In the midst of Gospels class, we thought to truly understand what is being learned it should come from one of the students.
So we are extremely grateful that one of our students, Rachael Allen, has written our post for this week! (Thanks Rachael!) We hope that you will be blessed in hearing a first-hand account of what is going on!
Most believers brush over the Gospels as stories about Jesus' birth,
life and teachings and resurrection, and move on to much more applicable
books such as the Letters of Paul. As students, we had come from this
bias as well at the start of our Gospels class, taught by Wes Olmstead, a
prof from Briercrest. This past week we had our largest content and
significance course, 26 packages of notes and an entire lifetime worth
of strengthened beliefs about our Savior. The morning after our final
class, a group of us headed down to the dock and we stood in a circle
looking at our great God's creation amidst the rain. As I heard the
testimonies of changed hearts, lives, and theology from my classmates,
there was nothing else I could do but marvel and praise God. This class
has been so monumental as we learned about the history of 1st century
Israel, the background of gospel texts and retraining ourselves to
interpret Scripture based on what it actually says, not what our biases
presume.
A break from studying during the course was the mid-week trip
to Ladysmith for the annual Christmas "Festival of Lights." It was so
refreshing to laugh, play and enjoy Christmas with an entire town lit up
with strings of coloured lights. The perpetual parade ran snaked
through the town, ending in a finale of dazzling fireworks cascading in
the night sky. It was such a needed break and reminder of the coming
holiday that we were going to be spending with each other as well as
back home with our families. Hooray for an eventful month, and God has
blessed us immensely as we draw closer to him!
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| Rachael is pictured here in the front row - Green Jacket and Red Hat (Thanks Again Rachael!) |
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