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Wednesday November 18, 2009 ~ 3 Comments
I had a great time teaching at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School a few weeks ago. It was a tremendous week. While I was there they shot a video about the school to start their "professor run in" series. You can take a look at it right here: I love the mission statement at Trinity: Trinity International University Mission Statement They flesh it out as follows:
Good stuff. All of it is great, but the highlighted section speaks to the recent post on "Gospel Definitions." I hope to see you in a TEDS class soon. Posted on November 18, 2009 at 8:15 AM ~ 3 Comments Tagged with: 3 CommentsComment PolicyComments are welcome on discussion posts. Comments are not moderated but do require a keyword to avoid spam. If this is your first time commenting, please review the comment policy. Leave a comment |





































Thanks for the love, Ed. I'm totally feeling it and it feels great.
Ed, the highlighted part about being "co-laborers" also speaks to that theme of pastors being equippers of the church - not the hired guns. It speaks eloquently to the vision of the total mission of the church happening in the lives of each and every memeber in the context of their own daily lives, fields of influence, and circles of relationships. Programs are out there (in my approach to church) waiting for us to come out and be salt and light in the world around us - through being a part of the normal warp and woof of everyday life in the community which surrounds us.
I also liked the eschatological emphasis - we work while we have time - in anticipation to His coming. That is a dimension of the gospel and our living the gospel and preaching the gospel that, Lord, I haven't heard articulated in a long time. I am greatly inspired by this - thanks for sharing.
This is the Fife btw.
Got an MDiv from TEDS several years ago. Loved my time there. Frustrated after leaving, though, that TEDS was often a bit narrow in its presentation of relevant theological reading. Some of the great thinkers/theologians of our time were totally glossed over or left unmentioned (Wright, Newbigin, Yoder, Hauerwas, etc, to name a few). Good place. Could be a bit more daring in what it exposes its students to. Two cents.