Things coming up!

OK. Y'all have a couple of assignments are due over the next week or so.

One of them is the reading report or bibliography. Here is a LINK to a document that lists all of the assigned readings for the term. That is due on Monday, April 20th.

Here are the dates due for the other assignments:

Journal (both options): Wednesday, April 15th

Creative Project: Wednesday, April 15th (Your projects can be brought to school on the 15th or the 16th. We'll be hanging up art projects on the Thursday. Any volunteers to work on displaying projects, etc.? If you are playing music or performing something on April 17th, your performance is your 'turning in.')

Research Paper: Monday, April 20th

If you have questions, let me know!!

Peace,
Chelle

Classic Religious Sectarian Joke

OK, here is a little random, cynical religious humor for y'all:

I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump. I ran over and said: “Stop. Don’t do it.”

“Why shouldn’t I?” he asked.

“Well, there’s so much to live for!”

“Like what?”

“Are you religious?”

He said: “Yes.”

I said: “Me too. Are you Christian or Buddhist?”

“Christian.”

“Me too. Are you Catholic or Protestant?”

“Protestant.”

“Me too. Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?”

“Baptist.”

“Wow. Me too. Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?”

“Baptist Church of God.”

“Me too. Are you original Baptist Church of God, or are you Reformed Baptist Church of God?”

“Reformed Baptist Church of God.”

“Me too. Are you Reformed Baptist Church of God, Reformation of 1879, or Reformed Baptist Church of God, Reformation of 1915?”

He said: “Reformed Baptist Church of God, Reformation of 1915.”

I said: “Die, heretic scum,” and pushed him off.

(Hey, I did say that it was a cynical joke!!)

Writer on Psychology and Spirituality

Here are a few writers that have done integrative work in Psychology and Spirituality.

• L. Gregory Jones
• F. LeRon Shults and Steven Standage
• Mark McMinn

Peace,
Chelle

Conversations about Satan

Well, I was just reading the Seattle Times and came across an interesting story. I guess a conversation is about to take place here in Seattle about the existence of Satan. I'm not sure why these particular people have been asked to participate, but it nice to see that Marc Driscoll (of the other Mars Hill) remains in the national news.

If anyone tapes this, I would love to watch it!

-chelle

Dr. Johnson on Millennialism

Here is a link to Kristen's power point slides for her Millennialism lecture.

We are still working on Trygve's slides! Stay tuned!!

-chelle

Power Point Slides from My Lectures this Term

Here are all of my Power Point Slides from my lectures. I combined a couple of them. I meant to post them all at one point...

Well here they are:

• Pneumatology I
• Pneumatology II
• The Church
• Shalom/Heaven/Hell

I hope this helps you prepare for the exam.

Peace,
Chelle

Exam Questions

This is a closed book exam. Please do not cut and paste from other sources or previous writing. However, you can look at the questions beforehand and prepare for the exam. As you are writing, you should refer to the assigned readings from class for it will do great things for your grade (hint, hint). But you are not required to formally cite your sources. It would be helpful if you knew which author the idea came from but you don’t have to give the article title or page number.

Choose TWO of the following questions to answer. There is a two-hour time limit to your writing of the exam. The exam is due by 4:30 on Friday, March 20^th. If you are mailing the exam to MHGS, the exam must be post-marked by March 20^th.

1. What are some ways that the concept of ‘hospitality’ was defined throughout the course of the class? How would you define hospitality for yourself? Do you think hospitality is possible (ala Boersma)?

2. Do you think that the Holy Spirit is a ‘person’? (Remember to define the term ‘person’.) What difference does this make to your own understanding of who God is in your life and in the world?

3. Do you think the Church is a sacramental community? What difference does this make in your vision of the Church? And what role does the Lord’s Supper/Eucharist play in your understanding of who the Church is in the world? In other words, do the sacraments really make a practical difference to the practice of faith?

4. What is the difference between the ‘seen’ Church and the ‘unseen’ Church? How does your Pneumatology shape your understanding of who is inside and outside the Church? How does your Ecclesiology shape your understanding of who is inside and outside the Church? How does your Eschatology shape your understanding of who is inside and outside the Church?

5. How would you articulate your understanding of ultimate hope? Does this hope make a practical difference in your everyday life? And how does (if it does) the Resurrection of Jesus Christ fit into your vision of eschatological hope?