This week Nolan has led our time of worship in our Theology of Ministry class. Nolan, like Scott before him, has done a good job. In this class we have had morning sessions with a devotional quality, ending with song and prayer and (today) communion.
I have enjoyed Dr. Seamands' class. He has imparted some real gems to the class. He seems to be more interested in the church than in the academy. I suspect that has made it difficult to be a professor at times. Below you will find some of the things I have appreciated from class.
- Ministry is the ministry of Christ, to the Father, by the power of the Holy Spirit. He contends that we don't just minister through the example of Christ, we continue (in the church) the actual ministry of Christ.
- To the Father. He makes the point that in John 5, when Jesus healed the man at the pool, he was responding to the call of the Father--not the crowd and not the religious people. If Jesus had let the crowd be the motivation behind healing, he would have healed everyone there. Because it was the Sabbath, if he had listened to the religious people, nobody would have been healed.
- By the power of the Holy Spirit. Dr. Seamands is fully committed to the importance of the Holy Spirit to be the animator of real ministry through our weaknesses--not in spite of them.
I have enjoyed Dr. Seamands' class. He has imparted some real gems to the class. He seems to be more interested in the church than in the academy. I suspect that has made it difficult to be a professor at times. Below you will find some of the things I have appreciated from class.
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Leni!
I tried to email you just yesterday. Could you send my your email address. The one I have got bounced.
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