Let the games begin!

First two days of seminary have been really cool! One of my teachers was a sem student at Prov while I was in college, and she recognized me immediately when I walked (late) into her classroom. The class is on adapting apologetics to a postmodern society -- although I'd like to stop calling it 'apologetics' (because it implies a defensive, "I'm going to prove you wrong and me right" dynamic -- see "Jargonese" in the Drydock); I think I'd like to refer to it more as "exploring" our faith, or perhaps "inviting into" our faith, rather than "defending" it.

One of my other classes (Synoptic Gospels) has the following written into the syllabus:

"Read through the gospel of Matthew 8 times during the semester. Try to read it each time all in one sitting... Be patient, make yourself comfortable, relax, don't be demanding. The Book might show you how to live. The Bible evades those who hurry, and frustrates those who are greedy. Get inside Matthew's head -- what view of following Jesus has the Spirit put there?"

Yes, we'll be wrestling through the inerrancy question, source criticism, etc., but I was really excited to read this and see that the heart of the professor of this class is so pastoral -- he's no slouch on the academic side, but he's creating some of the assigments to have no purpose other than to affect the hearts of his students.

I think I'm going to really like this part of the journey!