Why start an online BB ministerial academy?

UZThD, that sounds great for the aims of the program, especially the two courses on Christ.

It seems to require critical analysis and not excessive work (i.e. above institute level). I can see clearly that my previous paranoia was definitely unfounded.

 

Grudem,Erickson, & Derickson all discuss different points of view.

 

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Thanks. Your paranoia was probably caused by my incautious, unthought out remarks.

Let me respond to Dr. Bob: I think the difficulty you see is a very potential stumbling block which must be hurdled. But I think it can be. I have a little book called, "Three Views on the Rapture" ( a subject which occasions MUCH dogmatism at BB) with the contributors being Feinberg, Archer, and Moo. Fine scholars all. Each ably presents his own different view and each evaluates the views of the others.

What makes this germane to your comment is not that the three views appear in one book, but that all three teach Bible or Theol. at the SAME school- TEDS. And somehow they relate respectfully to each other, and TEDS does a fine job , and students learn.

Now, thanks again Stefan, and here is an overview of the whole:

Systematic Theology : 8 topics requiring 60 clock hrs each of study)

BIBLE

Canon
Text
Inspiratio
Inerrancy
Authority


GOD

Existence
Names
Attributes
Trinity
Trinal Relationships


CHRIST, I

Deity
Humanity
Union of Natures
Names
Offices


CHRIST II (history of errors regarding)

errors denying His Deity
errors denying His humanity
errors denying 1 Pers in 2 natures
kenoticism
theories of dual consciences(my view, actually)

PERSON AND WORK HS

Personality
Deity
Spiration
Bap and Filling
Gifts


SALVATION

Theories of Atonement
Calvinism
Arminianism
Justif and Sanc
Personal eschatology


CHURCH

Offices
Purpose
Wat Bap
Lord's supper
Government

ESCHATOLOGY

A Mill
Post Mill
Pre Mill
Pre Trib/Mid tri
Partial/Post Trib


Steps of Instruction for EACH subunit

(1) read 40 pages
(2) discuss reading w-prof + simpole quiz
(3) write short paper
(4) do research on 1 probing ques on paper
(5) AT END of FIVE subunits, take PROCTORED FINAL EXAM over whole unit.


(JUST MY BUSY MIND AT WORK THROWING OUT IDEAS)


IMO an informed teacher who is content to educate on various positions rather than indoctrinating could teach Theology or Bible honestly representing alternate views and could allow others to do the same.

[ August 04, 2005, 05:20 PM: Message edited by: UZThD ]

 

exactly

 

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I disagree that ST presupposes that! CLEARLY this very Board evidences that presuppositions can occur whether a topic or a text begins the discussion.

It is rather, IMO, that presuppositions inhere in the one doing the theology and not in the method employed to study theology.


In my experience, the usual sense of Biblical Theology is that it considers the doctrines of individual Biblical writers or that of either one or the other Testament or portions of that Testament as do:

Ladd, A Theo of the NT;
Ryrie, A Bib Theo of NT ;
Stevens, The Theo of the NT.
Vos, Biblical Theo
Kaiser, Toward an OT Theo
Baab, The Theol of OT;
Payne, The Theo of the Older Testament; Lehman, Bib Theol)
Smith, OT Theology;
Baab, OT Theology.

A second , less restrictive sense, of Biblical Theology is just that Theology should be based on the Bible but all sorts of Theology should do that.

In contrast to Bib Theo , the def of Systematic Theology IMO is first that it begins with a particular doctrine rather than with a particular Testament or portion of a Testament or a single writer and applies at that moment relevant texts in the whole counsel of God without the restrictions of the Biblical Theology approach as exemplified in the above texts.

Second, in ST there is the emphasis to allow the student to build a coherent belief system wherein the virtue of the understanding of each major doctrine is tested both by exegetics and by its compatibilty with other tenets. And, I think those are advantages.

Both types of the study of Theology have their usefulness (as does as Historical Theology as well), and that is why the curriculum I suggested in this thread had 6 units of Biblical Theology as a recommendation.

UZ

[ August 05, 2005, 11:08 AM: Message edited by: UZThD ]

 

On another line,has anybody went to the web site and taken a serious look at the links?I am trying to select sites that will be useful to the students and professors? If anyone after taking a hard look at the sites can recommend other site which would be helpful it would be appreciated.

 

POB

There are theological journals on line.

 

I know. James Bell will be adding a site(Wabashcenter.wabash.edu/internet/font.htm)that includes many journals and other information as well.This site is very rich in information and references to other links.

 

I agree.

 

I agree. Thanks. I do short fasts (only) as have been diagnosed with diabetes.

UZ

 

I have been waiting for a response from the state of Oklahoma. As for where the server is housed, that is still ahead of us. We don't have any need for our own server at this point, so I would think we could get by with some other manner of establishing a home-- such as a PO Box or the like. I don't know though, it is something we will have to look in to. I am checking the Tenn. site now.

And of course I will fast and pray right along with you.

 

Rhetorician,I read your PM 1st as you could probably tell.

 

Amen.