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Date Posted: 23:00:33 07/15/08 Tue
Author: EC
Subject: Ding Ding Ding: 1st round with Systematic Theology

I am doing an IDL (sort of self learning class) in healing and reconciliation which is treated as Systematic Theology B. After listening the 1st 2 lessons, I am EXHAUSTED but also EXCITED from thinking. OMG~~~ honestly, i cannot articulate and express the stuff spinning in my head. Recalling from my memory, the first excitement from thinking came in the time when I was attending ��q�u�¬��סv. By that time, I was only auditing without doing the reading and assignment. Although i was attending evening class with my tired body, the materials of the class just refreshed and charged me with new energy. I was overwhelmed with my inability to ask question as I didn't know where should i start or even how to formulate a question.

Now, it's the second time. I am sure, by the end of the class, I probably can delineate, hopefully, 60% of the class. At least, I have to write 4 essays on that. Obviously this is a class which I have to read and listen in the morning. I can only process with the moment when my brain is most functional.

Let's have a glance on the first 2 questions (if you are not interested in the question, you can skip the rest):
1) Marty is the teacher of an adult Sunday School class which you attend. During a class discussion on the relationship of Christianity to the Jewish religion, he made the statement that the Church is the result of God's action in rejecting the Jews and starting over again with Jesus. When one member of the class challenged him by saying that Jesus himself was a Jew, he responded by quoting Galatians 3:28 " In Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek..." You respond by citing John 1:14, " The Word became flesh and dwelt among us": and making the point that it was significant that in the incarnation God had assumed Jewish flesh for our salvation. The class ended at that point. However, Marty came up to you and asked you to make your point more clear. You agreed to write a brief paper on the subject and share it with him so that you could discuss the question further.

2) The minister of the church that you attend has preached a Good Friday sermon on the text: "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (Matt 17:46). In this sermon he stated that on the cross, the transcendent and divine aspect of Jesus' personality withdrew to the point that we have only a human person left. But that this makes it possible for there to be a complete identification of Jesus with our humanity, and so he can be our mediator. As you leave the service, you mention to the pastor that you were disturbed by some of the theological implications of his teaching concerning the doctrine of salvation. Because there is little opportunity to talk at the moment, he asks you to put your thoughts down on paper, setting forth the theological concerns which you have together with your own explanation of the text, with the promise to make an appointment with you to discuss the matter after he had read it.

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