Free Education??? 01/25/05
I don't really know if I'm excited...or a little ticked off...
I recently enrolled in an extra course on the epistles of John. I'm taking it through the Imago Dei School of Theology (Imago Dei is a 4-year old church plant in Portland). The School of Theology was created for Christians to come and further their knowledge (very simply put). Anyone can come, and the motivcation is that it's FREE!!! So when I signed up for the class I had a very fluffy idea of what would go on. I thought maybe some devotional readings of the epistles, maybe a little exegetical work (nothing too deep of course), and that would be it.
Tonight was the first class in the eight-week course. I was blown away! For two hours we dove right into the central themes of 1 John, the authorship of John, his theological standpoint, issues that are presented, criteria that we are expected to meet in the class, and everything else that we should learn to expect in the next 8 weeks. Oh, and did I mention that the class is being taught be a real seminary professor? Yeah, he's a full time faculty member at Western Seminary. He's incredibly knowledgeable, and very friendly which makes things all the better (and he already likes me because I've taken Greek).
So the question I pose to you is this...
Why have I paid, oh I dunno, a bazillion dollars to receive an education when I could have just driven down the road and gotten my Bible education for free (and probably just as high of quality)? (At this point in my ramblings, please do not look below to my Ode to Cascade blog).
All joking aside, I am really excited about the direction of this class. In one class I have already learned so much, so I can only anticipate what it will be like for the next 7 weeks.
If you're in the Portland area, you should go with me!
I recently enrolled in an extra course on the epistles of John. I'm taking it through the Imago Dei School of Theology (Imago Dei is a 4-year old church plant in Portland). The School of Theology was created for Christians to come and further their knowledge (very simply put). Anyone can come, and the motivcation is that it's FREE!!! So when I signed up for the class I had a very fluffy idea of what would go on. I thought maybe some devotional readings of the epistles, maybe a little exegetical work (nothing too deep of course), and that would be it.
Tonight was the first class in the eight-week course. I was blown away! For two hours we dove right into the central themes of 1 John, the authorship of John, his theological standpoint, issues that are presented, criteria that we are expected to meet in the class, and everything else that we should learn to expect in the next 8 weeks. Oh, and did I mention that the class is being taught be a real seminary professor? Yeah, he's a full time faculty member at Western Seminary. He's incredibly knowledgeable, and very friendly which makes things all the better (and he already likes me because I've taken Greek).
So the question I pose to you is this...
Why have I paid, oh I dunno, a bazillion dollars to receive an education when I could have just driven down the road and gotten my Bible education for free (and probably just as high of quality)? (At this point in my ramblings, please do not look below to my Ode to Cascade blog).
All joking aside, I am really excited about the direction of this class. In one class I have already learned so much, so I can only anticipate what it will be like for the next 7 weeks.
If you're in the Portland area, you should go with me!
