will die. Life if the reward for keeping the covenant, and Adam and Ever get kicked out, because they broke the covenant, hence to do not get the rewards. If God let them eat from the tree of life, they would have to life forever in their fallen life, so he kicks them out of the garden in order to redeem them. Kicking them out is an act of grace on God's part. The first covenant was to keep God's word and then they will get life. The treaty and the covenant of works are basically one in the same. In the treaty, God tells Adam and Eve that if they do not eat from the tree than they get life, and if they do then they will die. The covenant of works states the same thing. He promises them life, until they mess up. Then, moving on, in Genesis 3:15, God gives them a covenant that tells that someone will come and give them freedom from Satan, that someone will be one that comes from their line. When Adam and Ever have Cain, they think that he is the child that God was talking about. The child comes to keep the original Genesis covenant, to give the people the tree of life. He is there to keep the fist covenant that God made with man. The only way he will keep the promise of defeating Satan Is to do all the work that is involved in the original covenant. The new child will come and fulfill the covenant Adam could not and give the people the tree of life. The only way that they would get the tree of life is by dying: if they tried to get to the tree of life in the garden, there is a cherubim who has a sword and they will die if they try. The only way to get to the tree of life is to die. This directly points and foreshadows the New Testament, the gospel, and Jesus, who died in order to get us to the tree of life. If Adam was created under the first covenant, Jesus is born under that first covenant. Adam had to work to keep the covenant of works, Jesus also had to. But it is by Jesus' works we are saved, hence the covenant of grace. The covenant of grace still exists for all of those in the world today.
The covenant of works is a covenant established with God and his people that requires work on the end of the people. It is saying, if you do this then you get this, but if you don’t, then you will suffer these consequences. A covenant of grace on the other hand, is a covenant that God establishes with his people that requires no work on their part; it is solely an extension of God's grace and love to them in the form of a promise. When Adam and Eve were in the garden, God had one rule for them. He told them that they were not to eat of the tree of life, and if they did that they would suffer consequences. In this case, Adam and Eve had rule over the land and the creatures; their only rule was that dealing with the tree. This covenant is made with the people in Genesis 2. God explicitly states that they are not to eat of the tree. The man was placed in the garden to work it and take care of it. Hence, the covenant of works was established. In Genesis 3:15 God tells the He will put "enmity" between the woman and the serpent; and also between her offspring and the serpent. At this point in the passage, one might need to take into account that the word offspring can be replaced with the word seed, or zerah. This, as discussed in the first essay, leads directly to Jesus and his development and story throughout the Bible. Eve is the mother of all humanity; all life came through her. Jesus therefore is one of her "offspring." In God saying that He would put enmity between the serpent and Eve's offspring, it can be taken to mean that there will be enmity between Jesus and Satan. As for the covenant with Abraham, God tells him that He will make him the father of many nations. God also tells Abraham that kings will come forth from him. Jesus fulfills both of these covenants. When Jesus was born, he was the one who was going to fulfill the promise that God made that someone was going to come and crush Satan. He was the one who would rid him for good. As for Abraham, the promise made to him was that he would be the father of many nations and would have kings come from his line, Jesus was the ultimate king. Jesus came from Abraham's line.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
more exo.deut essays
In Genesis 1:1-2 the world goes from being full of nothingness to being something. It goes from void to fullness. In the first three verses discuss the expanses that were there, the next three verses, four though six, gave the bodies that were to govern over those expanses. In verse one there was light and darkness, in verse four the sun, moon, and stars were given to rule over the day and the night. in verse two there was sky and water. In verse five the fish and the birds were given to fill the sky and that water. Then, finally in the third verse the trees and the plans and the land were there, and in verse six the animals and the man were given. The man was given to rule over the land and over creation. Man is a ruler. In the Suzerain-Vassal treaties of the Old Testament there is always a lesser king and a greater king. The greater king in this situation is God, the lesser king is man. There are several steps within a a suzerain (the greater king) -vassal treaty (the lesser king). The first step is the preamble, which establishes who the greater king is. Second step is the historical prologue. This discusses why the great king is the great king in comparison to the lesser king. The third step lists the stipulations of the treaty, which is basically requirements. The fourth step is the documentary clause, which states tat there needs to be two copies. The fifth is witnesses. People must witness the treaty. The sixth is sanctions, basically, if one do not do this, the greater king will kill the lesser king. It is the consequences that will happen if one does not keep the stipulations of the treaty. The seventh and final step is the ratification ceremony. This is the sign given in order to show that a covenant was being made. It made the whole covenant official.
-SEE PLANNER OCT 14 for the chart establishing man as the LK-
God=GK
Man=LK because he is given command/govern over all things on earth
Preamble: Gen 1:1
Historical prologue: who GK and LK are....established as God and man
Stipulations: have lots of kids, rule over the earth
Documaentary Clause: man is God's own image(not only so that he can be established as the LK but also)....so therefore he is the second copy
Witnesses:let US make man in OUR image.....hence, witnesses
Sanctions:If you eat of the tree...you will DIE
Ratification Ceremony:
tree of life is reward for keeping the covenant and adam and eve get kicked out so they can't have it, because they didnt keep the covenant. If God let them eat from the tree of life, they would have had to live their life forever in their fallen life, so he kicks them out in order to redeem them. The kicking them out is an act of grace on God's part. FIrst covenant: keeop my word and you will get the tree of life. Gen 3:15-->God gives covenant: someone will come and give you freedom from satan, someone you will give birth to(like eventually, from your line) hence, Eve=mother of all life
When they have cain they think that the 'recieved' the child that God was talking about, the redepmtion from satan.
The child comes to keep the original gensis one covenant....to give the people the tree of life....he is there to keep the first covenant. The only way he will keep the promise of defeating satan is to do all the work that is involved in the original covenant. The new child will come and fulfill the covenant that adam could not and give the people the tree of life.
The only way you can get to the tree of life is by dying: if you try to get to the tree of life in the garden is through the cheribum who has a sword...you will die...if you try...so the only way to get to it is to die....DUN DUN DUN...the NT...the gospel...Jesus died in order to get us to the tree of life.
Romans 5:12-14
If adam created under first covenant, Jesus is born under that first covenant...adam had to do work to keep covenant, jesus had to also. By JESUS' works we are saved.
Genesis chapter one is theology
-SEE PLANNER OCT 14 for the chart establishing man as the LK-
God=GK
Man=LK because he is given command/govern over all things on earth
Preamble: Gen 1:1
Historical prologue: who GK and LK are....established as God and man
Stipulations: have lots of kids, rule over the earth
Documaentary Clause: man is God's own image(not only so that he can be established as the LK but also)....so therefore he is the second copy
Witnesses:let US make man in OUR image.....hence, witnesses
Sanctions:If you eat of the tree...you will DIE
Ratification Ceremony:
tree of life is reward for keeping the covenant and adam and eve get kicked out so they can't have it, because they didnt keep the covenant. If God let them eat from the tree of life, they would have had to live their life forever in their fallen life, so he kicks them out in order to redeem them. The kicking them out is an act of grace on God's part. FIrst covenant: keeop my word and you will get the tree of life. Gen 3:15-->God gives covenant: someone will come and give you freedom from satan, someone you will give birth to(like eventually, from your line) hence, Eve=mother of all life
When they have cain they think that the 'recieved' the child that God was talking about, the redepmtion from satan.
The child comes to keep the original gensis one covenant....to give the people the tree of life....he is there to keep the first covenant. The only way he will keep the promise of defeating satan is to do all the work that is involved in the original covenant. The new child will come and fulfill the covenant that adam could not and give the people the tree of life.
The only way you can get to the tree of life is by dying: if you try to get to the tree of life in the garden is through the cheribum who has a sword...you will die...if you try...so the only way to get to it is to die....DUN DUN DUN...the NT...the gospel...Jesus died in order to get us to the tree of life.
Romans 5:12-14
If adam created under first covenant, Jesus is born under that first covenant...adam had to do work to keep covenant, jesus had to also. By JESUS' works we are saved.
Genesis chapter one is theology
Saturday, December 8, 2007
and again i get to use this to rite my papers
How would you feel if you were not allowed to be anywhere near those you loved. You had to be banished from the city and sent to live with a whole bunch of other people that were banished too. You were known as "dirty" and "untouchable" and "repulsive." No one wanted to be near you. That's exactly what the case was for those who had leprosy. Leprosy is a skin disease that is highly contagious and that has serious and permanent damage to the body, like the loss of fingers and the like. In the Bible times, these people were required before they came anywhere near anyone to shout, "Unclean! Unclean!" that way people knew that they were approaching and could get out of the way so they didn't catch the disease. But Jesus was different. He didn't run from the lepers. Today we're going to look at a passage in Matthew that talks about an encounter that Jesus had with one of many lepers of His time.
When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, if you will, you can make me clean." And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I will; be clean." And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him, "See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them."
One of the first things we notice is that when Jesus came down from the mountain, there was "great crowds" following him. This shows that Jesus was a very popular person. People had heard of what he had done, and came to see him. He wasn't just another guy on the street, people knew of him and wanted to see him in person. Even though there was a large crowd, that doesn't necessarily mean that all of those people were there out of discipleship, most were probably there due to curiosity as to whether or not the things they had heard were really true. In this story, Jesus gives them something to see.
First things first, the leper came to Jesus. In the passage, it does not mention anything about the leper announcing his coming presence like the law stated that he had to. The people that were gathered, i would image were freaking out. If someone that was "repulsive' and had a really contagious disease came running through the crowd, most would react by running away, but Jesus didn't. At this point, the leper kneels before Jesus. To kneel before someone shows respect, reverence, royalty. The leper knows of what Jesus can do, and seems to know that he is to be revered. When the leper says the Jesus, "Lord, if you are
When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, if you will, you can make me clean." And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I will; be clean." And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him, "See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them."
One of the first things we notice is that when Jesus came down from the mountain, there was "great crowds" following him. This shows that Jesus was a very popular person. People had heard of what he had done, and came to see him. He wasn't just another guy on the street, people knew of him and wanted to see him in person. Even though there was a large crowd, that doesn't necessarily mean that all of those people were there out of discipleship, most were probably there due to curiosity as to whether or not the things they had heard were really true. In this story, Jesus gives them something to see.
First things first, the leper came to Jesus. In the passage, it does not mention anything about the leper announcing his coming presence like the law stated that he had to. The people that were gathered, i would image were freaking out. If someone that was "repulsive' and had a really contagious disease came running through the crowd, most would react by running away, but Jesus didn't. At this point, the leper kneels before Jesus. To kneel before someone shows respect, reverence, royalty. The leper knows of what Jesus can do, and seems to know that he is to be revered. When the leper says the Jesus, "Lord, if you are
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
CLFM: tues 11.20.07
Prayer
Benefits of a prayer life
1. Removes the habit of self-reliance and cynicism
2. Engages out will with God's and God's purpose
3. Conforms our hearts and attitudes to Christ's
4. Builds our faith and makes spiritual world real
5. Trains us in hearing and knowing God's voice
Qualities of healthy communications
1. It is two way
2. It respects the other
3. It is intimate and honest
Five ways o pray
1. Basic prayer
2. Praying the pslams
3. Memorized or written prayers
4. Ignatian prayer of Examen
5. Centering prayer
Five guides to discernment
1. The Holy Spirit
2. Scripture
3. The Christian community
-Both recipient and the filter for discernment
-Provides important checks and balances
-A community that seeks God together
-must be "safe"
-Must be challneging
-Members need to be honest
4. Reason and Experience
-John Cassian's tests for weighing options
5. Solitude and silence
-noise shuts out the voice of God
Benefits of a prayer life
1. Removes the habit of self-reliance and cynicism
2. Engages out will with God's and God's purpose
3. Conforms our hearts and attitudes to Christ's
4. Builds our faith and makes spiritual world real
5. Trains us in hearing and knowing God's voice
Qualities of healthy communications
1. It is two way
2. It respects the other
3. It is intimate and honest
Five ways o pray
1. Basic prayer
2. Praying the pslams
3. Memorized or written prayers
4. Ignatian prayer of Examen
5. Centering prayer
Five guides to discernment
1. The Holy Spirit
2. Scripture
3. The Christian community
-Both recipient and the filter for discernment
-Provides important checks and balances
-A community that seeks God together
-must be "safe"
-Must be challneging
-Members need to be honest
4. Reason and Experience
-John Cassian's tests for weighing options
5. Solitude and silence
-noise shuts out the voice of God
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
CLFM: tues 11.13.07
Spiritual Disciplines
-Unhurried life is key to the spiritual disciplines
1. Be intentional about time
-Ortberg: "Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart."
-Matt 6:21- For where your treasure is, there our heart will be also."
2. Slow down
3. Reclaim the gift of Sabbath rest
4. Be interruptible
What are spiritual disciplines
-"Any activity within our power that we engage to enable us to do what we cannot do by direct effort...they are designed to help us withdraw from total dependence on the merely human or natural ....and to depends also on the ultimate reality, which is God and his kingdom." -Dallas Willard
-an ongoing lifestyle choice
-not an end to themselves
-become a regular part of your routine
-Purpose: to create opportunities for God to work
-Goal: freedom to do something you can't do now
-training for a future need
Ortberg
1. Discipline of engagement
-Help us reconnect with the kingdom
2. Disciplines of abstinence
-Help us remove entanglements that hold us back
omission: sinning by not doing something---use engagement
commission: sinning by doing something---use abstinence
Foster
1. Inward disciplines:
-Meditation
-Prayer
-Fasting
-Study
-Secrecy (Matt. 6:1-6)
2. Outward
-Simplicity
-Solitude
-"Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us." -Ortberg
-Mark 6:30-32: "He said to them, 'Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves & rest a while'"
-Submission
-Service
-Chastity
3. Corporate Disciplines
-Confession
-Worship
-Guidance
-Celebration
-Fellowship
-Why have a practice of studying the Bible
-Col 3:16-17: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
-Scripture is power of God to transform and shape us
-As you grow in reading scripture you grow in knowing the heart of God.
Five ways to read the Bible
1. Inductive Bible study method
2. Lectio divina-meditating on scripture
-"selah" in the Pslams (means to pause....slow down)
-Ortberg: "the goal is not to get through scripture-but to get scripture through you"
-Pslam 18-the message
3. Discuss
4. Memorize
5. Imaginative reading?
-Unhurried life is key to the spiritual disciplines
1. Be intentional about time
-Ortberg: "Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart."
-Matt 6:21- For where your treasure is, there our heart will be also."
2. Slow down
3. Reclaim the gift of Sabbath rest
4. Be interruptible
What are spiritual disciplines
-"Any activity within our power that we engage to enable us to do what we cannot do by direct effort...they are designed to help us withdraw from total dependence on the merely human or natural ....and to depends also on the ultimate reality, which is God and his kingdom." -Dallas Willard
-an ongoing lifestyle choice
-not an end to themselves
-become a regular part of your routine
-Purpose: to create opportunities for God to work
-Goal: freedom to do something you can't do now
-training for a future need
Ortberg
1. Discipline of engagement
-Help us reconnect with the kingdom
2. Disciplines of abstinence
-Help us remove entanglements that hold us back
omission: sinning by not doing something---use engagement
commission: sinning by doing something---use abstinence
Foster
1. Inward disciplines:
-Meditation
-Prayer
-Fasting
-Study
-Secrecy (Matt. 6:1-6)
2. Outward
-Simplicity
-Solitude
-"Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us." -Ortberg
-Mark 6:30-32: "He said to them, 'Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves & rest a while'"
-Submission
-Service
-Chastity
3. Corporate Disciplines
-Confession
-Worship
-Guidance
-Celebration
-Fellowship
-Why have a practice of studying the Bible
-Col 3:16-17: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
-Scripture is power of God to transform and shape us
-As you grow in reading scripture you grow in knowing the heart of God.
