Hebrew Bible and Christian Scriptures

What is your religious/denominational background? Briefly describe you level of participation in a local church. Include any ministry experience, ordination, etc. My dad was a Baptist preacher. I grew up in church and my senior year of high school I surrendered to the call of ministry. I have been serving in the church in some capacity since that time. I have been a youth minister, college minister, and camp speaker for many years. What is your educational background (e.g. your undergraduate major, other degrees, etc.)? My educational background is a long one. First, in my defense a lot of people go to school for a decade, usually they are called doctors, but that is just a title right? I took a hiatus from school to work and finally finished in December of 2006 with a Bachelors of Science in Speech Communication from Texas A&M Commerce. What are your career plans for after Truett? I have been preaching for 16 years in various venues. I had no plans to attend seminary, so as it usually goes, when you aren’t going to do something, that is when God calls you to do it. I applied at the advice of a mentor and was excepted a week later. We moved down another week later. After Truett I plan on pastoring in some manor. My passion is preaching. I eat, drink, and and sleep it. How can this course best serve you? I want to gain a better understanding on how to see themes and meanings of the text in order to teach and grow a people.

What is your religious/denominational background? Briefly describe you level of participation in a local church. Include any ministry experience, ordination, etc.

My dad was a Baptist preacher. I grew up in church and my senior year of high school I surrendered to the call of ministry. I have been serving in the church in some capacity since that time. I have been a youth minister, college minister, and camp speaker for many years.

What is your educational background (e.g. your undergraduate major, other degrees, etc.)?

My educational background is a long one. First, in my defense a lot of people go to school for a decade, usually they are called doctors, but that is just a title right? I took a hiatus from school to work and finally finished in December of 2006 with a Bachelors of Science in Speech Communication from Texas A&M Commerce.

What are your career plans for after Truett?

I have been preaching for 16 years in various venues. I had no plans to attend seminary, so as it usually goes, when you aren’t going to do something, that is when God calls you to do it. I applied at the advice of a mentor and was excepted a week later. We moved down another week later. After Truett I plan on pastoring in some manor. My passion is preaching. I eat, drink, and and sleep it.

How can this course best serve you?

I want to gain a better understanding on how to see themes and meanings of the text in order to teach and grow a people.

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I am 22 years old now. You might say that I have been attending Baptist Churches for 22 years and 9 months. That is the kind of home I grew up in. We were at church every Sunday and Wednesday night, for as long as I can remember. My Grandpa was a Baptist minister; When he was a kid, his mother moved their family from Louisiana all the way to Waco, specifically so her kids could attend a Baptist college. That is how strong her belief in the Baptist faith was. So my family is deeply rooted in the Baptist tradition of faith, and so am I. Like my Grandfather, my Mother, my aunt, and numerous other relatives, I also attended Baylor University. There I received a Bachelor’s Degree in Film and Digital Media. I graduated last December and started Truett in the spring. In June I began working as a Youth Pastor at a Church near where I live. After Truett, I plan to go into the ministry in some form or fashion. I do not know if youth ministry is where I am going to be long term, but that is where God has me right now. So I hope that this class will help me to understand the Scriptures better and what they mean. Hopefully, this will transform my life and in turn I can better teach the scriptures to the students God has blessed our ministry with as well!

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The church I grew up in was a Southern Baptist church in Pittsburg, TX that gave me a strong foundation for my faith.  I attended college at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX.  During college, I was involved in a non-denominational church that held a similar theology and organizational structure to the Baptist church from home.  At this church I really learned how to dig in and study God’s word.   My husband and I currently attend Harris Creek Baptist Church.  We are involved in a small group on Sunday nights with other married couples from the church.  We serve by helping with preschool care on Sunday mornings and Wednesday nights. 

From Texas A&M I obtained my Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish.  I am currently working towards a Masters of Divinity in Missions and World Christianity at Truett. 

Our plans after Truett are not completely laid out just yet.  My husband and I both just want to serve the Lord wherever he leads us to go.  My personal calling is to serve in the area of missions.

As a Christian leader and minister my whole goal of attending Truett is to obtain more biblical knowledge to better equip me to disciple and serve people on all levels of biblical understanding.  I need to be intentional and diligent in studying the Bible to be able to teach it effectively to others.  Seminary has been a bit of an informational overload for me, but I always just think back to my main goal of wanting to know more than I do now.  So I may not be able to grasp or hold onto every bit of information from this class, but I expect that it will move me  closer to my goal of knowing and understanding more about the Bible.

Hello my dear brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus Christ:

I, Jermany Jamal Henry was raised and I  received my  spiritual education from both Baptist and Church of God in Christ denominations. I admire and I respect both denominations, soooo I consider myself a Bapti-Costal. I became a Christian and the age of 13,and on the same date I received my calling into the ministry June 10,1996. So my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I been preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ for fithteen years now. And I came to Truett, because I believe that God himself has a higher calling of ministry on my life  and I believe that God wont’s me to learn  more about him  and his Holy Word from a in depth perspective that involves learning correct Doctrine and Theology of his Holy Word. After this semester, I hope to have learned the correct bibical infromation that I can share with others, that will help save souls, and inspire peoples lives for Christ. Future plans: If the Lord say the same and its in his will, after Truett I would like  to become bi-vocational where I’m Pastoring and Coaching sports at the same time. Until next time I send you my Blessings with God’s Grace and Peace.

I did the assigned reading for 1 and 2 Chronicles.  I thought it was very interesting that the chronicler painted a very flawless picture of David as opposed to the book of Samuel.  I think that it is interesting that we often refer to David as a man after God’s own heart, but we also preach the David and Bathsheba story.  Of all the crimes David committed, we still, at times consider him as a model of strong character.

1. What was the name of the priest who helped Joash ascend the throne and who then helped him restore the temple?  Jehoiada 2. On what site did David decide that the temple should be built?  The threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite