Hebrew Bible and Christian Scriptures

What event at the end of Chronicles sets it apart from Kings?  How does this event affect the tone of Chronicles in comparison to the tone of Kings?

Question: Who famously offered the Lord a thousand burnt offerings upon the bronze altar in the Tent of Meeting?

Answer: Solomon  (II Chronicles 1)

Question: Based on II Chronicles 6 and Solomon’s understanding, where did his father David keep God’s temple building plans?

Answer: In his heart

How old was Josiah when he began his 31 year reign over Jerusalem? (8 yrs. old)

I am a Southern Baptist who serves as part-time pastor to Liberty Community Church in Milano, TX.  Because this church is a Baptist/Methodist congregation, I conduct the Baptist services on the first, third, and fifth Sundays of each month, and the Methodist pastor takes the second and fourth Sundays.  This is truly a wonderful congregation, and I am blessed to serve them.  On weeks that I do not attend Liberty, my family and I attend First Baptist Church, Belton, where I just finished the mentoring section of my MDiv degree.  I also attend and contribute to a group called the Onion, which can be described as something like a house church.  I am licensed, though not ordained.

Before coming to Truett, I graduated from Wayland Baptist University with a dual degree in religion and English.  I then took a four year hiatus from school in which I served as a worship leader, technical director, and eventually Assoicate Minister of Music in the Technical Field at Alice Drive Baptist Church in Sumter, SC.  I came to Truett when I realized that I wanted to have a more pastoral role in the congregation, and this continues to be my drive as I look to the future.  I hope to engage in some form of pastoral ministry, though the exact form of that ministry is not yet certain.  I do know, however, that I would like to preach and teach if at all possible.

In regard to Scriptures 2, the course can best serve me by strengthening my knowledge of the prophets, a section of the Bible of which I am largely ignorant, and helping me consider how to preach the prophets to my congregation, a task which I have seldom seen performed.

I am married to my beautiful wife, Emily, with whom I have a beautiful daughter named Bella.

King Cyrus ruled which nation?  (Persia)

I grew-up in a Baptist home and have been a part of a local church all my life. I have had some experience helping in youth groups and children programs. I did my undergrad at Missouri’s State University in Springfield, MO and it was a bachelors in Construction Management. I currently plan on starting a construction company when I graduate from Truett. I hope this course will give me a better understanding of Scripture and how God related to people in th Old Testament. I also hope to take what I learn and be able to teach it to others around me.