Five ways to read the Bible
1. Inductive Bible study method
2. Lectio divina-meditating on scripture
-"selah" in the Pslams (means to pause....slow down)
-Ortberg: "the goal is not to get through scripture-but to get scripture through you"
-Pslam 18-the message
3. Discuss
4. Memorize
5. Imaginative reading?
Thursday, November 8, 2007
CLFM: thurs 11.8.07
Finding your purpose and design
Vocation
-"he place wher your deep gladness meets the world's deepest need" -Frederick Buechner
-Root meaning-"to call"
Distinctives of the Christian understanding:
-Not just your job but your career
-Called to act out God's reconciliation in this world
-Includes our relationship with Christ, how we live it out
- A lifelong journey, not a one-time event
Partnering with God to accomplish God's purposes
1. God is always at work around you (x. 2:23-25)
-Key question: Where are you at work God?
3. God's invitation to work with Him often leads you to a crisis of faith (ex. 3:11, 4:1, 10)
-Question: Will i trust Him and step out in faith?
4. You may need to make major adjustments in your life to join God in what He is going (Ex. 4:19-20, Heb 11:24-29)
-Question: Am i willing to set aside my agenda to join God in what He is doing?
5. You come to know God as you obey Him and He accomplishes His work through you
-Question: What is God revealing to me about Himself?
Discovering your DESIGN
-Desire
-Experience
-Spiritual Gifts
-Individual style
-growth phase
-Natural Abilities
-Goal: to be effective in ministry by using the gifts and abilities God has given in a way that satisfies your heart's desire and fits your personality, while drawing on life experiences.
Desire
- What do i love to do? What would i do if given the change?
- "May he grant you your heart's desired, and fulfill all your plans." -Psalm 20:24
-Desire comes from heart-our place of passion
-Questions for assessing desire:
-1. What excites you in life?
-2. In what situations do you feel most alive?
-3. What activities do you get totally absorbed in?
Experience
-What experiences help make me who i am?
-"God consoles us in all our affliction so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God" -2 Cor. 1:4
-Questions for assessing:
-1. How do you spend the majority of your time?
-2. What are the most significant events of your life?
-3. How have those experiences equipped you to minister those in similar situations?
Spiritual Gifts
-What has God gifted me to do?
-"Like good stewards of the manifold grace of GOd, serve one another using whatever gifts each of you has recieved." -1 Peter 4:10
-A spiritual gift is a supernatural ability, given by the Holy Spirit to every believer, to be used to minister to others and build up the body of Christ. THey are the manifestations of the Holy Spirit's activity in your life.
Individual Style
-What kind of personality do i have?
-"O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when i sit and when i rise; you perceive my houghts from afar...you are familiar with all my ways." -Psalm 139:1-3
Growth Phase
-Where am i in my spiritual journey?
-"FOr we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." -Eph. 2:10
Natural Ability
-What talents and skills do i have?
-"There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all people." -1 Cor. 12:6
Four Words of Jesus: "Do you love me?"
Principle 1: Servant ministry is rooted in realtionship with God
-2 Cor. 5:17: Therefore if anyone is in christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
-LeChambon: "Wouldn't everyone do it?"
Principle 2: Servants minister not out of strength, but brokenness
Four words of Jesus: "Feed My Sheep
Principle 3: Servant ministry is practical
-LeChambon: "We just did what needed to be done."
Four words of Jesus: "They will lead you where you don't want to go."
Principle 4: Serving is costly
-Servant ministry is costle beacuse it means loving the unlovable
-LaChambon: Magda Trocme's Dinner
Four words of Jesus: "Follow me"
Principle 5: Servant ministry is incarnational
-LeChambon: daniel Trocome
Vocation
-"he place wher your deep gladness meets the world's deepest need" -Frederick Buechner
-Root meaning-"to call"
Distinctives of the Christian understanding:
-Not just your job but your career
-Called to act out God's reconciliation in this world
-Includes our relationship with Christ, how we live it out
- A lifelong journey, not a one-time event
Partnering with God to accomplish God's purposes
1. God is always at work around you (x. 2:23-25)
-Key question: Where are you at work God?
3. God's invitation to work with Him often leads you to a crisis of faith (ex. 3:11, 4:1, 10)
-Question: Will i trust Him and step out in faith?
4. You may need to make major adjustments in your life to join God in what He is going (Ex. 4:19-20, Heb 11:24-29)
-Question: Am i willing to set aside my agenda to join God in what He is doing?
5. You come to know God as you obey Him and He accomplishes His work through you
-Question: What is God revealing to me about Himself?
Discovering your DESIGN
-Desire
-Experience
-Spiritual Gifts
-Individual style
-growth phase
-Natural Abilities
-Goal: to be effective in ministry by using the gifts and abilities God has given in a way that satisfies your heart's desire and fits your personality, while drawing on life experiences.
Desire
- What do i love to do? What would i do if given the change?
- "May he grant you your heart's desired, and fulfill all your plans." -Psalm 20:24
-Desire comes from heart-our place of passion
-Questions for assessing desire:
-1. What excites you in life?
-2. In what situations do you feel most alive?
-3. What activities do you get totally absorbed in?
Experience
-What experiences help make me who i am?
-"God consoles us in all our affliction so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God" -2 Cor. 1:4
-Questions for assessing:
-1. How do you spend the majority of your time?
-2. What are the most significant events of your life?
-3. How have those experiences equipped you to minister those in similar situations?
Spiritual Gifts
-What has God gifted me to do?
-"Like good stewards of the manifold grace of GOd, serve one another using whatever gifts each of you has recieved." -1 Peter 4:10
-A spiritual gift is a supernatural ability, given by the Holy Spirit to every believer, to be used to minister to others and build up the body of Christ. THey are the manifestations of the Holy Spirit's activity in your life.
Individual Style
-What kind of personality do i have?
-"O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when i sit and when i rise; you perceive my houghts from afar...you are familiar with all my ways." -Psalm 139:1-3
Growth Phase
-Where am i in my spiritual journey?
-"FOr we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." -Eph. 2:10
Natural Ability
-What talents and skills do i have?
-"There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all people." -1 Cor. 12:6
Four Words of Jesus: "Do you love me?"
Principle 1: Servant ministry is rooted in realtionship with God
-2 Cor. 5:17: Therefore if anyone is in christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
-LeChambon: "Wouldn't everyone do it?"
Principle 2: Servants minister not out of strength, but brokenness
Four words of Jesus: "Feed My Sheep
Principle 3: Servant ministry is practical
-LeChambon: "We just did what needed to be done."
Four words of Jesus: "They will lead you where you don't want to go."
Principle 4: Serving is costly
-Servant ministry is costle beacuse it means loving the unlovable
-LaChambon: Magda Trocme's Dinner
Four words of Jesus: "Follow me"
Principle 5: Servant ministry is incarnational
-LeChambon: daniel Trocome
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
speech: micro/macro evolution
Intro
In the beginning God created man. and God created every creature. So when i say evolution what is the first thing you think of? [allow for comments] So maybe you think of apes, and man coming from apes. Maybe you think of amoebas and single cell organisms. Maybe you think that it is all bogus. Maybe you think that some of it might be possible. According to Merriam-Webster's online dictionary evolution is defined as a process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse to a higher, more complex, or better state. Today i am going to talk to you about two different types of evolution: macro evolution, and micro evolution, then I'm going to discuss both of their relationships to God.
MacroEvolution
Let's start by talking about macro evolution. For those of you who don't know exactly what that is, let me explain. Macroevolution generally refers to evolution above the species level. Something that involves one species evolving into another. For example, the idea that apes evolved into man over the course of time. According to trueauthority.com, a site dedicated to finding the truth within science, Macroevolution is the change of one kind of animal to another kind, like reptile to bird.
Now that we've looked at exactly what macroevolution is, lets talk about what microevolution is.
MicroEvolution
merriam-webster's online dictionary defines microevolution as comparatively minor evolutionary change involving the accumulation of variations in populations usually below the species level. That means minor changes like over time giraffes having longer necks. One baby giraffe has a longer neck and therefore gets more food, and makes more, hence passing on his gene for longer necks, soon the shorter neck giraffes die out because they don't get enough food or mates to pass on their genes, and all that is left are long necked giraffes. Again according to trueauthority.com, Microevolution is basically variation within a kind, like wolves, dogs, and coyotes, they are all different species, but the same "kind"
So now that you know a little bit about both macro and micro evolution, let's move on to talking about how both are related to God and creation.
Relationship to God
Christians believe that God created man, and the animals. In Genesis 1:24 it says, "And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so." If we look at the word kind within that scripture, it seems to prove that micro evolution is possible. As for macroevolution, it does not seem to prove it is possible as much. David Van Biema, director of the national human genome research institute says, "I see no conflict in what the Bible tells me about God and what science tells me about nature.Like St. Augustine in A.D. 400, I do not find the wording of Genesis 1 and 2 to suggest a scientific textbook but a powerful and poetic description of God's intentions in creating the universe. The mechanism of creation is left unspecified."
Conclusion
Today i have told you a little about what macro and micro evolution are and what how God and evolution are connected. I hope that in learning a bit more about this topic that you will be able to decide for yourself what your beliefs are on evolution and God. Can you believe in God and evolution?
"Definition: What is Macroevolution." Evolution 101: Macroevolution. 2006. UC Berkley. 7 Nov 2007.
"Micoevolution." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2006. Merriam-Webster. 7 Nov 2007.
"Micro vs. Macro evolution: objections against creation." trueauthority.com. 2004. TrueAuthority. 7 Nov 2007.
Van Biema, David. "Can You Believe in God and Evolution?." TIME. 2005. TIME Magazine. 7 Nov 2007.
In the beginning God created man. and God created every creature. So when i say evolution what is the first thing you think of? [allow for comments] So maybe you think of apes, and man coming from apes. Maybe you think of amoebas and single cell organisms. Maybe you think that it is all bogus. Maybe you think that some of it might be possible. According to Merriam-Webster's online dictionary evolution is defined as a process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse to a higher, more complex, or better state. Today i am going to talk to you about two different types of evolution: macro evolution, and micro evolution, then I'm going to discuss both of their relationships to God.
MacroEvolution
Let's start by talking about macro evolution. For those of you who don't know exactly what that is, let me explain. Macroevolution generally refers to evolution above the species level. Something that involves one species evolving into another. For example, the idea that apes evolved into man over the course of time. According to trueauthority.com, a site dedicated to finding the truth within science, Macroevolution is the change of one kind of animal to another kind, like reptile to bird.
Now that we've looked at exactly what macroevolution is, lets talk about what microevolution is.
MicroEvolution
merriam-webster's online dictionary defines microevolution as comparatively minor evolutionary change involving the accumulation of variations in populations usually below the species level. That means minor changes like over time giraffes having longer necks. One baby giraffe has a longer neck and therefore gets more food, and makes more, hence passing on his gene for longer necks, soon the shorter neck giraffes die out because they don't get enough food or mates to pass on their genes, and all that is left are long necked giraffes. Again according to trueauthority.com, Microevolution is basically variation within a kind, like wolves, dogs, and coyotes, they are all different species, but the same "kind"
So now that you know a little bit about both macro and micro evolution, let's move on to talking about how both are related to God and creation.
Relationship to God
Christians believe that God created man, and the animals. In Genesis 1:24 it says, "And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so." If we look at the word kind within that scripture, it seems to prove that micro evolution is possible. As for macroevolution, it does not seem to prove it is possible as much. David Van Biema, director of the national human genome research institute says, "I see no conflict in what the Bible tells me about God and what science tells me about nature.Like St. Augustine in A.D. 400, I do not find the wording of Genesis 1 and 2 to suggest a scientific textbook but a powerful and poetic description of God's intentions in creating the universe. The mechanism of creation is left unspecified."
Conclusion
Today i have told you a little about what macro and micro evolution are and what how God and evolution are connected. I hope that in learning a bit more about this topic that you will be able to decide for yourself what your beliefs are on evolution and God. Can you believe in God and evolution?
"Definition: What is Macroevolution." Evolution 101: Macroevolution. 2006. UC Berkley. 7 Nov 2007
"Micoevolution." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2006. Merriam-Webster. 7 Nov 2007
"Micro vs. Macro evolution: objections against creation." trueauthority.com. 2004. TrueAuthority. 7 Nov 2007
Van Biema, David. "Can You Believe in God and Evolution?." TIME. 2005. TIME Magazine. 7 Nov 2007
Exo/Deut: tues 11.6.07
Flood
Gen 6-9
Decreation
recreation
2 Cor. 5:17
Exodus Event
Creation & Covenant
Promise
Genesis 12, 15,17,22
Abram ex father
Abraham father of many=great nation
promise son="zerah"
"Berit"-to cut
Isaac-"laughter"
-Mt. Moriah
-Sees that R.H. that isaac is not the promised child because the ram comes along
-but what happened to isaac is leading and foretelling of what will happen to the promise child when he comes
Fulfillment
Jacob
-"Israel"=struggles with God
-"Son of God" (Exo 4:21-23)
israel is the first born son, let my son go (moses) and then jacob has sons and become the tribes of israel then they become known as israel.
jacob is bruised in the nuts when his name is changed, leading to jesus being bruised later, also he comes from jacob's loins
Observations
1. Death of Jacob and Joseph (gen 50)
2. Repetition of the members of Jacob's house (exo 1:1-5)
3. Shift in time (exo 1:6-7)
4. Shift in topic
-The story irself found in exodus 1:1-13:16
1. Opens with israels arrival in egypt (1:1-5) and closes with their departure (13:3-16)
2. Begins with statement of population (70 persons; 1:5) ends with statement of population when the left (600,000 men; 12:37-38)
3. Oopens with the egyptians attempt to kill all male israelite babies ends with YHWH killing all the first born sons of the egyptians so that they may escape from the land (12:1-13:16)
-4. Josephs request, "take my bones with you" (gen 50:24-25) request fulfilled (exo. 13:19)
a. enslavement and attempt decimation of israelites in egypt (1:22)
b. moses, israelite male child escapes ddeath from pharoh (2:1-10)
c. egyptian strikes an israelite; moses strikes down egyptian (2:11-22)
d. call of moses: standing on holy ground (3:1-4:17)
e. Moses returns to egypt (4:18-31)
f. brief encounter with pharaoh(5:1-5)
g. CENTER: commissioning of moses and aaronn (5:6-7:7)
f. brief encounter with pharaoh (7:8-13)
e. first cycle of plagues (7:14-8:19)
d. Second cycle of plagues (8:20-9:12)
c. Third cycle of plagues egyptians are struck down (9:13-10:29)
b. YHWH wil kill egypts firstborn males (11:1-10)
a. freedom of israelites from egyptian slavery and increased population (12:1-13:16)
a. opression by pharaoh who didnt know joseph (1:1-22)
b. moses comes to pharoh's house as a baby (2:1-10)
c. moses departs from egypt (2:11-25)
d. TURNING POINT: CALL OF MOSES (3:1-4:17)
c. moses return to egypt (4:18-31)
b. moses comes to pharohs house as an adult (5:1-4)
a. worse oppression by pharoh who did not know joseph (5:5-6:13)
what did we learn?
-section begins and ends with a highlight of israels dire circumstance
-highlights israels helplessness
-at center is YHWHs call to moses
Gen 6-9
Decreation
recreation
2 Cor. 5:17
Exodus Event
Creation & Covenant
Promise
Genesis 12, 15,17,22
Abram ex father
Abraham father of many=great nation
promise son="zerah"
"Berit"-to cut
Isaac-"laughter"
-Mt. Moriah
-Sees that R.H. that isaac is not the promised child because the ram comes along
-but what happened to isaac is leading and foretelling of what will happen to the promise child when he comes
Fulfillment
Jacob
-"Israel"=struggles with God
-"Son of God" (Exo 4:21-23)
israel is the first born son, let my son go (moses) and then jacob has sons and become the tribes of israel then they become known as israel.
jacob is bruised in the nuts when his name is changed, leading to jesus being bruised later, also he comes from jacob's loins
Observations
1. Death of Jacob and Joseph (gen 50)
2. Repetition of the members of Jacob's house (exo 1:1-5)
3. Shift in time (exo 1:6-7)
4. Shift in topic
-The story irself found in exodus 1:1-13:16
1. Opens with israels arrival in egypt (1:1-5) and closes with their departure (13:3-16)
2. Begins with statement of population (70 persons; 1:5) ends with statement of population when the left (600,000 men; 12:37-38)
3. Oopens with the egyptians attempt to kill all male israelite babies ends with YHWH killing all the first born sons of the egyptians so that they may escape from the land (12:1-13:16)
-4. Josephs request, "take my bones with you" (gen 50:24-25) request fulfilled (exo. 13:19)
a. enslavement and attempt decimation of israelites in egypt (1:22)
b. moses, israelite male child escapes ddeath from pharoh (2:1-10)
c. egyptian strikes an israelite; moses strikes down egyptian (2:11-22)
d. call of moses: standing on holy ground (3:1-4:17)
e. Moses returns to egypt (4:18-31)
f. brief encounter with pharaoh(5:1-5)
g. CENTER: commissioning of moses and aaronn (5:6-7:7)
f. brief encounter with pharaoh (7:8-13)
e. first cycle of plagues (7:14-8:19)
d. Second cycle of plagues (8:20-9:12)
c. Third cycle of plagues egyptians are struck down (9:13-10:29)
b. YHWH wil kill egypts firstborn males (11:1-10)
a. freedom of israelites from egyptian slavery and increased population (12:1-13:16)
a. opression by pharaoh who didnt know joseph (1:1-22)
b. moses comes to pharoh's house as a baby (2:1-10)
c. moses departs from egypt (2:11-25)
d. TURNING POINT: CALL OF MOSES (3:1-4:17)
c. moses return to egypt (4:18-31)
b. moses comes to pharohs house as an adult (5:1-4)
a. worse oppression by pharoh who did not know joseph (5:5-6:13)
what did we learn?
