Quips, quotes, and thoughts about my first semester
By BJ
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May 9, 2009 – 5:59 pm
- 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
#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.