{"id":2032,"date":"2007-02-07T14:24:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-07T14:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/02\/i-started-class-this-week.html"},"modified":"2007-02-07T14:24:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-07T14:24:00","slug":"i-started-class-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/02\/i-started-class-this-week.html","title":{"rendered":"I started class this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m taking Acts and Paul with Professor Gaffin, who is a wonderful professor. Since I’m currently brain dead, I was fearful that I wouldn’t be able to keep my mind focused enough to understand what was being said. But my fears were groundless and in fact the opposite happened, a lot of what he said triggered memories and I realized that I knew something about the Bible \ud83d\ude42
\nThis was the first time I was able to check my finals and I was disappointed to learn that I kind of bombed them. Bummer! I did get a B on my Gospels’ paper which was OK, I didn’t expect anything great. I have to start working on these papers earlier since I would do such a better job if I could think about the passage and the research longer. The work piles up though and it’s hard to research when you are studying for Greek and Hebrew quizzes. I was looking forward to doing a better job this semester but we don’t have to do an exegetical paper. There will be three tests and a digest. That’s it. One of the tests will be a Greek test. All of Galatians and two passages from Acts. It seems like a lot but it could be worse. I’m just happy that I won’t have weekly tests.
\nHere are the books that I will be reading parts of this semester:
\nBiblical Theology<\/a> by G. Vos
\nTheology of the New Testament<\/a> by R. Bultmann
\nThe Message of Acts<\/a> by D. E. Johnson
\nPerspectives on Pentecost<\/a> by R. B. Gaiffin, Jr.
\nThe Holy Spirit<\/a> by S. B. Ferguson
\nNew Testament History<\/a> by F. F. Bruce
\nNew Testament Introduction<\/a> by D. Guthrie
\nThe New Testament: An Introduction to Its History and Literature<\/a> by J. G. Machen
\nThe Pauline Eschatology<\/a> by G. Vos
\nWhen the Time Had Fully Come<\/a> by H. Ridderbos
\nPaul: An Outline of His Theology<\/span><\/a> by H. Ridderbos
\nDictionary of Paul and His Letters<\/a> by S. J. Hafemann
\nWe only have to read parts of the books but added together it will be a lot. We only have to digest one of the books, Bruce’s “New Testament History,” chapters 16-30. I will post it to the blog when I finish it (yes, I will).
\nI was sadden by the death of Professor Groves on Monday. He was such a wonderful Christian, so warm, gentle and caring. When I took Hebrew we used his study guide as a supplement to the grammar book we were using and it showed such a sense of humor that I was looking forward to taking a class with him. Unfortunately, I never got the chance. You can get a sense of the man from the memories of the commenters here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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