-section begins and ends with a highlight of israels dire circumstance
-highlights israels helplessness
-at center is YHWHs call to moses
CLFM: tues 11.6.07
Why we should tell otheres about our faith
-Jesus told us to
-The needs of others
-The good news compels us
SOcial science re: human transformation
-People rarely make shifts in worldview abruptly--its an extended process
-visualize different reality: kingdom of God
Things to avoid
-Insensitivity
-Cultural imperialism
-cultural accommodation
Incarnational
Personal
-Natural, listen
-Process-oriented
-Team oriented (1 cor. 3:6)
-Seeing people differently (gen 16:13-14)
Persuasive
-Sincere, humble
Rely on power of the holy spirit
Prayer
-Jesus told us to
-The needs of others
-The good news compels us
SOcial science re: human transformation
-People rarely make shifts in worldview abruptly--its an extended process
-visualize different reality: kingdom of God
Things to avoid
-Insensitivity
-Cultural imperialism
-cultural accommodation
Incarnational
Personal
-Natural, listen
-Process-oriented
-Team oriented (1 cor. 3:6)
-Seeing people differently (gen 16:13-14)
Persuasive
-Sincere, humble
Rely on power of the holy spirit
Prayer
Monday, November 5, 2007
EXO DEUT word study
Covenant has over time come to mean the bond between people. It was commonly used as a religious term that commonly used but had quite a deeper connotation (B) It says in Genesis 17:4 "As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations." The Lord is saying that to Abraham. He says that he is going to keep his bond, his promise, his agreement with Abraham, then he goes on to state the promise that he had made. Covenants were an imporant part of the Ancient Near East. They were important to both the social and the poltical life. Covenants were made in order to create relations between different social groups. They soon became the means for international agreements. The covenant was between an overlord and a vassal. The vassal was only allowed to have one exclusive covenant, which was with the overlord. The vassal had to be obedient to the stupulations of the covenant or consequences would be suffered. (A)
In the old testament the word coovenant is used as mainly a thing between God and man. There are several well known covenants that are in the old testament. Some of those include God's covenant with Abraham, Moses, Noah, and Adam just to name a few. In the old testament two things were necessary for a covenant. God's innitiative as well as human choice were both necessary for the covenant to be the mutual commitment that it is inteded to be.
The old testament and the ancient near east's usage of covenant when compared have similarities and differences. Both the Ancient Near East and the old testament have two "people" involved in the covenant. In the Ancient Near East describes it as an overlord and a vassal. The vassal being the lesser of the two and the overlord being supreme. The old testament resembles that form of agreement. God taking the status of the overlord and who ever is in the agreement with him taking the position of the vassal. Also like the Ancient Near East, the old testament has stipulations to their covenants. In the Ancient Near East stipulations may be something such as if you fail to keep the covenant than i will kill you. Whereas in the old testament God does not directly kill people off right then and there. The stipulation may be that if you do this you will have death in the end, but there will not be some kind of lightening that will come down to kill them right there. For example, the covenant God made with Adam. The stipulations were that Adam had to populate the earth. He was not allowed to eat from the tree of life, then he did. Adam was not killed then and there in the garden, but he was sent out and was now eventually going to die. He was also going to suffer.
One of the first covenants made in the Bible was made in Genesis 3:15. The covenant promises that God will bring an offspring the crush the head of the snake, being satan. When Cane and Able came along, Cane was thought to be that said offspring. The problem with that was that he ended up killing his brother Able who was in the right in the eyes of God. God in that instance was reminding them that Cane was not to be the offspring that would kill satan. Throughout the Bible God makes covenant after covenant with different Biblical figures. All covenants were kept on God's part. Some, however, were not kept in the part of man. In the instance of Adam, he ate the fruit, and therefore death came as well as banishment from the garden and suffering. Because of Adam's sin, death came into the world and need for a savior came into play. In the beginning of the Bible God promised that someone would come and take over satan and kill him, and along with him, sin and death. God brings covenants into the Bible throughout in order to remind His people of the original covenant He made. Throughout the Bible it builds with each covenant. In the new testament, Jesus comes and claims the new covenant to be in His blood that would be spilled for them. That he would come back and be that son who came to conquer satan.
Covenant is an important theme throughout the Bible. Covenants have been made between God and his people for centuries. God alluded to His son's coming since the beginning of time. He wanted to give his people hope and something to look forward to. He knew that His people would need a hope that in the end satan will be vanquished and God will reign for eternity. In order to understand the importance of the word covenant throughout the Bible, one must understand the importance of the need of God's people for hope. Covenants let people in on God's plan, not too much of it, but enough to know that something better will come if the stipulations are kept.
In the old testament the word coovenant is used as mainly a thing between God and man. There are several well known covenants that are in the old testament. Some of those include God's covenant with Abraham, Moses, Noah, and Adam just to name a few. In the old testament two things were necessary for a covenant. God's innitiative as well as human choice were both necessary for the covenant to be the mutual commitment that it is inteded to be.
The old testament and the ancient near east's usage of covenant when compared have similarities and differences. Both the Ancient Near East and the old testament have two "people" involved in the covenant. In the Ancient Near East describes it as an overlord and a vassal. The vassal being the lesser of the two and the overlord being supreme. The old testament resembles that form of agreement. God taking the status of the overlord and who ever is in the agreement with him taking the position of the vassal. Also like the Ancient Near East, the old testament has stipulations to their covenants. In the Ancient Near East stipulations may be something such as if you fail to keep the covenant than i will kill you. Whereas in the old testament God does not directly kill people off right then and there. The stipulation may be that if you do this you will have death in the end, but there will not be some kind of lightening that will come down to kill them right there. For example, the covenant God made with Adam. The stipulations were that Adam had to populate the earth. He was not allowed to eat from the tree of life, then he did. Adam was not killed then and there in the garden, but he was sent out and was now eventually going to die. He was also going to suffer.
One of the first covenants made in the Bible was made in Genesis 3:15. The covenant promises that God will bring an offspring the crush the head of the snake, being satan. When Cane and Able came along, Cane was thought to be that said offspring. The problem with that was that he ended up killing his brother Able who was in the right in the eyes of God. God in that instance was reminding them that Cane was not to be the offspring that would kill satan. Throughout the Bible God makes covenant after covenant with different Biblical figures. All covenants were kept on God's part. Some, however, were not kept in the part of man. In the instance of Adam, he ate the fruit, and therefore death came as well as banishment from the garden and suffering. Because of Adam's sin, death came into the world and need for a savior came into play. In the beginning of the Bible God promised that someone would come and take over satan and kill him, and along with him, sin and death. God brings covenants into the Bible throughout in order to remind His people of the original covenant He made. Throughout the Bible it builds with each covenant. In the new testament, Jesus comes and claims the new covenant to be in His blood that would be spilled for them. That he would come back and be that son who came to conquer satan.
Covenant is an important theme throughout the Bible. Covenants have been made between God and his people for centuries. God alluded to His son's coming since the beginning of time. He wanted to give his people hope and something to look forward to. He knew that His people would need a hope that in the end satan will be vanquished and God will reign for eternity. In order to understand the importance of the word covenant throughout the Bible, one must understand the importance of the need of God's people for hope. Covenants let people in on God's plan, not too much of it, but enough to know that something better will come if the stipulations are kept.
CLFM core convictions
values
-loyalty
-love
-authenticity
Core convictions
-The Bible has presented many example of people ho are loyal for us to follow the example of, mainly Jesus, hence it is right by the Word to follow Jesus' example and remain loyal in one's own life.
-Above all, love is the most important. Jesus said so, hence to live a life of love is of utmost importance.
-Fakeness includes lieing which ends up leading to more lies which hence leads to an ultimate downfall of sins, which is why authenticity is important.
1.1 Describe the convictions
1. influences
2. 2 lecture notes example/book readings
3. 3 how i see them reflected in my everyday life
4. 2 ways you see them in your serivce area
Descriptions
Three of the most important core convictions in my life deal with love, loyalty, and authenticity. All three of these convictions are something that i find at the basis of all of my decisions in my life. Let's start with love. Above all, love is the most important. Jesus said so himself, hence to live a life of love is of the utmost importance. To be living a life of love is to be living and following in Christ's example, which is the goal of Christian followers. The second of my core convictions has to do with loyalty. The Bible has presented many examples of people who are loyal for us to follow the example of, mainly jesus, hence it is right by the Word to follow Jesus' example and remain loyal to one's own life. Again, to be loyal is also leading a life like Christ. And the last of my three core convictions is involved authenticity. Fakeness includes lieing which ends up leading to more lies which hence leads to an ultimate downfall of sins, which is why authenticity is important. Core convictions are very important in the lives of everday people. To me, my core convictions are what drives my everday choices and the decisions who made and will continue to make me who i am today.
Influences
There are several things that influence my core convictions. A few of those are my family, my friends, and my church community. My family is probably the most important influence in my life. They are the ones who are always around and who have the biggest say in what i believe. What i see in them, and what i see their beliefs to be, i then move to judge whether or not i think that their beliefs are something that i agree with or disagree with. If i agree strongly with their beliefs then i tend to adopt them as my own. If i agree with their beliefs, but not wholly i will take it on and adjust it to fit my own beliefs. But, being my family, i am obligated to respected their beliefs despite what i myself choose to believe. There are certain memebers of my family who i more closely relate to than others, hence them and i share beliefs more closely than the others. One of those includes my grandma. My grandma is the one who i have adopted most of my beliefs from. As for my friends, i go through basically the same judgement process about the beliefs that i do with my family members except that i take their opinions less as predominately than my family's. My friends have good beliefs, but they are not as wise and expereinced as my family members, but do deserve to be considered. Lastly, my church also has an influence on my convictions. I do take my church's beliefs highly into concideration. The church has deliberated a long time over what their convictions would be and i trust their judgement. If i did not agree with their convictins then i would not be attending the church in the first place. Since i do agree with their beliefs, i mostly tend to adopt them as my own.
lectures
One lecture from class that i found to particularly of interest to my core convictions was the lecture and corresponding reading on worship. The quote by Annie Dillard about worship really affected what i thought about authenticity and loyalty. It was turned out to be about worship being dangerous and how it should change you. In order to experience worship like that one has to be authentic in every aspect of life and has to commit to extreme loyalty to Christ. Upon hearing that quote i realized that i need to make it a goal to make myself even more authentic to be able to experience that kind of life changing worship. Another lecture that affected my core convictions was the lecture on Jesus and his following. Jesus had a following that was extremely loyal to him and to God in heaven. This helped me even further understand that i need to be loyal to be like those who followed Jesus.
Service area & everyday life
My core convictions shine through in most aspects of my everday life along with in my service area. Personally, i serve as a volunteer in a youth group. When i am working with the students, i hope that i will be able to show them my core convictions through my actions so that they may have a good example. One thing i do is that when they ask me how i am, i will never say that i am "okay" if i really truely am not. That is part of being authentic, which deals with one of my core convictions. Another thing that I am committed to doing within my service is loving every single student that i come into contact with no matter what the circumstances. That goes right into my core conviction of love. As for other ways that my core convictions shine through in everyday life. I choose to show everyone around me the authenticity in everything the ask. I choose not to lie to them. I will be real with them. Hence, the authenticity. I also choose to love everyone, which is how i show them the love of jesus which is how i show the core convinction of love to the world. I also am loyal to every person that i come into a relationship with and that plays and shows my core conviction of loyalty.
-loyalty
-love
-authenticity
Core convictions
-The Bible has presented many example of people ho are loyal for us to follow the example of, mainly Jesus, hence it is right by the Word to follow Jesus' example and remain loyal in one's own life.
-Above all, love is the most important. Jesus said so, hence to live a life of love is of utmost importance.
-Fakeness includes lieing which ends up leading to more lies which hence leads to an ultimate downfall of sins, which is why authenticity is important.
1.1 Describe the convictions
1. influences
2. 2 lecture notes example/book readings
3. 3 how i see them reflected in my everyday life
4. 2 ways you see them in your serivce area
Descriptions
Three of the most important core convictions in my life deal with love, loyalty, and authenticity. All three of these convictions are something that i find at the basis of all of my decisions in my life. Let's start with love. Above all, love is the most important. Jesus said so himself, hence to live a life of love is of the utmost importance. To be living a life of love is to be living and following in Christ's example, which is the goal of Christian followers. The second of my core convictions has to do with loyalty. The Bible has presented many examples of people who are loyal for us to follow the example of, mainly jesus, hence it is right by the Word to follow Jesus' example and remain loyal to one's own life. Again, to be loyal is also leading a life like Christ. And the last of my three core convictions is involved authenticity. Fakeness includes lieing which ends up leading to more lies which hence leads to an ultimate downfall of sins, which is why authenticity is important. Core convictions are very important in the lives of everday people. To me, my core convictions are what drives my everday choices and the decisions who made and will continue to make me who i am today.
Influences
There are several things that influence my core convictions. A few of those are my family, my friends, and my church community. My family is probably the most important influence in my life. They are the ones who are always around and who have the biggest say in what i believe. What i see in them, and what i see their beliefs to be, i then move to judge whether or not i think that their beliefs are something that i agree with or disagree with. If i agree strongly with their beliefs then i tend to adopt them as my own. If i agree with their beliefs, but not wholly i will take it on and adjust it to fit my own beliefs. But, being my family, i am obligated to respected their beliefs despite what i myself choose to believe. There are certain memebers of my family who i more closely relate to than others, hence them and i share beliefs more closely than the others. One of those includes my grandma. My grandma is the one who i have adopted most of my beliefs from. As for my friends, i go through basically the same judgement process about the beliefs that i do with my family members except that i take their opinions less as predominately than my family's. My friends have good beliefs, but they are not as wise and expereinced as my family members, but do deserve to be considered. Lastly, my church also has an influence on my convictions. I do take my church's beliefs highly into concideration. The church has deliberated a long time over what their convictions would be and i trust their judgement. If i did not agree with their convictins then i would not be attending the church in the first place. Since i do agree with their beliefs, i mostly tend to adopt them as my own.
lectures
One lecture from class that i found to particularly of interest to my core convictions was the lecture and corresponding reading on worship. The quote by Annie Dillard about worship really affected what i thought about authenticity and loyalty. It was turned out to be about worship being dangerous and how it should change you. In order to experience worship like that one has to be authentic in every aspect of life and has to commit to extreme loyalty to Christ. Upon hearing that quote i realized that i need to make it a goal to make myself even more authentic to be able to experience that kind of life changing worship. Another lecture that affected my core convictions was the lecture on Jesus and his following. Jesus had a following that was extremely loyal to him and to God in heaven. This helped me even further understand that i need to be loyal to be like those who followed Jesus.
