Probably my favorite part of doing ministry
here is the classes I teach. This is why I have been enjoying my summer class - Exegesis in Hebrews. Don Howell from
Columbia International University taught the first half of the class in June and I have been finishing the class during the month of July. We have been meeting, during the month of July, twice a week for 2 1/2 hours to discuss Hebrews 8-13. Besides teaching the content of the epistle we are also working on the techniques of exegesis. One of my main goals is to strengthen the students' exegesis skills. For each class, the students exegete the evening's passage, put it in the context of the argument of the book, make observational questions, interpretive decisions and suggest practical applications of the passage. The 8 students in the class seem to really get into the discussion, so much so that we often forget to take a break in the middle of the long class time.
The last three weeks of class have been filled with student presentations in which the students lead the exegetical discussion. So far 3 of the 5 students taking the class for credit (the others are auditing) have made their presentations. All of them have done very well. In the pictures Orichi Orichiro is making his presentation on Hebrews 12.1-13. Orichi is a Chuukese pastor and Dean of Men on our Chuuk campus. He is finishing up his BA degree. Pictured there listening to him, is Saladier Ilai, a Pohnpeian pastor who will make his presentation next Monday. Ethel and Mayumi also did a great job on their presentations. It is exciting to me to hear Pacific Islanders preaching good expository sermons.
Probably my favorite part of doing ministry here is the classes I teach. This is why I have been enjoying my summer class - Exegesis in Hebrews. Don Howell from Columbia International University taught the first half of the class in June and I have been finishing the class during the month of July. We have been meeting, during the month of July, twice a week for 2 1/2 hours to discuss Hebrews 8-13. Besides teaching the content of the epistle we are also working on the techniques of exegesis. One of my main goals is to strengthen the students' exegesis skills. For each class, the students exegete the evening's passage, put it in the context of the argument of the book, make observational questions, interpretive decisions and suggest practical applications of the passage. The 8 students in the class seem to really get into the discussion, so much so that we often forget to take a break in the middle of the long class time.
The last three weeks of class have been filled with student presentations in which the students lead the exegetical discussion. So far 3 of the 5 students taking the class for credit (the others are auditing) have made their presentations. All of them have done very well. In the pictures Orichi Orichiro is making his presentation on Hebrews 12.1-13. Orichi is a Chuukese pastor and Dean of Men on our Chuuk campus. He is finishing up his BA degree. Pictured there listening to him, is Saladier Ilai, a Pohnpeian pastor who will make his presentation next Monday. Ethel and Mayumi also did a great job on their presentations. It is exciting to me to hear Pacific Islanders preaching good expository sermons.
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