I have thoroughly enjoyed my seminary adventure! I feel as though it has been sort of like a “Top Gun” experience as it has proven to operate just like the Fighter Weapons school. Just as squadrons would send their training officer to Miramar in order to learn tactics and training, they would require him to come back to the squadron and pass along what he had learned. I feel as though my experience has been the same way. The ways and means of interpretation, study of a Bible text, and the overall theology I have taught from the pulpit has been merely what others have given to me. In essence, each of you has been taught by Drs. Darrell Bock, Larry Waters, Howard Hendricks, Mark Bailey, James Allman, and several others—whose names some of you might recognize, but most will not. Each one of these men has different styles and mannerisms, and each brings various experiences to their position. I have enjoyed the variety that I feel I have received from each one. (more…)
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