Service area & everyday life
My core convictions shine through in most aspects of my everday life along with in my service area. Personally, i serve as a volunteer in a youth group. When i am working with the students, i hope that i will be able to show them my core convictions through my actions so that they may have a good example. One thing i do is that when they ask me how i am, i will never say that i am "okay" if i really truely am not. That is part of being authentic, which deals with one of my core convictions. Another thing that I am committed to doing within my service is loving every single student that i come into contact with no matter what the circumstances. That goes right into my core conviction of love. As for other ways that my core convictions shine through in everyday life. I choose to show everyone around me the authenticity in everything the ask. I choose not to lie to them. I will be real with them. Hence, the authenticity. I also choose to love everyone, which is how i show them the love of jesus which is how i show the core convinction of love to the world. I also am loyal to every person that i come into a relationship with and that plays and shows my core conviction of loyalty.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Exo/Deut: thurs 10.25.07
Writing your exegetical paper
-choose passage
-read through the passage very carfully...nothing other than the text until later
-Explore and interact with the text itself
-at this preliminary stage DO NOT USE commentaries, study Bibles, dictioaries, etc.
-only look at text in question
-pay careful attention to such things as setting, time, character, dialogue, word repetitions, etc.
-Compare your passafe with at LEAST two other English translations (eg NRSV, NKJV, NIV, NAS, ESV, NET, etc)
-note cariations in translation
-WHat is the main theme of your passage?
-note the overall context of your passage
-remember when these books were written the authors had the end in mind...so pay attention to not only what comes before your passage, but also after
-Are there any things in the structure of the passage as a whole which clue you in to its intended meaning?
-What OT motifs arae in your passage?
-covenant, land, sacrifice, rest, war/warrior, praise, etc
-Are there any redemptive-historical elements to your passage?
Methodology
-During this stage, follow these steps
-Step 1: Analyze structure of the text
-What are the limits of the txt? How do you know?
-Write a sentence ourline of your text
-What are the points of emphasis in your passage that are highlighted by the structure?
-Step 2: Composition of text
-What is the texts specific genre
-What are the key words in your text and their significance for the text in questions
-What compositional techniques are employed in the text(eg repeated words, catch phrases, refrains etc)
-Be sure to show how these techniques are used and why
-What literary devices are being used (eg inclusio, metaphor, similie, rhetorical question etc)
-Step 3: context of the text
-literary: how does the text function in its immediate context
-how does it function i nthe overall context of the story
-Historical: how does the sociolofical setting help your understanding of the passage?
-are there any specific historical facts that have immediate bearing upon the passage?
-What is the world situation and political setting of this gospel/book
-Research the text
-Explore secondary sources (books, articles, etc) on your book
-Determine certain "issues" in your passage based on your research
-Remember, this is a research paper
-Refine the text (ie your thesis from your original reading of the text)
-refine your initial reading of the text based on your research
-also analyze specific scholars with whom you disagree...make sure you have clear reasoning for your disagreement
-write the outline for your paper
-Communication of the passage
-this is the synthesis of all of the above work
-note the identification and summary of motifs highlighted by these features
-note the "effect" of impact of the combination of genre (or lack or adaption of it), literary devices, and structure
-application of the passage
-draw theological conclusions based upon the text: what the passage says about God, what the passage says about us as human beings, and what the passafge says about humanity's relation to God. These should be short, concise statements of the theolofical dimensions of the text
-Write the interpretation of the text (your exegetical paper)
-have an intro in which you clearly state your thesis
-Interact with your text in order to prove your thesis
-Interact with the larger context of your passage
-Interact with scholars and show where you agree and disagree, and for what reasons
Keep this in mind
-The papers will not be able to show all of the exegetical work and analysis you have done; however, the conclusions should reflect the work
-put the conclusions in the paper with enough supporting evidence to show how you arrived at the conclusions
-dont make sweeping statements without showing how you arrived at that conclusion
-Do not let the papers because simply descriptive
-i can read what the passage says; i want to know what it means
-DO NOT INCLUDE INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT HELP COMMUNICATE THE MEANING OF THE PASSAGE
-for example, the hisotrical background is not important to the meaning of some passages
-the priomary purpose of exegesis is not to go through an academic exercise; exegesis is not an end in itself but is only a means to an end. it is a tool
-be aware of your own presuppositions (assumptions) in doing theological exegesis
-know where you are coming from theologically
-during the provess of analysis, continually ask yourself questions like this
-why am i seeing this passage this way?
-Am i reading my own ideas into the passafe or am i letting is speak on its own?
-Am i using the passafe to argue my own prejudices or am i allowing the word (and the Word) to confront me with the truth?
-Am i forcing the passage to speak to an issue that it really does not address?
-Am i glossing over problems of interpretation simply beacuse i do not really understand the passage?
-Am i ignoring a particular interpretation because it does not fir within my ideas?
-The primary rule: Stick to the text! as much as possible, try to hear the text on its own terms
-Research paper is an essay not a report.
-A report is a presentation of information gleaned from research, whereas an essay is reasoned investigation that makes definite assertions and supports and defends those assertions
-Makes for a good paper
-Clarity (grammar grammar grammar)
-Good use of resources
-Do not just quote from a resource, but interact with it on a critical level
-Fairness in handling opposing views
-CONCLUSION BASED ON/DERIVED FROM RESEARCH
-Written in your own words
-proper credit is always given to an author when quoting their words, thourghts, or ideas
-to not give credit to another author's words is plagiariam
-AVOID PLAGIARISM AT ALL COSTS...IT IS THE DEVIL
-When in doubt, attribute the words or ideas to the author to be on the safe side
-use proper english
-no slang
-avoid colloquial language
-do not use contractions (ie dont cant shouldnt)
- -all words are to be spelled out
-Do not make appeals to your reader
-Do not write in the first person
-use foornotes
-make sure you meet the minimum requirements (as outlined in the syllabus)
-be clear
-times new roman, double space, 1 in margin, page numbers, check spelling, bibliography
-choose passage
-read through the passage very carfully...nothing other than the text until later
-Explore and interact with the text itself
-at this preliminary stage DO NOT USE commentaries, study Bibles, dictioaries, etc.
-only look at text in question
-pay careful attention to such things as setting, time, character, dialogue, word repetitions, etc.
-Compare your passafe with at LEAST two other English translations (eg NRSV, NKJV, NIV, NAS, ESV, NET, etc)
-note cariations in translation
-WHat is the main theme of your passage?
-note the overall context of your passage
-remember when these books were written the authors had the end in mind...so pay attention to not only what comes before your passage, but also after
-Are there any things in the structure of the passage as a whole which clue you in to its intended meaning?
-What OT motifs arae in your passage?
-covenant, land, sacrifice, rest, war/warrior, praise, etc
-Are there any redemptive-historical elements to your passage?
Methodology
-During this stage, follow these steps
-Step 1: Analyze structure of the text
-What are the limits of the txt? How do you know?
-Write a sentence ourline of your text
-What are the points of emphasis in your passage that are highlighted by the structure?
-Step 2: Composition of text
-What is the texts specific genre
-What are the key words in your text and their significance for the text in questions
-What compositional techniques are employed in the text(eg repeated words, catch phrases, refrains etc)
-Be sure to show how these techniques are used and why
-What literary devices are being used (eg inclusio, metaphor, similie, rhetorical question etc)
-Step 3: context of the text
-literary: how does the text function in its immediate context
-how does it function i nthe overall context of the story
-Historical: how does the sociolofical setting help your understanding of the passage?
-are there any specific historical facts that have immediate bearing upon the passage?
-What is the world situation and political setting of this gospel/book
-Research the text
-Explore secondary sources (books, articles, etc) on your book
-Determine certain "issues" in your passage based on your research
-Remember, this is a research paper
-Refine the text (ie your thesis from your original reading of the text)
-refine your initial reading of the text based on your research
-also analyze specific scholars with whom you disagree...make sure you have clear reasoning for your disagreement
-write the outline for your paper
-Communication of the passage
-this is the synthesis of all of the above work
-note the identification and summary of motifs highlighted by these features
-note the "effect" of impact of the combination of genre (or lack or adaption of it), literary devices, and structure
-application of the passage
-draw theological conclusions based upon the text: what the passage says about God, what the passage says about us as human beings, and what the passafge says about humanity's relation to God. These should be short, concise statements of the theolofical dimensions of the text
-Write the interpretation of the text (your exegetical paper)
-have an intro in which you clearly state your thesis
-Interact with your text in order to prove your thesis
-Interact with the larger context of your passage
-Interact with scholars and show where you agree and disagree, and for what reasons
Keep this in mind
-The papers will not be able to show all of the exegetical work and analysis you have done; however, the conclusions should reflect the work
-put the conclusions in the paper with enough supporting evidence to show how you arrived at the conclusions
-dont make sweeping statements without showing how you arrived at that conclusion
-Do not let the papers because simply descriptive
-i can read what the passage says; i want to know what it means
-DO NOT INCLUDE INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT HELP COMMUNICATE THE MEANING OF THE PASSAGE
-for example, the hisotrical background is not important to the meaning of some passages
-the priomary purpose of exegesis is not to go through an academic exercise; exegesis is not an end in itself but is only a means to an end. it is a tool
-be aware of your own presuppositions (assumptions) in doing theological exegesis
-know where you are coming from theologically
-during the provess of analysis, continually ask yourself questions like this
-why am i seeing this passage this way?
-Am i reading my own ideas into the passafe or am i letting is speak on its own?
-Am i using the passafe to argue my own prejudices or am i allowing the word (and the Word) to confront me with the truth?
-Am i forcing the passage to speak to an issue that it really does not address?
-Am i glossing over problems of interpretation simply beacuse i do not really understand the passage?
-Am i ignoring a particular interpretation because it does not fir within my ideas?
-The primary rule: Stick to the text! as much as possible, try to hear the text on its own terms
-Research paper is an essay not a report.
-A report is a presentation of information gleaned from research, whereas an essay is reasoned investigation that makes definite assertions and supports and defends those assertions
-Makes for a good paper
-Clarity (grammar grammar grammar)
-Good use of resources
-Do not just quote from a resource, but interact with it on a critical level
-Fairness in handling opposing views
-CONCLUSION BASED ON/DERIVED FROM RESEARCH
-Written in your own words
-proper credit is always given to an author when quoting their words, thourghts, or ideas
-to not give credit to another author's words is plagiariam
-AVOID PLAGIARISM AT ALL COSTS...IT IS THE DEVIL
-When in doubt, attribute the words or ideas to the author to be on the safe side
-use proper english
-no slang
-avoid colloquial language
-do not use contractions (ie dont cant shouldnt)
- -all words are to be spelled out
-Do not make appeals to your reader
-Do not write in the first person
-use foornotes
-make sure you meet the minimum requirements (as outlined in the syllabus)
-be clear
-times new roman, double space, 1 in margin, page numbers, check spelling, bibliography
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Exo/Deut: tues 10.23.07
Genesis 12,15,17,22
-Covenant of works
-Stipulations
-Curse
-Promise
-Covenant of Grace
-Gen. 3:15
-Gen 15
Abram: Father
Abraham: Father of many
Ur of the chaldeans
Take the animals and cut them in half...place the parts next to each other but separate...hence a bloody pathway inbetween. God is going to appear as a fire torch and fire pot and come inbetween the animals through the bloody passageway. Little King & Great king would make a covenant and write it down, cut an animal in half and walk in the bloody passage way basically saying that if one or the other of us screw up and break the covenant, the other can do to the one in the wrong what they did to the animals. By passing through they are making a promise to keep the covenant.
-Gen 17: circumcision....blood letting... blood spilt... seperating the skin from the thing that makes life...it is "unclean"...if this kid doesnt keep the covenant then let him be tossed aside just as his foreskin
Isaac carries his own wood to be burnt...Jesus carried his own cross...both are the only son.
Abraham had made it up in his own heart that his son was going to be dead so when the Lord provides something else it is like the son has come back and resurrection.....and hence its a foreshadowing
Gen 22:foreshadowing of everything that is to come
-Covenant of works
-Stipulations
-Curse
-Promise
-Covenant of Grace
-Gen. 3:15
-Gen 15
Abram: Father
Abraham: Father of many
Ur of the chaldeans
Take the animals and cut them in half...place the parts next to each other but separate...hence a bloody pathway inbetween. God is going to appear as a fire torch and fire pot and come inbetween the animals through the bloody passageway. Little King & Great king would make a covenant and write it down, cut an animal in half and walk in the bloody passage way basically saying that if one or the other of us screw up and break the covenant, the other can do to the one in the wrong what they did to the animals. By passing through they are making a promise to keep the covenant.
-Gen 17: circumcision....blood letting... blood spilt... seperating the skin from the thing that makes life...it is "unclean"...if this kid doesnt keep the covenant then let him be tossed aside just as his foreskin
Isaac carries his own wood to be burnt...Jesus carried his own cross...both are the only son.
Abraham had made it up in his own heart that his son was going to be dead so when the Lord provides something else it is like the son has come back and resurrection.....and hence its a foreshadowing
Gen 22:foreshadowing of everything that is to come
CLFM: tues 10.23.07
Biblica Genres
4. Pslams
-Pslams are "appropriated language."
-Reflect every possible human emotion
5. Wisdom Lit. (ecc., prov., job)
-Wisdom="discipline of applying truth to one's life in the light of experience." (Fee & Stuart)
6. Epistles
-Qriteen to particular situation
-1 Cor. 7:1: Now for the matters you wrote about...
-Distinguish between eternal principles and specific applications
-1 Cor. 14:34-35
7. Parables
-Would have been clear to original hearers.
-Intent is to call forth a response
-Most are re: the Kingdom of God
8. Apocalyptic Literature
-Ezek., Daniel, Zech., parts of Isaiah, Rev.
-Focus: end of history when God triumphs over evil
4. Pslams
-Pslams are "appropriated language."
-Reflect every possible human emotion
5. Wisdom Lit. (ecc., prov., job)
-Wisdom="discipline of applying truth to one's life in the light of experience." (Fee & Stuart)
6. Epistles
-Qriteen to particular situation
-1 Cor. 7:1: Now for the matters you wrote about...
-Distinguish between eternal principles and specific applications
-1 Cor. 14:34-35
7. Parables
-Would have been clear to original hearers.
-Intent is to call forth a response
-Most are re: the Kingdom of God
8. Apocalyptic Literature
-Ezek., Daniel, Zech., parts of Isaiah, Rev.
-Focus: end of history when God triumphs over evil
Thursday, October 18, 2007
CLFM: thurs 10.18.07
Biblical Interpretation
-http://groups.apu.edu/practicaltheo-
-westlean quadrilateral (make sure to go get notes offline for the class you missed silly!-
-2 peter 3:15-16: So also our beloved borother paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, speaking of this as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures.
Key Terms:
1. Exegesis: analizing what the text actually says
2. Eisegesis: imposing your own personal beliefs on the text
3. Biblical hermeneutics: method behind exegesis
Questionis to be asked of any text
1. What did it mean for the subject of the text or the main speaker? (e.g. Jesus)
2. What did it mean for the writing and his audience? (e.g. Mark & readers [why did he put this right here etc])
3. What did it mean for the later generations of Christians?
4. What might it mean for me or us today?
Biblical listerature has both:
1. Eternal relevance
2. Historical particularity
Biblical interpretation involves two steps
1. Exegesis
2. Application
Historical-Grammatical method considers:
1. The text;s linguistic medium and genre
2. Geographic, cultural, and historical setting
3. Life setting of author and original readers
Principles for interpreting the Bible
1. Respect all of scripture
-2 Timothy 3:16: "All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching."
2. Pray for guidance
3. Be clear on the goal: to get as close as possible to the original intent of the authors
4. Always look at the passage in it's literary context
5. Understand the historical setting
6. Face difficult passages directly
-Luther: allow clear passages to illumine unclear
7.Only then ask: What does it mean today?
-Excellent resource: How to Read the Bible for all itsWworth by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart
How do you interpret scripture
-Luke 24:34 [literal]
-Psalm 18:2 [not literal]
-1 Corinthians 11:24
Biblical Genres
1. Narratives
-OT Narratives
-Show God at work in creation & his people
-OT narratives have three layers
-1. Top: universal redemptive plan of God
-2. Middle: history of Israel as God's people
-3. Bottom: the particular story
-Acts
-The Gospels
-To udnerstand the gospels must understand the kingdom of God
-Jesus' teafhings differed from Jewish expectation
Jesus' view of the kingdom of God
-Jesus taught that the kingdom of Godd will be fulfilled in the future: Matt. 25:31
-But Jesus also taught there a present aspect to the kingdom: Luke 17:20-21
Jesus and purity
Key issues in the Gospels: how do we maintain purity?
-scribes and pharisees
-revolutionaries: kick out the non-jews
-essenes: withdraw from the world
-qumran group
-Jesus: he seeks out the impure to contaminate them with his purity....well metaphorically
2. OT Laws
-Law is covenant between Israel and God. Show loyalty, allegiance to coveant
-Purpose of Law: bring us to Christ (Gal. 3:24)
-Law demonstrates God's holiness, grace
3. Prophets
-Minor v Major
-Prophesy is not just foretelling the future
-Prupose: speak for God to contemporaries
-Usually has to do with the immediate future
-http://groups.apu.edu/practicaltheo-
-westlean quadrilateral (make sure to go get notes offline for the class you missed silly!-
-2 peter 3:15-16: So also our beloved borother paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, speaking of this as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures.
Key Terms:
1. Exegesis: analizing what the text actually says
2. Eisegesis: imposing your own personal beliefs on the text
3. Biblical hermeneutics: method behind exegesis
Questionis to be asked of any text
1. What did it mean for the subject of the text or the main speaker? (e.g. Jesus)
2. What did it mean for the writing and his audience? (e.g. Mark & readers [why did he put this right here etc])
3. What did it mean for the later generations of Christians?
4. What might it mean for me or us today?
Biblical listerature has both:
1. Eternal relevance
2. Historical particularity
Biblical interpretation involves two steps
1. Exegesis
2. Application
Historical-Grammatical method considers:
1. The text;s linguistic medium and genre
2. Geographic, cultural, and historical setting
3. Life setting of author and original readers
Principles for interpreting the Bible
1. Respect all of scripture
-2 Timothy 3:16: "All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching."
2. Pray for guidance
3. Be clear on the goal: to get as close as possible to the original intent of the authors
4. Always look at the passage in it's literary context
5. Understand the historical setting
6. Face difficult passages directly
-Luther: allow clear passages to illumine unclear
7.Only then ask: What does it mean today?
-Excellent resource: How to Read the Bible for all itsWworth by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart
How do you interpret scripture
-Luke 24:34 [literal]
-Psalm 18:2 [not literal]
-1 Corinthians 11:24
Biblical Genres
1. Narratives
-OT Narratives
-Show God at work in creation & his people
-OT narratives have three layers
-1. Top: universal redemptive plan of God
-2. Middle: history of Israel as God's people
-3. Bottom: the particular story
-Acts
-The Gospels
-To udnerstand the gospels must understand the kingdom of God
-Jesus' teafhings differed from Jewish expectation
Jesus' view of the kingdom of God
-Jesus taught that the kingdom of Godd will be fulfilled in the future: Matt. 25:31
-But Jesus also taught there a present aspect to the kingdom: Luke 17:20-21
Jesus and purity
Key issues in the Gospels: how do we maintain purity?
-scribes and pharisees
-revolutionaries: kick out the non-jews
-essenes: withdraw from the world
-qumran group
-Jesus: he seeks out the impure to contaminate them with his purity....well metaphorically
2. OT Laws
-Law is covenant between Israel and God. Show loyalty, allegiance to coveant
-Purpose of Law: bring us to Christ (Gal. 3:24)
-Law demonstrates God's holiness, grace
3. Prophets
-Minor v Major
-Prophesy is not just foretelling the future
-Prupose: speak for God to contemporaries
-Usually has to do with the immediate future
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Exo/Deut: thurs 10.12.07
FRAMEWORK HYPOTHESIS: (Part 2) GENESIS 1: 1-2
FORM VOID/FULLNESS
1. Light and Darkness----------4. Sun, moon and stars (Govern/Rule over the realm of Day and Night)
2. Sky/Water----------5. Fish and the Birds (Fill the sky and water)
3. Trees, plants and Land--------6. Animals and Man (Ruling over the land, and man is over creation). Man is a RULER. (God= GK, man in God’s image, therefore man= LK, created to RULE)
Psalm 8: 1-5
Reflects on creation. Man has been crowned with glory and honor. He is a ruler and a king.
FRAMEWORK HYPOHESIS: Literary Artistry. Interprets the structure of Genesis.
DERIVITAVE: Nature/ being of God (the nature of God is derivative)
Our understanding is less than God’s.
Gen 1:26
-In our image
-attributes: sovereignty, authority, knowledge, power
-purpose: king
-He commands us to subdue, multiply, tend/guard, keep the covenant
SUZERIN -- VASAL
I I
DICTATES ◊ FOLLOWS
I I
COMMANDS ◊ OBEYS
TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL: (all one word in Hebrew)
It is equally wrong, and it is derived from the knowledge of God. God has determined for them what is good (subdue) and what is evil (to eat of it).
-Fratricide
-Treason
“I know what I should do, (what Scripture says) but I’m going to do it anyways”. That’s what we have to decide every day in our spiritual lives. When we do that, its sin.
-They are not determining their own fate, they had free will, but they weren’t free to determine all things that are good and all things that are evil.
Genesis 3:7-18
SIN:
The Earth: thorns and thistles
Physical (person/ the body) Death: disease, still birth/miscarriage/ birth abnormalities, genetic disorder
Relationship between God/Man: and Male/Female: divorce, abuse, male ideologies, feminist movement,
DEATH:
Physical and Spiritual
WILL: Dictated by nature of man
Choices: under a fallen nature. You can choose the greater or the lesser evil. You can choose to murder the person in your heart, or murder them physically. Choose to covet their home, or kill them and take it.
(pure Augustinian Theology)
The will is dictated by the nature.
What is the nature? SIN. So your choices all come from sin, so you choose from the lesser of the sinful choices. So we choose Christ, who will live the life we cannot live. It is a theological impossibility for us to do good.
Genesis 5: Adam fathers a son after being kicked out of the garden. So he has a son in his fallen nature, therefore all the sons of Adam are born in the sinful nature. It is the same verse wording of how God created Adam in His image (redeemed nature) and then in Gen5 talks about Adam’s son being in the image of Adam (sinful nature).
QUESTION: WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT OUR NATURE IS FALLEN?
KINGDOMS/ RELMS
Ruler/ Gov/ King/ Authorities.
MAN is over female, he is the ruler over everything. He is the king of this world.
FORM VOID/FULLNESS
1. Light and Darkness----------4. Sun, moon and stars (Govern/Rule over the realm of Day and Night)
2. Sky/Water----------5. Fish and the Birds (Fill the sky and water)
3. Trees, plants and Land--------6. Animals and Man (Ruling over the land, and man is over creation). Man is a RULER. (God= GK, man in God’s image, therefore man= LK, created to RULE)
Psalm 8: 1-5
Reflects on creation. Man has been crowned with glory and honor. He is a ruler and a king.
FRAMEWORK HYPOHESIS: Literary Artistry. Interprets the structure of Genesis.
DERIVITAVE: Nature/ being of God (the nature of God is derivative)
Our understanding is less than God’s.
Gen 1:26
-In our image
-attributes: sovereignty, authority, knowledge, power
-purpose: king
-He commands us to subdue, multiply, tend/guard, keep the covenant
SUZERIN -- VASAL
I I
DICTATES ◊ FOLLOWS
I I
COMMANDS ◊ OBEYS
TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL: (all one word in Hebrew)
It is equally wrong, and it is derived from the knowledge of God. God has determined for them what is good (subdue) and what is evil (to eat of it).
-Fratricide
-Treason
“I know what I should do, (what Scripture says) but I’m going to do it anyways”. That’s what we have to decide every day in our spiritual lives. When we do that, its sin.
-They are not determining their own fate, they had free will, but they weren’t free to determine all things that are good and all things that are evil.
Genesis 3:7-18
SIN:
The Earth: thorns and thistles
Physical (person/ the body) Death: disease, still birth/miscarriage/ birth abnormalities, genetic disorder
Relationship between God/Man: and Male/Female: divorce, abuse, male ideologies, feminist movement,
DEATH:
Physical and Spiritual
WILL: Dictated by nature of man
Choices: under a fallen nature. You can choose the greater or the lesser evil. You can choose to murder the person in your heart, or murder them physically. Choose to covet their home, or kill them and take it.
(pure Augustinian Theology)
The will is dictated by the nature.
What is the nature? SIN. So your choices all come from sin, so you choose from the lesser of the sinful choices. So we choose Christ, who will live the life we cannot live. It is a theological impossibility for us to do good.
Genesis 5: Adam fathers a son after being kicked out of the garden. So he has a son in his fallen nature, therefore all the sons of Adam are born in the sinful nature. It is the same verse wording of how God created Adam in His image (redeemed nature) and then in Gen5 talks about Adam’s son being in the image of Adam (sinful nature).
QUESTION: WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT OUR NATURE IS FALLEN?
KINGDOMS/ RELMS
Ruler/ Gov/ King/ Authorities.
MAN is over female, he is the ruler over everything. He is the king of this world.
Exo/Deut: tues 10.16.07
Sin=death
Cain
-Famer
-Favored by mom and dad
-Following after his dad (not necessarily a good thing)
-Brings grain to God
-The offering had a HEART issue
-Cain's Sins Before Muder
-Jealous/Envy
-Greed
-Disobidience
-Wrong hearted/not what God wants/imperfect to his capability form of worship
-Cain determines his own worship and doesn't do it the way that God tells to
-THEN MURDER
-The ground will be ursed...cain is walking in the footsteps of Adam....Adam was cursed to have to work the ground...and now cain has gotten the ground cursed and it will not yield fruit to him.
Able
-Rancher
-The younger brother of Able
-Brings and animal sacrifice to God (brings the fatty portions, the best portion)
-Able was the son that was to be "the son" but dang he got killed and was ignored by his parents due to being second born..OOPS!
City of God
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Adam
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Seth
City of Man
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Cain
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Lamech (first with two wives)
De-Creation
-Returning to chaos
THEN
re-creation
Adam
-3 Sons
-Cain Cursed
-Fruit from tree
-Covenant
-Head of line
Noah
-3 Sons
-Ham cursed
-Fruit of the vine (got drunk etc)
-Covenant
-Head of line
-wind causaes water to subside...but in gensis 1, the spirit is hovering over the land. the word "ruah" is used for wind and spirit both...parallel....at the end of the flood, goes from chaos back to organization....then flood...back to chaos and being covered by water copletely like in beginning...then back to going from chaos to peace-
Cain
-Famer
-Favored by mom and dad
-Following after his dad (not necessarily a good thing)
-Brings grain to God
-The offering had a HEART issue
-Cain's Sins Before Muder
-Jealous/Envy
-Greed
-Disobidience
-Wrong hearted/not what God wants/imperfect to his capability form of worship
-Cain determines his own worship and doesn't do it the way that God tells to
-THEN MURDER
-The ground will be ursed...cain is walking in the footsteps of Adam....Adam was cursed to have to work the ground...and now cain has gotten the ground cursed and it will not yield fruit to him.
Able
-Rancher
-The younger brother of Able
-Brings and animal sacrifice to God (brings the fatty portions, the best portion)
-Able was the son that was to be "the son" but dang he got killed and was ignored by his parents due to being second born..OOPS!
City of God
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Adam
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Seth
City of Man
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Cain
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Lamech (first with two wives)
De-Creation
-Returning to chaos
THEN
re-creation
Adam
-3 Sons
-Cain Cursed
-Fruit from tree
-Covenant
-Head of line
Noah
-3 Sons
-Ham cursed
-Fruit of the vine (got drunk etc)
-Covenant
-Head of line
-wind causaes water to subside...but in gensis 1, the spirit is hovering over the land. the word "ruah" is used for wind and spirit both...parallel....at the end of the flood, goes from chaos back to organization....then flood...back to chaos and being covered by water copletely like in beginning...then back to going from chaos to peace-
CLFM: tues 10.16.07
WORSHIP
Shorter Westminster Catechism:
Q; What is the cief end of man?
A: Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.
What does it mean to be a worshipper?
"It is madness to wear ladies' straw hats and velvet hats to church; we should all be wearing crash helmets. Ushers hsould issue preservers and signal flars; they should lash us to our pews." -Annie Dillard
-Worship is dangerous...worship should change you.....its a freaking crazy adventure and you need protection-
-OT stresses God's transcendence
-NT stresses God's immanence
-Need to understand transcendence to understand immanence
#1: To see God clearly for who He is (Is. 6:1-4)
#2: See ourselves clearly (Is. 6:5-7)
#3: Hear and respond to God's call (Is. 6:8)
Shorter Westminster Catechism:
Q; What is the cief end of man?
A: Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.
What does it mean to be a worshipper?
"It is madness to wear ladies' straw hats and velvet hats to church; we should all be wearing crash helmets. Ushers hsould issue preservers and signal flars; they should lash us to our pews." -Annie Dillard
-Worship is dangerous...worship should change you.....its a freaking crazy adventure and you need protection-
-OT stresses God's transcendence
-NT stresses God's immanence
-Need to understand transcendence to understand immanence
#1: To see God clearly for who He is (Is. 6:1-4)
#2: See ourselves clearly (Is. 6:5-7)
#3: Hear and respond to God's call (Is. 6:8)
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Exo/Deut: tues 10.9.07
Suzerain(Great King)-Vassal(Lesser King) Treaty
1. Preamble
-Who the GK is
2. Historical Prologue
-Why GT?(in relation to the LK)
3. Stipulations
- Requirements
4. Documentary Clause
-2 copies
5. Witnesses
-people witnessing it
6. Sanctions
-if you dont do this ill kill you...bad things that will happen if you dont keep this
7. Ratification Ceremony
-sign given in order to show covenant was being made..something official
Escitology: study of last things
Protolyg: study of first things
The garden is where God comes to meet with his people
-Genesis is about the end...which helps you understnad covenant and atributes of God
-Sets you up for udnerstanding "covenant"
-SEE PLANNER OCT 14 for the chart establishing man as the LK-
God=GK
Man=LK because he is given command/govern over all things on earth
Preamble: Gen 1:1
Historical prologue: who GK and LK are....established as God and man
Stipulations: have lots of kids, rule over the earth
Documaentary Clause: man is God's own image(not only so that he can be established as the LK but also)....so therefore he is the second copy
Witnesses:let US make man in OUR image.....hence, witnesses
Sanctions:If you eat of the tree...you will DIE
Ratification Ceremony:
tree of life is reward for keeping the covenant and adam and eve get kicked out so they can't have it, because they didnt keep the covenant. If God let them eat from the tree of life, they would have had to live their life forever in their fallen life, so he kicks them out in order to redeem them. The kicking them out is an act of grace on God's part. FIrst covenant: keeop my word and you will get the tree of life. Gen 3:15-->God gives covenant: someone will come and give you freedom from satan, someone you will give birth to(like eventually, from your line) hence, Eve=mother of all life
When they have cain they think that the 'recieved' the child that God was talking about, the redepmtion from satan.
The child comes to keep the original gensis one covenant....to give the people the tree of life....he is there to keep the first covenant. The only way he will keep the promise of defeating satan is to do all the work that is involved in the original covenant. The new child will come and fulfill the covenant that adam could not and give the people the tree of life.
The only way you can get to the tree of life is by dying: if you try to get to the tree of life in the garden is through the cheribum who has a sword...you will die...if you try...so the only way to get to it is to die....DUN DUN DUN...the NT...the gospel...Jesus died in order to get us to the tree of life.
Romans 5:12-14
If adam created under first covenant, Jesus is born under that first covenant...adam had to do work to keep covenant, jesus had to also. By JESUS' works we are saved.
