Ah, yes...Zepheniah 3:17...LOVE that verse.
So says my overly-anal, yet somewhat liberlike psalms and wisdom lit professor.
In context, I'm in my Psalms and Wisdom Lit. class and we're talking about anthropomorphism (God poetically given humanistic characterics) among a great VAST of awesome topics and revealing subjects. We are talking about Psalms 2:4 and debating if God possesses a rumpus in order to "sit" or if God is right handed. A young gentleman next to me raises his hand with a comment that he feels would add to the thoughts we are having about anthropomorphism. The young lad is called upon and he says, "so is this like in Zephaniah 3:17 when God is dipicted as quieting with love and rejoicing with us by singing?" Immediately, Dr. Youngblood (weird right?) starts thrusting his head in agreement as the room hushs. "Ah, yes...Zepheniah 3:17...LOVE that verse. Ok, is it just me, or did the professor just reflect and create a sense of exhuberation over a book many do not even know is in the Bible? A few of us chuckled...I was happy for the moment.
I'm really impressed by the newly dubbed Bible faculty member. Students rumor him as the "walking" commentator and I fancy the visual. Every class is so packed with knowledge, I really am like a Compaq printer screaming for mercy as he moves from thought to another. I now pack ice in my backpack so I can occasionally stick my over worked phlanges for relief and healing as my other hand continues to write vigorously. However, don't ask me to share any powerpoint presentations before I can write a bibliography about the guy on every slide. Why you ask? Oh, lets just say that the first day of class, we spent a good five minutes in a little chat about how these powerpoints are his intellectual property and he doesn't want to walk in a church and see his powerpoint flicking away in the middle of a sermon... atleast without giving the Dr. credit for doing so. Oh, by the way, do this and it is a sin. In any case, I do not mock. I merely find it humorous because I really like the guy. We're buds. We're a newly founded posse. Maybe I should call him.
Oh but no, I'm loving my Bible classes this semester. I suddenly realized this may be the last chance that I have to take advantage of Bible academia. I decided it would be in my best interest to audit a few Bible classes since this is my last semester. I am taking Lev/Num/Deut, Paul's Prison Epistles, Contemporary Concerns, and Psalms/Wisdom Lit. My second favorite teacher is Dr Powell. He is such a genuine, compassionate guy who is always wanting to serve. In his opening, syllabus speech-day thing, he talks about how his phone number is on the syllabus so any student in trouble can call him and he'll come and pick them up if need be. Ok, so it impressed me. Dr. Terry Edwards, so knowledgeable about Biblical history! UH, LOVE IT. And Dr. Gilmore...I am such a Gilmore groupy... I love it when he does open forum during lectureships. I really do think he is the smartest, philosohpical person I know. There are two people whom I want as a mentor, and he is defintely one of them.
Um, woah! So, going on a tangent about Bible teachers, right?
Because of Our Sympathetic High Priest,
Potter
In context, I'm in my Psalms and Wisdom Lit. class and we're talking about anthropomorphism (God poetically given humanistic characterics) among a great VAST of awesome topics and revealing subjects. We are talking about Psalms 2:4 and debating if God possesses a rumpus in order to "sit" or if God is right handed. A young gentleman next to me raises his hand with a comment that he feels would add to the thoughts we are having about anthropomorphism. The young lad is called upon and he says, "so is this like in Zephaniah 3:17 when God is dipicted as quieting with love and rejoicing with us by singing?" Immediately, Dr. Youngblood (weird right?) starts thrusting his head in agreement as the room hushs. "Ah, yes...Zepheniah 3:17...LOVE that verse. Ok, is it just me, or did the professor just reflect and create a sense of exhuberation over a book many do not even know is in the Bible? A few of us chuckled...I was happy for the moment.
I'm really impressed by the newly dubbed Bible faculty member. Students rumor him as the "walking" commentator and I fancy the visual. Every class is so packed with knowledge, I really am like a Compaq printer screaming for mercy as he moves from thought to another. I now pack ice in my backpack so I can occasionally stick my over worked phlanges for relief and healing as my other hand continues to write vigorously. However, don't ask me to share any powerpoint presentations before I can write a bibliography about the guy on every slide. Why you ask? Oh, lets just say that the first day of class, we spent a good five minutes in a little chat about how these powerpoints are his intellectual property and he doesn't want to walk in a church and see his powerpoint flicking away in the middle of a sermon... atleast without giving the Dr. credit for doing so. Oh, by the way, do this and it is a sin. In any case, I do not mock. I merely find it humorous because I really like the guy. We're buds. We're a newly founded posse. Maybe I should call him.
Oh but no, I'm loving my Bible classes this semester. I suddenly realized this may be the last chance that I have to take advantage of Bible academia. I decided it would be in my best interest to audit a few Bible classes since this is my last semester. I am taking Lev/Num/Deut, Paul's Prison Epistles, Contemporary Concerns, and Psalms/Wisdom Lit. My second favorite teacher is Dr Powell. He is such a genuine, compassionate guy who is always wanting to serve. In his opening, syllabus speech-day thing, he talks about how his phone number is on the syllabus so any student in trouble can call him and he'll come and pick them up if need be. Ok, so it impressed me. Dr. Terry Edwards, so knowledgeable about Biblical history! UH, LOVE IT. And Dr. Gilmore...I am such a Gilmore groupy... I love it when he does open forum during lectureships. I really do think he is the smartest, philosohpical person I know. There are two people whom I want as a mentor, and he is defintely one of them.
Um, woah! So, going on a tangent about Bible teachers, right?
Because of Our Sympathetic High Priest,
Potter
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