Hello world!
I thought that I would start with a little background information. I have grown up in the Baptist tradition. My dad is a Baptist minister, my mom plays the piano in a church and works at the local Baptist association. I have served as a youth minister, music minister, and supply pastor in Baptist churches. The Baptist tradition has shaped how I view God, Scripture and the world. I have seen both the beauty and danger inherent in the Baptist understanding of following Christ…but more on that later.
I am in my final semester at George W. Truett Theological seminary working on a M Div. I received a B.A. in General Studies with a minor in counseling from the University of North Texas. Before that, I graduated from Denton High School in Texas.
After seminary, the door is wide open. I feel called to be a minister of the gospel. I also feel a calling to the local church and pastoral ministry. However, I can pursue this calling through many avenues. At some point, I desire to go back to school and get a D Min.
During this course, I would like to work though difficult areas of the biblical text. In many ways, the second half of the Old Testament is foreign to me. First, I want to study biblical promises: when is it advisable for me to take promises that God made to specific individuals or to Israel as a nation and apply them to my life and the lives of my congregation members? Second, how should I use OT prophecy? These are a couple of the questions that I would like to address throughout the semester.