Genesis chapter one is theology
1. Preamble
-Who the GK is
2. Historical Prologue
-Why GT?(in relation to the LK)
3. Stipulations
- Requirements
4. Documentary Clause
-2 copies
5. Witnesses
-people witnessing it
6. Sanctions
-if you dont do this ill kill you...bad things that will happen if you dont keep this
7. Ratification Ceremony
-sign given in order to show covenant was being made..something official
Escitology: study of last things
Protolyg: study of first things
The garden is where God comes to meet with his people
-Genesis is about the end...which helps you understnad covenant and atributes of God
-Sets you up for udnerstanding "covenant"
-SEE PLANNER OCT 14 for the chart establishing man as the LK-
God=GK
Man=LK because he is given command/govern over all things on earth
Preamble: Gen 1:1
Historical prologue: who GK and LK are....established as God and man
Stipulations: have lots of kids, rule over the earth
Documaentary Clause: man is God's own image(not only so that he can be established as the LK but also)....so therefore he is the second copy
Witnesses:let US make man in OUR image.....hence, witnesses
Sanctions:If you eat of the tree...you will DIE
Ratification Ceremony:
tree of life is reward for keeping the covenant and adam and eve get kicked out so they can't have it, because they didnt keep the covenant. If God let them eat from the tree of life, they would have had to live their life forever in their fallen life, so he kicks them out in order to redeem them. The kicking them out is an act of grace on God's part. FIrst covenant: keeop my word and you will get the tree of life. Gen 3:15-->God gives covenant: someone will come and give you freedom from satan, someone you will give birth to(like eventually, from your line) hence, Eve=mother of all life
When they have cain they think that the 'recieved' the child that God was talking about, the redepmtion from satan.
The child comes to keep the original gensis one covenant....to give the people the tree of life....he is there to keep the first covenant. The only way he will keep the promise of defeating satan is to do all the work that is involved in the original covenant. The new child will come and fulfill the covenant that adam could not and give the people the tree of life.
The only way you can get to the tree of life is by dying: if you try to get to the tree of life in the garden is through the cheribum who has a sword...you will die...if you try...so the only way to get to it is to die....DUN DUN DUN...the NT...the gospel...Jesus died in order to get us to the tree of life.
Romans 5:12-14
If adam created under first covenant, Jesus is born under that first covenant...adam had to do work to keep covenant, jesus had to also. By JESUS' works we are saved.
Genesis chapter one is theology
CLFM: tues 10.9.07
-bring lyrics of three different worship songs/hymns for next tuesday-
The Practical Theology Method
"...an ordered thought proces that allows us to organize out observations of a situation or condition critically evaluate these sitauations or conditions, and strategically respond to them in a Christian fashion. " -Christian College, Christian Calling
...concedrned with "both thinking and acting according to God's purpose in all aspects of daily life by carefully considering the Bible and resources springing from it while keeping one eye on what's happening in out daily world." -CC, CC
-prayerful
-deliberate
-reflective
-consistent
-communal
-practical
-ongoing
DECIDE: Practical Theology Method (memorize for final!
1. Describe the situation
2. Explore alternative explanations
3.Cconsidering teachings and perspectives
4. Inform or inegrate out thinking with alternative explanations from science, histoiry, social science, and other sources
5. Develop new guidelines and actions
6. Evaluate the outcome, considering intended and unintended consquences
step 1: Describe the situation
-Practices="actions that have become so common that people automatically perform them when appropriate circumstances arise."
-Can be done individually or communally
-Don't attempt to evaluate during this step
Step 2: Explore alternative explanations
-Acknowledge your own "blind spots"
-Gather more information through research
-Don't jump to conclusions, be humble
Step 3: Consider Christian Teachings
-Know what Chrsitians believe
-Know basic core values/themes of the Bibile
-Know what Christian tradition says
-Use the Wesleyan Quadrilateral
Step 4: Inform or integrate our thinking with alternative explanations from science, history, social science, and other sources
-Truth can be found in science, history, etc.
Step 5: Develop new guidlines
Evaluate relationship of actions & faith:
1. Conflict
2. Independence
3. Dialogue
4. Integration
Possible responses to this evaluationg:
1. Affirm present actions
2. Reject present actions
3. Move beyond present actions
Don't get stuck in theoretical, use BASIC
Step 6: Final step: Evaluate the outcome, considering intended and unintended consequences
-Need ongoing evaluation
The Practical Theology Method
"...an ordered thought proces that allows us to organize out observations of a situation or condition critically evaluate these sitauations or conditions, and strategically respond to them in a Christian fashion. " -Christian College, Christian Calling
...concedrned with "both thinking and acting according to God's purpose in all aspects of daily life by carefully considering the Bible and resources springing from it while keeping one eye on what's happening in out daily world." -CC, CC
-prayerful
-deliberate
-reflective
-consistent
-communal
-practical
-ongoing
DECIDE: Practical Theology Method (memorize for final!
1. Describe the situation
2. Explore alternative explanations
3.Cconsidering teachings and perspectives
4. Inform or inegrate out thinking with alternative explanations from science, histoiry, social science, and other sources
5. Develop new guidelines and actions
6. Evaluate the outcome, considering intended and unintended consquences
step 1: Describe the situation
-Practices="actions that have become so common that people automatically perform them when appropriate circumstances arise."
-Can be done individually or communally
-Don't attempt to evaluate during this step
Step 2: Explore alternative explanations
-Acknowledge your own "blind spots"
-Gather more information through research
-Don't jump to conclusions, be humble
Step 3: Consider Christian Teachings
-Know what Chrsitians believe
-Know basic core values/themes of the Bibile
-Know what Christian tradition says
-Use the Wesleyan Quadrilateral
Step 4: Inform or integrate our thinking with alternative explanations from science, history, social science, and other sources
-Truth can be found in science, history, etc.
Step 5: Develop new guidlines
Evaluate relationship of actions & faith:
1. Conflict
2. Independence
3. Dialogue
4. Integration
Possible responses to this evaluationg:
1. Affirm present actions
2. Reject present actions
3. Move beyond present actions
Don't get stuck in theoretical, use BASIC
Step 6: Final step: Evaluate the outcome, considering intended and unintended consequences
-Need ongoing evaluation
Monday, October 8, 2007
CLFM paper #3
Dear Kandy,
I just got your email about the NBC TV show Heroes. I actually do watch it quite frequently and love it! However, I understand your trouble with being able to understand it. One thing that I have come to notice about the show is that it tends to portray an existentialist worldview. You'll see what I mean if I first define the whole existentialist worldview.
The existentialists believe that they have to make their own purpose in life because there isn't one without their own choice. They wish to fulfill their utmost purpose in life and get away from the meaningless life that some live. So as I'm sure you can just tell by understanding that, you can begin to see how Heroes can be existentialistic.
So just incase you're still not quite understanding what I mean by saying that Heroes is existentialistic, here are a few examples to hopefully help you understand better. Let's start with Claire. Claire in all of her scenarios trys to fit in and be liked, but also, she is striving with all of who she is to figure out what her purpose in life is. Throughout the whole first season she finds out how she can use her "talent" to be able to help others, which she has made her purpose. Peter, like Claire, is striving to have a purpose in life. He wants to figure out the meaning of life, but in the end has to make up his own mind as to what his own purpose is going to be. In the end, he finds that as much as he as helped others around him, he is going to hurt them, so he has to be shuttled off into space. Just incase you're still not getting it, one last example. Dr. Suresh has made his decision that he will find purpose in his life in helping those who have "the virus." Being that his blood is the only cure for the virus, he decided that it is his mission and his purpose to help those who can be cured, a long with connecting the people who have "talents" and how they came to have them. Even though you only really need three examples, a fourth is in order. Hiro, last but not least, has made it his purpose in life to, "save the cheerleader, save the world." He accomplished the first part of his purpose and has now set out to do the latter. He knows his purpose and he knows he is striving to be a hero.
So in all of those different examples, the existentialistic world view shows in the fact that they are all choosing their own purpose and going for it to try to reach their full potential in order to get away from the meaninglessness of life. That makes the source of truth the one's own personal choice. Whatever the person is going through at the time is real and it is their choice that drives life. A human's purpose in life is what they make it out to be. They go through life and decide what their life's purpose is going to be. There is no absolute right or wrong, except what the person decides and what the community of people have come to decide. Obviously, if it is something you can go to jail for, it is wrong, but as for right or wrong purpose, no, because it is up to the individual to choose their own purpose.
As like most everything else in life, there are positives and negatives to existentialism. A few positives include things such as the fact that it promotes achieving one's potential, choosing to strive in all circumstances toward your purpose, and knowing that you have a purpose in life. On the other hand, however, the negatives include things like: the fact that there is no higher power such as God, there is consequences should one choose terribly wrong their purpose (like Sylar in Heroes), or the idea that since everyone chooses their own purpose, not everyone's will flow together so the world may end up in utter chaos.
So after all of that, i hope you might understand Heroes at least a little bit better than you did before. Good luck!
Love,
Alicia
I just got your email about the NBC TV show Heroes. I actually do watch it quite frequently and love it! However, I understand your trouble with being able to understand it. One thing that I have come to notice about the show is that it tends to portray an existentialist worldview. You'll see what I mean if I first define the whole existentialist worldview.
The existentialists believe that they have to make their own purpose in life because there isn't one without their own choice. They wish to fulfill their utmost purpose in life and get away from the meaningless life that some live. So as I'm sure you can just tell by understanding that, you can begin to see how Heroes can be existentialistic.
So just incase you're still not quite understanding what I mean by saying that Heroes is existentialistic, here are a few examples to hopefully help you understand better. Let's start with Claire. Claire in all of her scenarios trys to fit in and be liked, but also, she is striving with all of who she is to figure out what her purpose in life is. Throughout the whole first season she finds out how she can use her "talent" to be able to help others, which she has made her purpose. Peter, like Claire, is striving to have a purpose in life. He wants to figure out the meaning of life, but in the end has to make up his own mind as to what his own purpose is going to be. In the end, he finds that as much as he as helped others around him, he is going to hurt them, so he has to be shuttled off into space. Just incase you're still not getting it, one last example. Dr. Suresh has made his decision that he will find purpose in his life in helping those who have "the virus." Being that his blood is the only cure for the virus, he decided that it is his mission and his purpose to help those who can be cured, a long with connecting the people who have "talents" and how they came to have them. Even though you only really need three examples, a fourth is in order. Hiro, last but not least, has made it his purpose in life to, "save the cheerleader, save the world." He accomplished the first part of his purpose and has now set out to do the latter. He knows his purpose and he knows he is striving to be a hero.
So in all of those different examples, the existentialistic world view shows in the fact that they are all choosing their own purpose and going for it to try to reach their full potential in order to get away from the meaninglessness of life. That makes the source of truth the one's own personal choice. Whatever the person is going through at the time is real and it is their choice that drives life. A human's purpose in life is what they make it out to be. They go through life and decide what their life's purpose is going to be. There is no absolute right or wrong, except what the person decides and what the community of people have come to decide. Obviously, if it is something you can go to jail for, it is wrong, but as for right or wrong purpose, no, because it is up to the individual to choose their own purpose.
As like most everything else in life, there are positives and negatives to existentialism. A few positives include things such as the fact that it promotes achieving one's potential, choosing to strive in all circumstances toward your purpose, and knowing that you have a purpose in life. On the other hand, however, the negatives include things like: the fact that there is no higher power such as God, there is consequences should one choose terribly wrong their purpose (like Sylar in Heroes), or the idea that since everyone chooses their own purpose, not everyone's will flow together so the world may end up in utter chaos.
So after all of that, i hope you might understand Heroes at least a little bit better than you did before. Good luck!
Love,
Alicia
Thursday, October 4, 2007
exo/Deut: thurs 10.4.07
Word study paper:
LAND:
1. israelites obediant=get the land but they arent so they lose the land. the and is the reward. Works righteousness....you are good you get the land, the reward. The land is a precursor to the land of heaven of Jesus Christ....or something like that...find redemptive historic purpose of the word.
Example outline:
-intro-
1. Define the word (not just dictionary word) define it within scripture
2. Ancient Near East..how it is used there
3. OT use of the word
4. Comparison and Contrast between ANE and OT (use specific points)
5. Redemptive historical significance of the word
6. Write a conclusion (theological importance of the word)
1. use concordance
(E sword)
2. Bible dictionaries (in the theology library on west)
(Anchor Bible Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Theological Dictionary of the OT)
3. Look at commentaries
(check syllabus for recommendations)
4. Specific books on topic
5. 2 sources other than the Bible
6. Dont go over 5 pages
7. USE FOOTNOTES
LAND:
1. israelites obediant=get the land but they arent so they lose the land. the and is the reward. Works righteousness....you are good you get the land, the reward. The land is a precursor to the land of heaven of Jesus Christ....or something like that...find redemptive historic purpose of the word.
Example outline:
-intro-
1. Define the word (not just dictionary word) define it within scripture
2. Ancient Near East..how it is used there
3. OT use of the word
4. Comparison and Contrast between ANE and OT (use specific points)
5. Redemptive historical significance of the word
6. Write a conclusion (theological importance of the word)
1. use concordance
(E sword)
2. Bible dictionaries (in the theology library on west)
(Anchor Bible Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Theological Dictionary of the OT)
3. Look at commentaries
(check syllabus for recommendations)
4. Specific books on topic
5. 2 sources other than the Bible
6. Dont go over 5 pages
7. USE FOOTNOTES
CLFM: thurs 10.3.07
Following
What is a following?
Prov. 14:28: A large population us a king's glory, but without subjects a prince is ruined.
How did Jesus change out understanding of following (greek for following: akoloutheo)?
intent paired with action=apprentice
How did Jesus change our understanding of following
1. Jesus chooses us before we choose him
-And he said to them, "Follow me, and i will make you fish for people." immediately they left their nets and followed him. -Matt. 4:19-20
2. Jesus calls uto give up our old life
-As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthre sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him. -Matt. 9:9
3. Jesus calls us to be like Him
-"Very truly i tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that i do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because i am going to the Father." -John 14:12
4. Jesus calls us to shar in His suffering
-"If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of thegospel, will save it." -Mark 8:34-35
Cheap grace or Legalism vs. Discipleship
"Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate." -Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus CHris. It is cosrly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life...Above all it is costly becfause it cost God the life of his son...Aboce all, it is grace because God did not reckon his Son too dear a price to pay for our life, but delievered him up for us." -Bonhoeffer
Healthy remorse vs. unhealthy shame
Unhealthy shame:
-focuses on the past
-says youre not good
-stays with you , you cant get rid of it
-its passive, keeps you stuck
-leads to devastation and self-hating
Healthy Remorse
-future
-says you can do better
-temporary
-motiving-moves you forward
-leads to hope and confidence
Characteristics of a good follower
1. Stays in pace with the leader
2. Uses critical thinking skills
3. Is intentional and proactive
4. Chooses leader wisely
-John 10: 11, 27
What is a following?
Prov. 14:28: A large population us a king's glory, but without subjects a prince is ruined.
How did Jesus change out understanding of following (greek for following: akoloutheo)?
intent paired with action=apprentice
How did Jesus change our understanding of following
1. Jesus chooses us before we choose him
-And he said to them, "Follow me, and i will make you fish for people." immediately they left their nets and followed him. -Matt. 4:19-20
2. Jesus calls uto give up our old life
-As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthre sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him. -Matt. 9:9
3. Jesus calls us to be like Him
-"Very truly i tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that i do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because i am going to the Father." -John 14:12
4. Jesus calls us to shar in His suffering
-"If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of thegospel, will save it." -Mark 8:34-35
Cheap grace or Legalism vs. Discipleship
"Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate." -Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus CHris. It is cosrly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life...Above all it is costly becfause it cost God the life of his son...Aboce all, it is grace because God did not reckon his Son too dear a price to pay for our life, but delievered him up for us." -Bonhoeffer
Healthy remorse vs. unhealthy shame
Unhealthy shame:
-focuses on the past
-says youre not good
-stays with you , you cant get rid of it
-its passive, keeps you stuck
-leads to devastation and self-hating
Healthy Remorse
-future
-says you can do better
-temporary
-motiving-moves you forward
-leads to hope and confidence
Characteristics of a good follower
1. Stays in pace with the leader
2. Uses critical thinking skills
3. Is intentional and proactive
4. Chooses leader wisely
-John 10: 11, 27
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Exo/Deut: thurs 10.2.07
Redactor: goes through and puts things together and edits and etc to make one big story.
