Preliminary proposal accepted
// July 18th, 2010 // No Comments » // Greek, Life Stuff, Pastoral, Theology
For the last 7 months I have been in the process of applying into the D.Th. program in the department of New Testament and Early Christian Studies at the University of South Africa.
After applying and submitting my application materials, I was asked by the department chair, Dr. Pieter Craffert, to submit a collection of original writings ranging from personal essays to book reviews. One of the essays was a preliminary research proposal. This was submitted in total on July 2, 2010.
On the AM of July 14, 2010, Prof. Craffert sent me an email letting me know that my preliminary proposal had been accepted and I could contact my supervisor, Dr. Dirk van der Merwe, to begin work. While the College of Human Sciences and the Deptartment of Postgraduate Studies still have to approve the departmental recommendation, Dr. Craffert said those are basically formalities.
This is an exciting and monumental beginning of a new chapter. May God use it for his glory and honour!
New Book Review
// July 3rd, 2010 // No Comments » // Book Reviews, Theology
A book review of Exploring the Texture of Texts: A Guide to Socio-rhetorical Interpretation by Vernon K. Robbins. Click here to read!
Bibliography Template
// June 10th, 2010 // No Comments » // Southern Bible Institute, Theology
This is a template for my writing students to do a bibliography.Click Here
Before the Throne of God Above
// June 3rd, 2010 // No Comments » // Pastoral, Theology
Book Reviews
// June 3rd, 2010 // No Comments » // Book Reviews
I plan on occasionally putting book reviews on the site. I’m doing this both for my own personal edification as well as for those who would read my blog. I am also doing this to provide an avenue to make recommendations and provide cautionary critiques to those who attend Good Shepherd Community Church.
Some of the books to be reviewed will by highly specialized and relevant to my dissertation research. Others will be books that are written on a popular level. I am also on the blogger reviewer program for Thomas Nelson Publishers. I will be providing online reviews for selected books from them and in return, I get the books for free. The reviews will involve a brief summary of the content and a fair and reasoned critique of both literary elements (primarily for fiction) and the content.
