Just a reminder that we will not be having class on Monday, November 19th, 2007.
Enjoy your Thanksgiving!
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Week 8: Homework
Reading Assignment:
Read Chapters 8-9 of Theology and Sanity, “Some Further Precisions” and “Concluding This Part”—pp. 110—123.
Questions:
Chapter 8
1. Why are you a distinct person? (p. 111)
2. Whose words can wholly express God? (p.113)
3. If the Three Persons of the Trinity all possess infinite knowledge, why does only the Father’s generate an idea? (p.113)
4. Upon what does success in finding answers to questions about the Trinity have bearing? (p.114)
5. If our finite nature cannot fully know the Infinite, of what (concerning God) can we be sure? (p.115)
Chapter 9
6. How are we to understand the sendings of the Son and the Holy Spirit? (p.118)
7. Why is Creation attributed to the Father, Sanctification to the Holy Spirit, and Redemption to the Son?
8. Define appropriation. Explain it in your own words.
9. What reason does Sheed suggest for having appropriation?
Reflection Question:
Re-read Section iii of Chapter 9. Now that we’ve finished this part of our study, how your knowledge of God compare to when you started this class? How about your love for Him?
Read Chapters 8-9 of Theology and Sanity, “Some Further Precisions” and “Concluding This Part”—pp. 110—123.
Questions:
Chapter 8
1. Why are you a distinct person? (p. 111)
2. Whose words can wholly express God? (p.113)
3. If the Three Persons of the Trinity all possess infinite knowledge, why does only the Father’s generate an idea? (p.113)
4. Upon what does success in finding answers to questions about the Trinity have bearing? (p.114)
5. If our finite nature cannot fully know the Infinite, of what (concerning God) can we be sure? (p.115)
Chapter 9
6. How are we to understand the sendings of the Son and the Holy Spirit? (p.118)
7. Why is Creation attributed to the Father, Sanctification to the Holy Spirit, and Redemption to the Son?
8. Define appropriation. Explain it in your own words.
9. What reason does Sheed suggest for having appropriation?
Reflection Question:
Re-read Section iii of Chapter 9. Now that we’ve finished this part of our study, how your knowledge of God compare to when you started this class? How about your love for Him?
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Week 7: Homework
Reading Assignment:
Read Chapter 7 of Theology and Sanity, “Father, Son, and Holy Spirit”—pp. 98—110.
Questions:
1. What are we exploring in this chapter? (p.98)
2. God know and loves, for God is a spirit and these are the proper operations of Spirit. What follows from the fact that God is infinite spirit? (p.99)
3. What are the two names for the Second Person of the Trinity given to us in Scripture? (p.99)
4. What two elements constitute the essence of being a son? Give the philosophical definition of sonship. (p. 99)
5. What is God teaching us when He tells us to call the second person of the Trinity “the Son”? (p. 100)
6. Was God ever not a Father? (p.101)
7. What is the only adequate object of infinite knowledge? (p.103)
8. The Second Person of the Trinity proceeds from the First by way of knowledge. How does the Third Person proceed? How does this relate to the operations of spirit? (p. 105)
9. How is the word spirit when used in the term Holy Spirit different from how it used when we speak of God as spirit? (p. 106)
10. What verbs do we use to describe the respective processions of the Second and Third Persons of the Trinity? (p. 107)
Reflection Questions:
1. Read 2 Timothy 1: 7. What kind of spirit has God given us? How does this relate to what we’ve been studying?
Read Chapter 7 of Theology and Sanity, “Father, Son, and Holy Spirit”—pp. 98—110.
Questions:
1. What are we exploring in this chapter? (p.98)
2. God know and loves, for God is a spirit and these are the proper operations of Spirit. What follows from the fact that God is infinite spirit? (p.99)
3. What are the two names for the Second Person of the Trinity given to us in Scripture? (p.99)
4. What two elements constitute the essence of being a son? Give the philosophical definition of sonship. (p. 99)
5. What is God teaching us when He tells us to call the second person of the Trinity “the Son”? (p. 100)
6. Was God ever not a Father? (p.101)
7. What is the only adequate object of infinite knowledge? (p.103)
8. The Second Person of the Trinity proceeds from the First by way of knowledge. How does the Third Person proceed? How does this relate to the operations of spirit? (p. 105)
9. How is the word spirit when used in the term Holy Spirit different from how it used when we speak of God as spirit? (p. 106)
10. What verbs do we use to describe the respective processions of the Second and Third Persons of the Trinity? (p. 107)
Reflection Questions:
1. Read 2 Timothy 1: 7. What kind of spirit has God given us? How does this relate to what we’ve been studying?
The Truth is Stranger Than Fiction
This week in class I mentioned the impossibility of knowing our final hour. I said, "you never know when a cow might land on you and kill you."
One of our classmates then came across this article:
FALLING COW LANDS ON WESTLAND COUPLE'S MINIVAN
MANSON, Wash. -- A Westland couple celebrating their one-year wedding anniversary in Washington State barely escaped disaster when a 600-pound cow fell 200 feet and landed on the hood of their minivan.
The county fire chief says the couple were lucky they weren't killed by the cow that fell off a cliff as they drove on a highway on Sunday.
Charles Everson Jr. and his wife Linda were checked at a hospital as a precaution. The van was heavily damaged, including a broken windshield.
Charles Everson says he kept repeating, "I don't believe this. I don't believe this."
The cow had been reported missing by a breeder. It was euthanized at the scene.
One of our classmates then came across this article:
FALLING COW LANDS ON WESTLAND COUPLE'S MINIVAN
MANSON, Wash. -- A Westland couple celebrating their one-year wedding anniversary in Washington State barely escaped disaster when a 600-pound cow fell 200 feet and landed on the hood of their minivan.
