My Next Course Winter 2006

We're almost halfway done Old Testament Foundations.
In fact I'm taking a little breaK from a project I'm
working on. Its really cool! Its a timeline of early
Jewish Biblical History.
2100BC-70AD is the range I chose.
From the call of Abraham
to the Final Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem.

My freind Tara emailled me the new courses available
for the next 2 semesters at CTS.

Tara is probably taking the PERSONAL FORMATION class.
We both know the prof for that course
Peter Ralph is Awesome!

As much as I'd love to take that class,this preaching
and teaching course has me charged. My current OT prof
is teaching this class. I really like him and trust him to
guide me well.
This is the course I'm planning on taking next.

Looks like Tara and I will be back to the same class next semester.
The course is Alliance History and Thought.
I'm not that fussy on indoctrination stuff,
but this is a mandatory prerequisite for ordination or work
within the Christian Missionary Alliance Church.

INTERPRETING SCRIPTURE for PREACHING AND TEACHING
(PR501-E, 3 credits)

This course trains students in the methods of exegesis of
the various genres of the Bible for purposes of preaching
and teaching. Students will develop and test their skills in
the preparation of portions of scripture for these purposes.

Dates: Weekend #1: Feb 9-11 and Weekend #2: Mar 16-18
(Thu 7-10pm, Fri 7-10pm, Sat 9am-4pm).

Professor: Mark Boda (PhD)
Professor of Old Testament at McMaster Divinity College.
MDiv (Westminster Theological Seminary);
PhD (University of Cambridge).

Mark has authored or edited four books and over 30 articles
on the Old Testament and Semitic Languages.
He has recently completed a commentary on Haggai-Zechariah.
Has enjoyed teaching for CTS for the past decade;
having served two churches (in Toronto & Philadelphia)
he brings to his teaching a pastor’s heart.

Registration Deadline: Jan 19, 2006

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