Introduction Plowshares and Pruning Hooks: Rethinking the Language of Biblical Prophecy and Apocalyptic was written by Brent Sandy, a professor and chair of the department of religious studies at Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana when the book was published by InterVarsity Press in 2002. The book aims to examine how biblical prophecy and apocalyptic … Read more
Definitions of Theological Terms I will define the following theological terms with my own words based on my understanding after watching professor Kreider’s lectures, as well as reading Who Needs Theology by Grenz and Olson, and Exploring Christian Theology by Holsteen and Svigel. Biblical theology, historical theology, and systematic theology all are branches within Christian … Read more
The Thesis of the Author The thesis of the author is that the church must recover its historical understanding and role in caring for people’s souls as well as integrating modern therapeutic psychology to have a fuller ministry to people’s life. My Personal Top Take Away Definition of Soul Care Benner defined soul care as … Read more
What is Verbal Aspect? Semantics refers to the encoded values of a verb form, it is always there and un-cancelable. The verbal aspect is a semantics value. It refers to the viewpoint of an action presented by the author. There are two viewpoints, either from an outside viewpoint, which is called the perfective aspect or … Read more
