Week two of lecture is officially over! These last two weeks have been incredible. Week one of lecture was on Basic Christianity. Tom Osterhus, our base director taught on subjects like: Why we study the Bible, Competing views of Biblical revelation, Determining the historic reliability of literature, such as the Bible, The nature and character of God, The mystery of the Trinity, Why Jesus was born & for what reason and Sin and salvation. He went into great depth on the core fundamentals of Christianity.
Tom Osterhus teaching on Basic Christianity
I found it so interesting to see how historically accurate the Bible really is. In literature there are three tests for determining the reliability:
- Bibliographic test: determining whether or not the text that we have now is the same as what was originally recorded
- Internal test: determining what clues are within the writings themselves
- External test: determining if things outside the text line up historically
I loved that we started school with this subject. I think it was crucial that we put these foundations down and now have a basic understanding of Christianity to build our faith on.
This week we had Donna Jordan speak on Hearing Gods voice. I'm not sure if I can put into words everything I learned. It surpassed my expectation's and took me into a deeper intimacy with God. She taught how knowing and hearing the voice of God is the basic right of every believer. Listening to God is a lifestyle and when we make Jesus Lord of our life, repent of any unconfessed sin and have faith, you can hear Gods voice. Some of the ways God speaks are through His word, the inner voice of the Holy Spirit, circumstances and dreams. I have never in my life heard His voice so clearly. I have always had the "head knowledge" but had a hard time connecting it to my heart. I feel like I really grasp how much the Lord loves me and how much He desires a relationship with me...and every believer. Once we learn to listen to God, we get to know Him better. I'm honestly blown away.
Donna Jordan (She really is just precious)
When I'm not in lecture, I spend a lot of time with my amazing team. I also have the privilege of going on community outreach and working with the Maui Community Support Group. We serve the local youth by playing, Bible teachings and mentoring. I love children and miss my old job working with them, so this is a huge blessing to me. It is such an amazing ministry, because although most people think Maui is paradise, there are a ton of people who don’t know the name of Jesus.
Community Outreach
Team "Asia" teaching at a local elementary school
Prayer Requests:
Please pray for health and protection as my schedule is very busy. For a continued hunger to seek His will for my life, team unity and for financial support.
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Thank you all so very much!!
Christy