-He (wellhausen) argued that all of this happened after 800BC...that is well after the time of moses
-1446 BC: exodus event occurs
-1440 BC: moses writes the pentateuch
Single Authorship
-Evidence for single authorship
-Writing was wells known in the days of Moses
-An example of what these stone tablet inscroptions looked like...
-First, a Sumerian King list, c. 1812 BC
-The next is an account of the Sumerian Flood story, 19th and 18th centuries BC
-In this version of the story, a great flood was to come upon the earth because of man's great sin...but this plan was thwarted
by another, opposing diety.
-Whoever the author was, he definitely knew the geography, flora, and fauna of the region
-Uses several Egyptian words
-More Egyptian loan words are found in the Pentateuch than anywhere else in the Bible
-The name "Moses" is in fact Egyptian
-Refers to customs that go back to the 2nd millenium
-The "toledoth" structure
-"These are the generations (origins) of..."
-Gen 2:4(first reference....does not refer to particular line)
-5:1
-etc
-37:2
-Exodus 1:1 Hebrew begins with a conjunction...
-"And these are the names...."
-Exodus is a continuation of the story in Genesis...the author must have good knowledge of Genesis...You're supposed to read the whole pentateuch as one giant story
-What about the Documentary Hypothesis' claim of multiple authorship due to the various names for God in Genesis (YHWH & Elohim)?
-Transitional introduction(6:9-10)
1. Violence in creation (6:11-12)
2. First divine speech: resolve to destroy (6:13-22)
3. Second divine speech: "enter ark" (7:1-10)
4. Beginning of flood (7:11-16)
5. The rising flood (7:17-24)
GOD REMEMBERS NOAH (8:1)
6. The receding flood (8:1b-5)
7. Drying of the earth (8:6-14)
8. Third divine speech: "leave the ark" (8:15-19)
9. God's resolve to preserve order (8:20-22)
10. Fourth divine speech: covenant (9:1-17)
-Transitional conclusion (9:18-19)
-in that story God goes from being YHWH to Elohim....there is NO way all of that could be from different sources and would lay out in such a perfect layout.
-Pentateuch claims to have been written by Moses
-Exodus 17:14, 24:4-7, 34:27
-Numbers 33:2
-Deuteronomy 31:9, 22, 24
-someone "picked up the pen" and finished moses' story ...like his death...joshua
-Other books int he OT claim Mosaic authorship
-Joshua 1:7-8
-Judges 3:4
-1 Kings 2:3
-2 Kings 14:6
-2 Chronicles
-Ezra 6:18, Nehemiah 8:1, Daniel 9:11-13
-The NT refers to the writings of Moses or the Law of Moses
-Matthew 8:4
-Mark 7:10
-Luke 24:27, 44
-John 5:46-47
-NT references to the writings of Moses
-1 Corinthians 9:9
-2 Corinthians 3:15
-Hebrews 10:28
-So did Moses witness everything he wrote about?
-He (wellhausen) argued that all of this happened after 800BC...that is well after the time of moses
-1446 BC: exodus event occurs
-1440 BC: moses writes the pentateuch
Single Authorship
-Evidence for single authorship
-Writing was wells known in the days of Moses
-An example of what these stone tablet inscroptions looked like...
-First, a Sumerian King list, c. 1812 BC
-The next is an account of the Sumerian Flood story, 19th and 18th centuries BC
-In this version of the story, a great flood was to come upon the earth because of man's great sin...but this plan was thwarted
by another, opposing diety.
-Whoever the author was, he definitely knew the geography, flora, and fauna of the region
-Uses several Egyptian words
-More Egyptian loan words are found in the Pentateuch than anywhere else in the Bible
-The name "Moses" is in fact Egyptian
-Refers to customs that go back to the 2nd millenium
-The "toledoth" structure
-"These are the generations (origins) of..."
-Gen 2:4(first reference....does not refer to particular line)
-5:1
-etc
-37:2
-Exodus 1:1 Hebrew begins with a conjunction...
-"And these are the names...."
-Exodus is a continuation of the story in Genesis...the author must have good knowledge of Genesis...You're supposed to read the whole pentateuch as one giant story
-What about the Documentary Hypothesis' claim of multiple authorship due to the various names for God in Genesis (YHWH & Elohim)?
-Transitional introduction(6:9-10)
1. Violence in creation (6:11-12)
2. First divine speech: resolve to destroy (6:13-22)
3. Second divine speech: "enter ark" (7:1-10)
4. Beginning of flood (7:11-16)
5. The rising flood (7:17-24)
GOD REMEMBERS NOAH (8:1)
6. The receding flood (8:1b-5)
7. Drying of the earth (8:6-14)
8. Third divine speech: "leave the ark" (8:15-19)
9. God's resolve to preserve order (8:20-22)
10. Fourth divine speech: covenant (9:1-17)
-Transitional conclusion (9:18-19)
-in that story God goes from being YHWH to Elohim....there is NO way all of that could be from different sources and would lay out in such a perfect layout.
-Pentateuch claims to have been written by Moses
-Exodus 17:14, 24:4-7, 34:27
-Numbers 33:2
-Deuteronomy 31:9, 22, 24
-someone "picked up the pen" and finished moses' story ...like his death...joshua
-Other books int he OT claim Mosaic authorship
-Joshua 1:7-8
-Judges 3:4
-1 Kings 2:3
-2 Kings 14:6
-2 Chronicles
-Ezra 6:18, Nehemiah 8:1, Daniel 9:11-13
-The NT refers to the writings of Moses or the Law of Moses
-Matthew 8:4
-Mark 7:10
-Luke 24:27, 44
-John 5:46-47
-NT references to the writings of Moses
-1 Corinthians 9:9
-2 Corinthians 3:15
-Hebrews 10:28
-So did Moses witness everything he wrote about?
CLFM: tues 10.2.07
How do we change?(restored)
-Sanctification=restoration of the image of God
-"The realization or progress attainment of likeness to God or to God's intention for men. It may be regarded both as a status conferred by divin grace and as a goal to be aimed at." -Blackman
-Col. 3:9-10: you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge ccording to the image of its creator.
Biblical Tensions re: Sanctification
1. Who is taking the active role?
God
-Eph. 2:10: for we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works...
-Eph. 5:25-27: Christ loved the church & gave himself up for her, in order to make her holy by cleasing her...so that she
may be holy...
Believers
-1 Peter. 1:15
-Lev 11:44
-Matt. 5:48
-2 Cor. 7:1
-Eph. 4:15
-Heb 12:1
-1 Jn. 3:3
2. When does sanctification take place?
Once & for all
-1 Cor. 1:2
-1 Cor. 6:11
-Acts 20:23
-Acts 26:18
Ongoing & life-long
-1 Kings 8:46
-Prov. 20:9
-Is. 64:6
-Rom. 3:23
-James 3:2
-1 Jn. 1:8
-2 Cor. 3:18
How do we cooperate? How are we changed?
-Change is constant, yet we resist it
-Change is an important part of life with Christ
-Change is a process
5 Step Transformation Process
1. Complacency
-2 Cor. 5:17: So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passwed away; see, everything has
become new!
2. Confronted with alternatives
-Rom 12:2: Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern
what is the will of God.
-Common forms of self-defeating talk:
- What if i fail?
- Daydreaming is a waste of time
- Having a dream means im admitting im not happy now
- I dont deserve a different life
- I have no time
3. Transition Period
-2 Cor. 12:9: My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness
-"A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for." -William Shedd
4. Period of Discipline
-Begin to walk through fear
5. Freedom
-Character is formed by habits we adopt
-It is a life long process
-Sanctification=restoration of the image of God
-"The realization or progress attainment of likeness to God or to God's intention for men. It may be regarded both as a status conferred by divin grace and as a goal to be aimed at." -Blackman
-Col. 3:9-10: you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge ccording to the image of its creator.
Biblical Tensions re: Sanctification
1. Who is taking the active role?
God
-Eph. 2:10: for we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works...
-Eph. 5:25-27: Christ loved the church & gave himself up for her, in order to make her holy by cleasing her...so that she
may be holy...
Believers
-1 Peter. 1:15
-Lev 11:44
-Matt. 5:48
-2 Cor. 7:1
-Eph. 4:15
-Heb 12:1
-1 Jn. 3:3
2. When does sanctification take place?
Once & for all
-1 Cor. 1:2
-1 Cor. 6:11
-Acts 20:23
-Acts 26:18
Ongoing & life-long
-1 Kings 8:46
-Prov. 20:9
-Is. 64:6
-Rom. 3:23
-James 3:2
-1 Jn. 1:8
-2 Cor. 3:18
How do we cooperate? How are we changed?
-Change is constant, yet we resist it
-Change is an important part of life with Christ
-Change is a process
5 Step Transformation Process
1. Complacency
-2 Cor. 5:17: So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passwed away; see, everything has
become new!
2. Confronted with alternatives
-Rom 12:2: Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern
what is the will of God.
-Common forms of self-defeating talk:
- What if i fail?
- Daydreaming is a waste of time
- Having a dream means im admitting im not happy now
- I dont deserve a different life
- I have no time
3. Transition Period
-2 Cor. 12:9: My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness
-"A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for." -William Shedd
4. Period of Discipline
-Begin to walk through fear
5. Freedom
-Character is formed by habits we adopt
-It is a life long process
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Personal Testimony Speech....yuck
I am just your average, ordinary girl. But the thing is, that i love an anything but average, extraordinary God. And that's what makes my life what it is today. As i look at my life i see that God is not only a part of who i am now, and who i will be in my future, but also who i was in my past. He helped shape me then, he is shaping me now, and will continue to do so for the rest of my days. Without him i would be nothing. He is my past, present, and future.
PAST
My past consists of so many different things that define who i am and how God shaped me. It includes how my family works, how i first became a christian, and how i came to actually know what being a chrstian really meant.
1. Lets start with my family. I live with my grandparents. My grandma is the one who showed and taught me who God was. My dad lives in San Diego with my step mom and their two kids, my brother raleigh and my sister addison. My mom lives with her mom and family in San Jose with my other brother, Levi. My mom and dad dont really have a real close relationship with me, its more of a friend relationship than anything. Over the years they've hurt me and i've resented them. But i'm trying to overcome that because i know they mean well. But, luckily i have my grandma and she is the one who taught me how to love God and who influenced my to become who i am.
2.She was also the reasons i first decided to become a christian. It was a hot day in the middle of July. Me and a group of about six other 5 year olds were sitting in a circle around the teacher learning parts of the Lord's Prayer. that day we were learning "thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." on that day. I decided that i wanted to be a christian. Of course, as most five year olds i had no idea what that REALLY meant. I went to a chrstian school, i knew all the right answers, i went to chruch, i was chrsitian. But of course, after some time, i lost interest in church beacuse "old people" service was boring and i didnt like going. So i stopped, and i took everything in school forgranted.
3. But then something happened, we decided to move to Las Vegas. That changed everything. We began to go to a church that i loved. I felt welcomed and lloved by the people around me . I finally had a group of friends that like me for who i was and who would stand by me no matter what. I was so actively involved in church that it caused me to want to search for a deeper meaning of who Christ was and who he wanted me to be. I attended conferences, and i was part of small groups, everything encouraging me to grow closer to God. And that has brought me to where i am now.
PRESENT
Now i sit here as a student at APU living for God as best that i can. I am pursuing the calling that God has placed on my life. Everday he is showing me something new about himself, or about myself. He shows me things to help me develop who i am in him and things that will help me in the future.
FUTURE
I know that God has called me into mistry. I am supposed to show and tell the junior and senior high school students all about God and who is and his divine love for them. Everyday God shows me something that i will be able to use in the future. He is preparing my today, to do his work tomorrow. And i am excited for it
So not only has God worked through my past, but he is also working here and now and preparing me for my future. Everything that he does and shows me is just another part of who I am and who i am becoming
PAST
My past consists of so many different things that define who i am and how God shaped me. It includes how my family works, how i first became a christian, and how i came to actually know what being a chrstian really meant.
1. Lets start with my family. I live with my grandparents. My grandma is the one who showed and taught me who God was. My dad lives in San Diego with my step mom and their two kids, my brother raleigh and my sister addison. My mom lives with her mom and family in San Jose with my other brother, Levi. My mom and dad dont really have a real close relationship with me, its more of a friend relationship than anything. Over the years they've hurt me and i've resented them. But i'm trying to overcome that because i know they mean well. But, luckily i have my grandma and she is the one who taught me how to love God and who influenced my to become who i am.
2.She was also the reasons i first decided to become a christian. It was a hot day in the middle of July. Me and a group of about six other 5 year olds were sitting in a circle around the teacher learning parts of the Lord's Prayer. that day we were learning "thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." on that day. I decided that i wanted to be a christian. Of course, as most five year olds i had no idea what that REALLY meant. I went to a chrstian school, i knew all the right answers, i went to chruch, i was chrsitian. But of course, after some time, i lost interest in church beacuse "old people" service was boring and i didnt like going. So i stopped, and i took everything in school forgranted.
3. But then something happened, we decided to move to Las Vegas. That changed everything. We began to go to a church that i loved. I felt welcomed and lloved by the people around me . I finally had a group of friends that like me for who i was and who would stand by me no matter what. I was so actively involved in church that it caused me to want to search for a deeper meaning of who Christ was and who he wanted me to be. I attended conferences, and i was part of small groups, everything encouraging me to grow closer to God. And that has brought me to where i am now.
PRESENT
Now i sit here as a student at APU living for God as best that i can. I am pursuing the calling that God has placed on my life. Everday he is showing me something new about himself, or about myself. He shows me things to help me develop who i am in him and things that will help me in the future.
FUTURE
I know that God has called me into mistry. I am supposed to show and tell the junior and senior high school students all about God and who is and his divine love for them. Everyday God shows me something that i will be able to use in the future. He is preparing my today, to do his work tomorrow. And i am excited for it
So not only has God worked through my past, but he is also working here and now and preparing me for my future. Everything that he does and shows me is just another part of who I am and who i am becoming
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Exo/Deut: thurs 9.27.07
rs_bustamante@yahoo.com <---new email
1 Samuel 17:1-54: David v Goliath
Observe the text
1. Who is david (read 1 sam 16 too)
2. Who are the philistines and who is goliath?
3. Who does David say he represents in the story?
4. How does david kill Goliath?
5. When Goliath dies, what happens to him (describe what happens from the moment the rock hits him)
Interpret the Text
1. What is the significance about David's identity in this story?
2. In this story, there are two people who represent larger, opposing forces...why is this significant?
3. We are told that Goliath's head is crushed by the rock from David's sling...is there any special significance to this?
4. 1 Sam. 117:49 states that Goliath fell face forward. Does this trike you as off? Can you think of any special significance to this seemingly minute detail? (Hint: look at the larger context of 1 Sam. specifically when the Ark is before the pagan god Dagon.)
seriously, holy crap....connectedness...between everything and toward God, and connectiongs from before and genesis...etc...figure it out.
Read RUTH 1-4
LECTURE
Authorship
-Pentateuch (torah): first five books of the Bible: written by moses(?)
-Documentary Hypothesis Theory-
-JEDP
-A multiple authors theory
-states that at least four different authors are behind the composition of the OT
-Based upon the use of the various names for God used throughout the Pentateuch
-With each different name used, the hypothesis postualtes that his is in fact a reflection of a different author writing that particular section.
- J: the "Yahwiat" (i am that i am, covenant name of God)
- E: the "elohist" (generic god/gods)
- D: the "Deuteronomist" (law)
- P: the "priest" (sacrifice)
1 Samuel 17:1-54: David v Goliath
Observe the text
1. Who is david (read 1 sam 16 too)
2. Who are the philistines and who is goliath?
3. Who does David say he represents in the story?
4. How does david kill Goliath?
5. When Goliath dies, what happens to him (describe what happens from the moment the rock hits him)
Interpret the Text
1. What is the significance about David's identity in this story?
2. In this story, there are two people who represent larger, opposing forces...why is this significant?
3. We are told that Goliath's head is crushed by the rock from David's sling...is there any special significance to this?
