Quips, quotes, and thoughts about my first semester

  • Dr. Moore pricks my conscience in every lecture
  • Dr. Whitney is the most disciplined person I’ve met
  • My confidence in Scripture’s inerrancy was strengthened by studying textual criticism
  • Coffee is my friend
  • “That ice storm was horrible!” – Naomi
  • Sometimes I’m too hard on myself
  • Sometimes I’m too easy on myself
  • Being involved at church is more important than seminary
  • Loving on, laughing with, and leading my family is more important than seminary.
  • Praying through the Psalms helps my prayer life
  • I hate fasting because I like instant gratification
  • I wish I could read faster
  • Laughing is good
  • All Biblical knowledge should lead to obedience and worship
  • “Ride the text like a bull” – Dr. Plummer
  • Sometimes I fear consequences more than I trust the power of God
  • I support the just war theory 
  • I’ve botched alot of hermeneutical principles in the past (how to study the Bible)
  • “It’s not me vs. you, it’s us vs. ignorance and I’m helping you” – Dr. Plummer
  • Discerning the genre of the biblical text is important
  • “The gospel is meant to wreck your life” – Dr. Moore
  • I’m generally a happy guy
  • My kids love the seminary pool!
  • The Puritan’s rock (read Pilgrim’s Progress if you haven’t already)
  • “Preach as never sure to preach again, and as a dying man to dying men” – Richard Baxter
  • “God deserves to be worshiped every day, in our homes, by our families” – Dr. Whitney
  • If your knowledge of God is not informed by the Scriptures then you’re worshipping the god of your own imagination

One Comment

  1. Greg Lavo
    May 17, 2009 at 9:19 pm

    #21 & #27 rock! Watch the youtube video “Lead Me to the Cross” by Hillsong with excerpts of The Passion of the Christ. You’ll maybe understand why the Gospel should wreck your life.
    I miss you! Wish you were here, I need someone to talk to face to face.

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