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    BDAG for about $100
    Greek students may be delighted to know that A Greek-Lexicon of the New Testament and other Early Christian Literature, 3rd Edition (aka, BDAG) is on sale at Amazon.com for $103.95 new. List price $150, normally found on sale in the range of $125. (Note: you will not want to get the 2nd edition, even if you find it for cheap in a used book store.) AKPC_IDS += "627,";Popularity:...
    by Jeff Patterson at August 29th, 2008 at 04:08 pm
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    Starting Seminary Year 4 of ?
    For the last couple years I’ve been blessed to be a teaching assistant for first-year Theology at Multnomah (actually co-TA, as Kari does most of the paper-grading). Once or twice a semester I get to fill-in for our prof and teach (preach!) on Soteriology, Ecclesiology or some other section in our unit of systematic theology. Inevitably, my intro includes a reminder...
    by Jeff Patterson at August 23rd, 2008 at 09:08 am
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    What else to bring to seminary?
    In his last post Chad gave some good pointers on what to bring to seminary, and then concluded on the note: “Navigating seminary is different from college, it is an immersive experience that should be taken full advantage of.” I totally agree. There were times a decade ago when I would (ahem) doze off during my civil engineering classes as an undergrad. But...
    by Jeff Patterson at August 6th, 2008 at 01:08 am
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    Considering Seminary When Others Do Not
    So you think God wants you to go to seminary … now what? How do you know you are meant to head to seminary? Especially when some in your life think it would be a waste of time and resources? So, just how does one proceed to investigate, select and make preparations towards seminary, especially when not many in one’s personal sphere have gone that route? Perhaps...
    by Jeff Patterson at July 5th, 2008 at 07:07 pm
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    Forming the Character of our Future Ministry
    Many seminaries advertise their core emphases, God-centered and Bible-saturated curriculum, world-class faculty, modern facilities and great equipping strategy. Thank God for these places of higher learning. We want to be prepared for ministry in the church today, and the church needs the academy, and vice versa. Yet, story after story reveals the crux issue with seminarians...
    by Jeff Patterson at June 21st, 2008 at 01:06 am
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    Taking the Time to Commute
    Two tips on how not to waste one’s commute. Most full-time seminary students, it seems, live on or near campus and participate in community life. Then there are commuter students, those who because of jobs, housing and family commitments come from afar to study. Kari and I are part of the latter group — this post is for us/you commuters. For three years we...
    by Jeff Patterson at June 6th, 2008 at 01:06 am
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