4. 1 Sam. 117:49 states that Goliath fell face forward. Does this trike you as off? Can you think of any special significance to this seemingly minute detail? (Hint: look at the larger context of 1 Sam. specifically when the Ark is before the pagan god Dagon.)
seriously, holy crap....connectedness...between everything and toward God, and connectiongs from before and genesis...etc...figure it out.
Read RUTH 1-4
LECTURE
Authorship
-Pentateuch (torah): first five books of the Bible: written by moses(?)
-Documentary Hypothesis Theory-
-JEDP
-A multiple authors theory
-states that at least four different authors are behind the composition of the OT
-Based upon the use of the various names for God used throughout the Pentateuch
-With each different name used, the hypothesis postualtes that his is in fact a reflection of a different author writing that particular section.
- J: the "Yahwiat" (i am that i am, covenant name of God)
- E: the "elohist" (generic god/gods)
- D: the "Deuteronomist" (law)
- P: the "priest" (sacrifice)
CLFM: thurs 9.27.07
Gospel Themes, Part 2: Atonments
-picking up from the "fallen" theme of the gospel themes-
Redeemed
God's response to our failure:
-Atonement: process by which the hindrances to reconciliation are removed
-God's radical response to our brokenness
-Audacious breaking in to human history
-Rom. 5:8: God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners, Christ died for us.
Understanding the atonement influenced by understandings of what is wrong with humanity
1. God's wrath against human sinfulnedd puts us in danger of eternal punishment
2. Humans need to know God's love for us
3. Humanity is trapped and oppressed by spiritual forces beyong our control
Biblical Images for atonement:
1. Satisfaction Theory
-primary author: Anslem of Cantebury
-primary image: the temple
-Rom. 3:22-25: for there is no distinction, since all have sinner and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through faith.
2. Substitution Theory
-primary author: 16th c reformers
-primary image: law court
-Rom. 5:16: And the free gift is not like the effect of the one man's sin. For the judgement following one trespass brought condemnation but the free gift folowing many trespasses brings justitification.
3. Moral-Influence Theory
-primary author: Peter Abelard
-primary image: a teacher of mentor
-2 Cor. 3:18: and all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the flory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the spirit.
4. Ransom Theory
-primary image: slave block
-sin as slavery to sin (Rom. 6)
-Matt. 20:28: Just as the son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many
-John 8:34: Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin."
5. Victory Theory (Christus victor)
-primary image: the home
-2 Cor. 5:19: in Christ God was reconciling the world to humself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.
Common to all images of atonement:
-something of cosmic signigicance occured
-changes to our relationship to God forever
The cross shows us:
-the seriousness of our sin
-the enormity of God's great love for us
What Christ's scrifice means for us:
1. Freedom from the penalty of sin (forgiveness)(get out of hell free card)
-1 John 1:9: if we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
2. Freedom from the power of sin today (Rom. 6-8)
3. Reconciliation with God
4. Reconciliation with others
-Ephesians 2:13-18-
-picking up from the "fallen" theme of the gospel themes-
Redeemed
God's response to our failure:
-Atonement: process by which the hindrances to reconciliation are removed
-God's radical response to our brokenness
-Audacious breaking in to human history
-Rom. 5:8: God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners, Christ died for us.
Understanding the atonement influenced by understandings of what is wrong with humanity
1. God's wrath against human sinfulnedd puts us in danger of eternal punishment
2. Humans need to know God's love for us
3. Humanity is trapped and oppressed by spiritual forces beyong our control
Biblical Images for atonement:
1. Satisfaction Theory
-primary author: Anslem of Cantebury
-primary image: the temple
-Rom. 3:22-25: for there is no distinction, since all have sinner and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through faith.
2. Substitution Theory
-primary author: 16th c reformers
-primary image: law court
-Rom. 5:16: And the free gift is not like the effect of the one man's sin. For the judgement following one trespass brought condemnation but the free gift folowing many trespasses brings justitification.
3. Moral-Influence Theory
-primary author: Peter Abelard
-primary image: a teacher of mentor
-2 Cor. 3:18: and all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the flory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the spirit.
4. Ransom Theory
-primary image: slave block
-sin as slavery to sin (Rom. 6)
-Matt. 20:28: Just as the son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many
-John 8:34: Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin."
5. Victory Theory (Christus victor)
-primary image: the home
-2 Cor. 5:19: in Christ God was reconciling the world to humself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.
Common to all images of atonement:
-something of cosmic signigicance occured
-changes to our relationship to God forever
The cross shows us:
-the seriousness of our sin
-the enormity of God's great love for us
What Christ's scrifice means for us:
1. Freedom from the penalty of sin (forgiveness)(get out of hell free card)
-1 John 1:9: if we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
2. Freedom from the power of sin today (Rom. 6-8)
3. Reconciliation with God
4. Reconciliation with others
-Ephesians 2:13-18-
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
CLFM: tues 9.25.07
Christian World view
A personal, all powerful, creative God exists and always has
1. He is infinite and personal, transcendent and immanent, omniscientm sovereign, and good
2. God created the world ex nihilio (out of nothing) to operate with uniform cause and effect
3. Humans are created in the image of God
4. He communicated with humand through general revelations (creation) and special revelation(Jesus, the Bible)
5. Humans created good, but through the fall, the image of God became defaced
6. Death is either gate to life or eternal seperation from God
7. Ethics are transcendent and based on the character of God
8. History is linear
SOURCE OF AUTHORITY: the Bible as interpreted by the church historically, and the power of God as experienced through the church historically.
KEY QUESTION: Who is Jesus?
-Matthew 16:13-16 (adventure mountain: who do YOU say i am? You are the LORD son of the living God)
The central, audacious, core Christian belief: Jesus is fully God and fully human
-Transcendant-far away and holy God
-Immanence-the close and near God and people see him without dropping dead
Jesus' indirect claims to divinity:
1. Able to forgive sins
2. Will one day judge the world
Direct claims:
1. If you recieve him, you recieve God
2. If you see him, you've seen God
-OT stresses God's transcendence
-NT stresses God's immanence
-Have to understand transcendence to understand radial concept of immanence
Four central themes of the gospel:
1. Created
-Gen 1:26
-Implications of being in the image of God
-Created for freedom
-Called to be creative
-Called to be in community
2. Fallen: The causes of sin
-Ignorance: Ephesians 4:18
-Error: Isaiah 53:6
-Inattention: Heb 2:2-3
-Lack of Trust
-We are marked by sin (Mark 7:20-23)
-We are enslaved to sin (John 8:34)
-We expereince the consequences of sin
-Our relationships with God and other people are broken
3. Redeemed
4.Restored
Five traditional understandings of the image of God
1. Anthropomorphic
2. Prototype
3. Dominion
4. Ethical and cognative
5. Societal
A personal, all powerful, creative God exists and always has
1. He is infinite and personal, transcendent and immanent, omniscientm sovereign, and good
2. God created the world ex nihilio (out of nothing) to operate with uniform cause and effect
3. Humans are created in the image of God
4. He communicated with humand through general revelations (creation) and special revelation(Jesus, the Bible)
5. Humans created good, but through the fall, the image of God became defaced
6. Death is either gate to life or eternal seperation from God
7. Ethics are transcendent and based on the character of God
8. History is linear
SOURCE OF AUTHORITY: the Bible as interpreted by the church historically, and the power of God as experienced through the church historically.
KEY QUESTION: Who is Jesus?
-Matthew 16:13-16 (adventure mountain: who do YOU say i am? You are the LORD son of the living God)
The central, audacious, core Christian belief: Jesus is fully God and fully human
-Transcendant-far away and holy God
-Immanence-the close and near God and people see him without dropping dead
Jesus' indirect claims to divinity:
1. Able to forgive sins
2. Will one day judge the world
Direct claims:
1. If you recieve him, you recieve God
2. If you see him, you've seen God
-OT stresses God's transcendence
-NT stresses God's immanence
-Have to understand transcendence to understand radial concept of immanence
Four central themes of the gospel:
1. Created
-Gen 1:26
-Implications of being in the image of God
-Created for freedom
-Called to be creative
-Called to be in community
2. Fallen: The causes of sin
-Ignorance: Ephesians 4:18
-Error: Isaiah 53:6
-Inattention: Heb 2:2-3
-Lack of Trust
-We are marked by sin (Mark 7:20-23)
-We are enslaved to sin (John 8:34)
-We expereince the consequences of sin
-Our relationships with God and other people are broken
3. Redeemed
4.Restored
Five traditional understandings of the image of God
1. Anthropomorphic
2. Prototype
3. Dominion
4. Ethical and cognative
5. Societal
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Exo/Deut: thurs 9.20.07
READING: -Genesis 1-9
-Red Bible "The cannons of the Bible"
-Creation to the cross Ch. 1 (?s 1,4,5)
(DUE NEXT THURS)
Redemptive History
Redemptive History: The unfolding of God's plan of salvation in history
Typology: Special type of symbolism employed by scripture, especially in the OT. More specifically, a type in scripture is a person or thing in the Old which foreshadows a person or thing in the New.
-Does scripture give us warrant to read the Biblie in the manner?
-The answer must be yes, for the scripture supplies its own hermeneutic for us in...
-Luke 24
-"Unfolding"
-Progressive; there is a sense of development in the history of revelation
-its not everything at once
-"It [revelation] has not completed itself in one exhaustive act, but unfolded itself in a long series of successive acts."
-There is a sense of organic development.
-"The organic progress is from seed-form to the attainment of full growth; yet we do not say that in the qualitative
sense the seed is less perfect than the tree. The feature in question exaplins further how the soteric sufficiency of the
truth could belong to it in its first state of emergence: in the seed-form the minimum of indispensable knowledge
was already present." -Vos' famous seed illustration
-gen 3:(14-)15: the gospel first shown...in its smallest form...right before adam and eve are going to be kicked out. It promises Jesus's coming and satanic deliverance
-Organic Development...
-Gen 3:15
-Gen 15:4-5
-2 Sam 7:12-16
-Isaiah 9:1-7, 42:1-4, 53
-Gal 3:16
*the male child is going to come and strike satan, he will suffer in one way or another, but he will end up judging and ending satan. The child is coming to bring liberation and judgment*
-in 3:15, promise made to the serpant and to the man and the woman
-15:4 promise i saying the child is going to be the head of a great nation. As you progress through history, it becomes more clear and specific (zerah=seed used for the child/heir etc in hebrew)
-in 2 Sam it talks about zerah being God's son and zerah will be his son and he will sit on the throne for all eternity and be a great king...lineage of david. With the judgement it talks about, he will be punished, because he takes on the world's sin and he is suffering for the sake of others and he is beaten with the rods of men, just as the verse says.
-in Isaiah 9 it goes into detail as to what serah is supposed to be ...everlasting father, prince of peace etc.
-in Isaiah 42 is even further developing how the zerah is going to be a suffering servant and is going into more detail about who he will be , as in 53
-in gal paul explains the seed and understands the zerah word and he knows they are talking of the same thing in all the OT verses. The promise he refers to is the promise in Gen 3:15
-and that is redemptive-historic hermeneutic is. going through everything and seeing it unfold through history.
-isaac offering as obidience to Christ....God does that...foreshadowing
-"Gods"
-God is the protagonist; he is the main character
-"The key to the OT is not the part Israel plays-as important as that is-but that part God [emphasis his] plays in redeeming a poeople from slavery and making them his own." -Goldsworthy
-"Only Gpd's revelation could maintain a drama that stretches over thousands of years as though they were days or
hours. Only God's revelation can build a story where the end is anticipated from the beginning, and where the
guiding principle is not chance or fate, but promise. Human authors may build fiction around a plot they have
devised, but only God can shape history to a real and ultimate purpose." -Clowney The unfolding mystery
-"Plan of salvation"
-We must remember that this is selective history
-The purpose of God's plan of salvation is the main theme running throughout scripture
-Salvation is not the end of the story! Just as we are saved from something, we are also save to something (or in order to do something).
-inclusio: story begins and ends in the same fashion, or in almost the same sentence.
-The worship inclusio
-The tree of life
-Gen 2:9
-Rev 22:1-5
-they are designed to worship in both settings, the tree of life is in both settings, but then in gen they get kicked out. But it starts with worship and ends with worship. Once they get kicked out, the whole Bible is about how God is going to bring his people back to worship, and that is by sending his son to die and save us and then we are able to go to heaven in the end and it is a life of worship.
-we are saved to worship God and enabled to worship Him.
"The cross is portrayed as the central event in history" - Wilkinson
-Red Bible "The cannons of the Bible"
-Creation to the cross Ch. 1 (?s 1,4,5)
(DUE NEXT THURS)
Redemptive History
Redemptive History: The unfolding of God's plan of salvation in history
Typology: Special type of symbolism employed by scripture, especially in the OT. More specifically, a type in scripture is a person or thing in the Old which foreshadows a person or thing in the New.
-Does scripture give us warrant to read the Biblie in the manner?
-The answer must be yes, for the scripture supplies its own hermeneutic for us in...
-Luke 24
-"Unfolding"
-Progressive; there is a sense of development in the history of revelation
-its not everything at once
-"It [revelation] has not completed itself in one exhaustive act, but unfolded itself in a long series of successive acts."
-There is a sense of organic development.
-"The organic progress is from seed-form to the attainment of full growth; yet we do not say that in the qualitative
sense the seed is less perfect than the tree. The feature in question exaplins further how the soteric sufficiency of the
truth could belong to it in its first state of emergence: in the seed-form the minimum of indispensable knowledge
was already present." -Vos' famous seed illustration
-gen 3:(14-)15: the gospel first shown...in its smallest form...right before adam and eve are going to be kicked out. It promises Jesus's coming and satanic deliverance
-Organic Development...
-Gen 3:15
-Gen 15:4-5
-2 Sam 7:12-16
-Isaiah 9:1-7, 42:1-4, 53
-Gal 3:16
*the male child is going to come and strike satan, he will suffer in one way or another, but he will end up judging and ending satan. The child is coming to bring liberation and judgment*
-in 3:15, promise made to the serpant and to the man and the woman
-15:4 promise i saying the child is going to be the head of a great nation. As you progress through history, it becomes more clear and specific (zerah=seed used for the child/heir etc in hebrew)
-in 2 Sam it talks about zerah being God's son and zerah will be his son and he will sit on the throne for all eternity and be a great king...lineage of david. With the judgement it talks about, he will be punished, because he takes on the world's sin and he is suffering for the sake of others and he is beaten with the rods of men, just as the verse says.
-in Isaiah 9 it goes into detail as to what serah is supposed to be ...everlasting father, prince of peace etc.
-in Isaiah 42 is even further developing how the zerah is going to be a suffering servant and is going into more detail about who he will be , as in 53
-in gal paul explains the seed and understands the zerah word and he knows they are talking of the same thing in all the OT verses. The promise he refers to is the promise in Gen 3:15
-and that is redemptive-historic hermeneutic is. going through everything and seeing it unfold through history.
-isaac offering as obidience to Christ....God does that...foreshadowing
-"Gods"
-God is the protagonist; he is the main character
-"The key to the OT is not the part Israel plays-as important as that is-but that part God [emphasis his] plays in redeeming a poeople from slavery and making them his own." -Goldsworthy
-"Only Gpd's revelation could maintain a drama that stretches over thousands of years as though they were days or
hours. Only God's revelation can build a story where the end is anticipated from the beginning, and where the
guiding principle is not chance or fate, but promise. Human authors may build fiction around a plot they have
devised, but only God can shape history to a real and ultimate purpose." -Clowney The unfolding mystery
-"Plan of salvation"
-We must remember that this is selective history
-The purpose of God's plan of salvation is the main theme running throughout scripture
-Salvation is not the end of the story! Just as we are saved from something, we are also save to something (or in order to do something).
-inclusio: story begins and ends in the same fashion, or in almost the same sentence.
-The worship inclusio
-The tree of life
-Gen 2:9
-Rev 22:1-5
-they are designed to worship in both settings, the tree of life is in both settings, but then in gen they get kicked out. But it starts with worship and ends with worship. Once they get kicked out, the whole Bible is about how God is going to bring his people back to worship, and that is by sending his son to die and save us and then we are able to go to heaven in the end and it is a life of worship.
-we are saved to worship God and enabled to worship Him.
"The cross is portrayed as the central event in history" - Wilkinson
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