Archive for April, 2008
The term “Messiah” is used in the NT to describe Jesus. For many the term is a reference to Jesus’ last name. Of course the meaning of “messiah” is so much more than the modern understanding of the word “Christ.” The Christ/Messiah was a figure ancitipated by Jews living during the Second Temple period. [...]
No pictures today. We were in class all day. The morning began with breakfast at 8:00 am and then we went to class. We had paper presentations all day in one of the lecture halls at Regent’s Park College. We heard from fellow students and had various visitors sitting in on the readings. My paper [...]
Today we traveled to John Bunyan’s old church and attending services there in morning. It was very cold because over night we got 3 inches of snow.
Bunyan’s Church was in very good condition and had a wonderful museum attached.
Even though most people are not allowed to [...]
For Pictures of Day 4 see:
http://picasaweb.google.com/davidritsema/OxfordDay5London
We took a coach (i.e. a bus) into London today. The trip was over an hour drive. I did a bit of reading on the way, a book I picked up from one of the tutors (i.e. professors) at Regent’ s Park here at Oxford, a man named Larry Kreitzer (the book entitled, The Gospel [...]
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I have posted a Day 3 at Oxford with some pictures on my other blog http://dritsema.blogspot.com.
For the gallery on Picasa go here: http://picasaweb.google.com/davidritsema/OxfordDay3
Today we head to Cotswolds. We pack a lunch and will be gone all day. I am about to go to breakfast and will write more late this evening. (Note my other blog http://dritsema.blogspot.com which has more info on this Oxford trip).
Pictures are located here: http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/davidritsema/OxfordDay2
Okay is a link to my pictures from day 1:
http://picasaweb.google.com/davidritsema/OxfordDay1
http://picasaweb.google.com/davidritsema/20080401OxfordDay1Part2
Well as scheduled, we left the airport Monday at 5:30 pm-actually it turned out to be about 5:45. The trip took about 9 hours and I only got about an hour of sleep. So I am really tired right now.
We landed at Heathrow and that is where my first experience of England began. I immediatley [...]
