Part of being at a Bible college comes learning how to discern the Word of God for oneself. Thus I think is a part of having Orals be required for every student here at BBC.
However, i will admit it is not an easy thing to have ones own convictions about different interpretations of scripture passages and ministry. Especially if those convictions may differ from those that you are the most closest too.
But i will say this I am not going to sit still and be told what I have to believe about Scripture and Ministry, and i will not be made to feel guilty for having a different view. Instead i will dilegently search scripture out and see for myself what it has to say about church and life issues...and there is no reason to be ashamed about that.
I've only been saved for 7 years and for the first few years of that salvation i did just need to be fed milk, i needed the basics, the important things and now i think i'm beyond the milk and essential nutrients that i think it is time i started chewing a little more meat for myself.
If i am seriously considering about going into full time ministry then i need to know where i stand on different things and i need to know how to support my position and reasoning even if someone else disagrees with it.
I am not a shy 17 year old girl who couldn't tell apart her left foot from her right anymore.
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i agree! and i think anyone who is a good friend, will want you to figure those things out for yourself. keep your chin up!
This is a great aspiration. I remember when I got to BBC and had fourty seven strong opinions about everything in the Bible...and then I met Robb and Dr. Carter. I learned that there is a fine line between reinventing the wheel and owning my own theology. And something I have learned to name recently (I always felt it, but had no words for it) is always remembering that I wear glasses. I can never take the glasses off, because my experience, my upbringing, my race, my nationality, my culture, my hang-ups, my values, and everything else about me colors the lenses. I can't stop being me. I am flawed. So I am humble now about what I believe. I accept that what I believe, I hold to very dearly. I have convictions that I would die for. I have come out swinging for certain things and put my neck on the line....as evidenced by our time at IBC. But I could be wrong. I believe so strongly in my own depravity, that I am not so very adamant about EVERYTHING I hold to. That isn't to say that I don't believe in absolute truth. Certainly our God is absolute truth. But I am flawed and human and can only absorb what I can hold. I will never be perfect in this lifetime, so I am humble about what I hold to. I think I am right based on what I've studied and thought through. But I could be wrong, or at least off base. I leave that door cracked open all the time. I never shut the door and say "I am 100 percent right and anyone who says otherwise is wrong." (Of course, I am referring to non-essentials to the gospel. You have to be clear on what is necessary to be a Christian first and then put the other stuff in perspective.)
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