The county fire chief says the couple were lucky they weren't killed by the cow that fell off a cliff as they drove on a highway on Sunday.
Charles Everson Jr. and his wife Linda were checked at a hospital as a precaution. The van was heavily damaged, including a broken windshield.
Charles Everson says he kept repeating, "I don't believe this. I don't believe this."
The cow had been reported missing by a breeder. It was euthanized at the scene.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Week 6: Homework
Reading Assignment:
Read Chapter 6 of Theology and Sanity, “Three Persons in One Nature”—pp. 88—98.
Questions:
1. Is there any arithmetic involved in the doctrine of the Trinity?
2. Why is it folly / insensitive / callous to not think of the Trinity at all?
3. Why did God reveal the doctrine of the Trinity?
4. What are the words that usually get dropped from the definition of the Trinity? (p.90)
5. What are the 4 statements that set out the doctrine of the Trinity?
6. Why is there no arithmetic involved in the doctrine of the Trinity?
7. What question does nature answer? What person?
8. What kinds of beings are persons?
9. How are nature and person the sources of action?
10. What is an example of anthropomorphism Sheed talks about on p. 94?
11. Do the persons of the Trinity share the divine nature?
Reflection Questions:
1. Has your understanding of the Trinity changed after this chapter? What difference do you think that will make in your relationship with God?
Read Chapter 6 of Theology and Sanity, “Three Persons in One Nature”—pp. 88—98.
Questions:
1. Is there any arithmetic involved in the doctrine of the Trinity?
2. Why is it folly / insensitive / callous to not think of the Trinity at all?
3. Why did God reveal the doctrine of the Trinity?
4. What are the words that usually get dropped from the definition of the Trinity? (p.90)
5. What are the 4 statements that set out the doctrine of the Trinity?
6. Why is there no arithmetic involved in the doctrine of the Trinity?
7. What question does nature answer? What person?
8. What kinds of beings are persons?
9. How are nature and person the sources of action?
10. What is an example of anthropomorphism Sheed talks about on p. 94?
11. Do the persons of the Trinity share the divine nature?
Reflection Questions:
1. Has your understanding of the Trinity changed after this chapter? What difference do you think that will make in your relationship with God?
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
The Song that Made Me Weepy In Class
Last night, during our discussion of Week 4's reflection question, I mentioned a song that always makes me verklempt.
Below are the lyrics to the song and a link to where you can hear it performed by the original artist (I prefer the version of my friend who introduced me to the song, but she's not on the Internet...)
You'll need Real Audio Player to listen.
How Much Do You Think You Are Worth?
Is a rich man worth more than a poor man?
A stranger worth less than a friend?
Is a baby worth more than an old man?
Your beginning worth more than your end?
Is a president worth more than his assassin?
Does your value decrease with your crime?
Like when Christ took the place of Barabbas
Would you say he was wasting his time?
Well, how much do you think you are worth, boy?
Will anyone stand up and say?
Would you say that a man is worth nothing
Until someone is willing to pay?
I suppose that you think you matter
Well, how much do you matter to whom?
It’s much easier at night when with friends and bright lights
Than much later alone in your room
Do you think they’ll miss one in a billion
When you finish this old human race?
Does it really make much of a difference
When your friends have forgotten your face?
If you heard that your life had been valued
That a price had been paid on the nail
Would you ask what was traded,
How much and who paid it
Who was He and what was His name?
If you heard that His name was called Jesus
Would you say that the price was too dear?
Held to the cross not by nails but by love
It was you broke His heart, not the spear!
Would you say you are worth what it cost Him?
You say ‘no’, but the price stays the same.
If it don’t make you cry, laugh it off, pass Him by,
But just remember the day when you throw it away
That He paid what He thought you were worth.
How much do you think He is worth, boy?
Will anyone stand up and say?
Tell me, what are you willing to give Him
In return for the price that He paid?
Graham Kendrick
Copyright © 1974 Make Way Music
Hear it.
Below are the lyrics to the song and a link to where you can hear it performed by the original artist (I prefer the version of my friend who introduced me to the song, but she's not on the Internet...)
You'll need Real Audio Player to listen.
How Much Do You Think You Are Worth?
Is a rich man worth more than a poor man?
A stranger worth less than a friend?
Is a baby worth more than an old man?
Your beginning worth more than your end?
Is a president worth more than his assassin?
Does your value decrease with your crime?
Like when Christ took the place of Barabbas
Would you say he was wasting his time?
Well, how much do you think you are worth, boy?
Will anyone stand up and say?
Would you say that a man is worth nothing
Until someone is willing to pay?
I suppose that you think you matter
Well, how much do you matter to whom?
It’s much easier at night when with friends and bright lights
Than much later alone in your room
Do you think they’ll miss one in a billion
When you finish this old human race?
Does it really make much of a difference
When your friends have forgotten your face?
If you heard that your life had been valued
That a price had been paid on the nail
Would you ask what was traded,
How much and who paid it
Who was He and what was His name?
If you heard that His name was called Jesus
Would you say that the price was too dear?
Held to the cross not by nails but by love
It was you broke His heart, not the spear!
Would you say you are worth what it cost Him?
You say ‘no’, but the price stays the same.
If it don’t make you cry, laugh it off, pass Him by,
But just remember the day when you throw it away
That He paid what He thought you were worth.
How much do you think He is worth, boy?
Will anyone stand up and say?
Tell me, what are you willing to give Him
In return for the price that He paid?
Graham Kendrick
Copyright © 1974 Make Way Music
Hear it.
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