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
Thursday, October 25, 2007
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
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