Tuesday, March 18, 2008

duke divinity school



right now i'm sitting in an Old Testament class at duke divinity school. one of my new friends, Tony, is finishing his Master of Theological Studies here. i'm quite blown away by the beauty of the campus, because of the impressive architecture. i'm out of class for "easter recess" at my seminary (Southeastern), so i'm chilling over here today in a few classes with Tony because i'm a theological junkie. today has been excellent to visit Duke.

anyways, getting to the good stuff, i'm more and more convinced that our view of Scripture determines how we view life, theology, God, history, ministry, and Jesus. this is so so very important for the church. right now, i hold Scripture as highest authority for my life, theology, ministry and view of Christ. it determines and defines me. i don't determine it. why? because i believe it is the very word of God, that is truthful and authoritative for all of life and practice. this is huge for your worldview and philosophy of ministry. hold firm to scritpure. hold firm to scripture.

3 comments:

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Unknown said...

ethan - i think you live with my hubby and i's good friend josh. anyway - somehow happened upon your blog and wondered if you were the same "ethan" he lived with.

duke div is beautiful! my husband and i both work here at Duke and it's a gorgeous campus - both layout and architecture. love it!

ethan welch said...

hey! yeh, i'm a roomie with Josh. he's a great roommate, and we have a lot of fun together!
thats really cool that you work at DUKE! Go Devils!