Course 12 Week 5 Main Comments Area

Course 12 Week 4 Main Comments Area

Course 12 Week 3 Main Comments Area

You can use the comments area below to finish up week 3. I did not think anyone was posting. Roger, sorry I did not see all of your posts until this morning.

The Bible Is a Unique Book

The Bible is a unique book for many reasons. It make the claim that
"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness," (2 Timothy 3:16).

We need to understand that a book that makes such a claim is a trustworthy book. It is the book that talks about the exclusivity of Jesus as the way of salvation. (Remember that other religions make exclusive claims too.)

We will be focusing on Creation, Who Jesus Is, and the Trustworthiness of the Bible as we consider the topic of Jesus being the Way to Heaven.

In the Beginning

In the first chapter of the Bible, we have the account of Creation. We also have some of the earliest indications of the Trinity present there too.

"In the beginning, God . . . ."
"The Spirit of God moved . . . ."
"Let Us make man in Our Image."

The Hebrew is indeed plural, just as is translated in our English translations. So, we are dealing with One who is Plural. Sounds like a contradictin, but really it is a paradox. A paradox is an apparent (not real) contradiction which has two parts, both of which are true AND both of which are necessary.

We need to understand that God, who is mentioned in the Old Testament, exists as Trinity.

That is why John 1 indicates that Jesus (The Word) was active in the process of Creation (without Him not anything made was made.)

Jesus is exclusively the way to Heaven, in part, because He is indeed God. No other supposed way to Heaven has this characteristic.

Cours 12 Week 2 Main Comments Area

Please place your posts (comments) for week 2 in the section below this post. (Click on the word, "comments," below.

(Also please be sure to read the post right below this one, which talks about what your first two comments for this week need to be.

You will also notice that the weekly requirements section has been moved to the left below the welcome post.)

Looking forward to talking to you.

Course 12 Beginning of Week 2

We start seriously considering the material you are being exposed to this week.

For your first post this week, please give us the title of your book, and list the table of contents.

For your second post, list the titles of the chapters you will be studying this week. (To figure that out, take the number of chapters in the book, and divide that number by six. That answer will give you the number of chapters you need to cover each week. If you have a decimal following the whole number, you have the option of deciding the number of chapters you will do this week. For instance, if you come up with 4.5, you will do either 4 or 5 chapters this week.)

Give us this information as quickly as possible, so we can ask you questions that will help you focus on some things to say in the comments' area.

You may make more than two comments a day too.

Course 12 End of Week 1

This ends our introduction week. We will begin in earnest on our studies next week (which begins at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday) morning). Remember that our posting weeks run from Tuesday-Monday. Posts must be made during that week.

Happy Fourth

We had a good family day yesterday and watched fireworks last night.

This morning, I preached at Ezra Church of God in West Frankfort, IL.

I am thankful for the Godly heritage of our nation. I recently read about someone who came here from Romania, I think it was. He said, in _________________(whatever place it was), they have the freedom to read the Bible and to pray in the public schools now. He also said, that he cannot understand why the U.S. seems to be going in the direction that __________________ used to be in.

Another friend says the state of our country is like it is because we are getting what we deserve.

May we as a nation wake up and return to our former heritage.

Making Comments

Sometimes students in these courses are intimidated by making comments, yet, some of those same students are avid Facebook or Myspace users. I don't quite understand, then. What we are doing here is the same thing. The only difference is that the comments have to be about what we are studying. (However, during the first and last weeks of our 8-week terms, they don't even have to be about the books.)

When we comment early in the week, we can go back and forth, agree or disagree with the author, find ways to apply what we are studying, and so forth.

It can be great!

Looking forward to our conversations this term.

If anyone would like to join us this term, just send an email to rcarneysurvey@yahoo.com, and I will tell you how to get started. When can accept new enrollees up until the end of the second week. After that, things are just too far gone for this term in order for the student to catch up. We currently are 5/7 of the way through the first week. people who enroll today or tomorrow can catch up very easily.

Posting Ideas

This is an introduction week.

We are practicing getting around in the posting area. Having trouble coming up with 9 posts? Here are a few ideas.

(Remember to make your posts at least 3 sentences long.)

1. Tell us what the name of your book is. Tell us what you think might be some of the best things you could get from it.

2. List the Table of Contents of the book.

3. Ask you fellow student and instructor one or more questions. (Up to three posts where you ask questions may be less than three sentences long.)

4. Answer your fellow students questions (with posts of 3 or more sentences).

5. If you have a really long comment, try breaking it into two or more ideas and making more than one post.

6. (Optional) Pick a chapter or two from your book, and start writing comments about that (those) chapters.

7. Be creative. Remember, this week your posts can be about almost anything thing. In the next few weeks, they will have to be more specific tho the course materials.

Maybe this will help!

Looking Forward to the Course

I am excited about seeing your discussions take place over the course of the next 8 weeks.