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It feels so good to have finished by written comprehensive this week. Wednesday and Thursday of this week I traveled to Arlington and took my written comps. The first day consisted of four hours and four questions. The second day was four hours with eight questions. I felt very prepared, but [...]
I am student at B. H. Carroll Theological Institute. I am pursuing a PhD in New Testament Studies. I am currently serving as a pastor of Woodlawn Baptist Church in Austin, TX. We run about 400-500 in worship each Sunday. The hardest thing about being a pastor and a PhD student at the same time [...]
I. Howard Marshall edited the work New Testament Interpretation: Essays on Principles and Methods (Grand Rapids: Eedmans, 1977). This book was published in the year I was born. It has been reprinted by Wipf & Stock but not redone. Howard Marshall provides the introduction. The book is divided into 4 parts: (1) background to interpretation, [...]
I have schedule my Written Exams for PhD in New Testament in November. I am busy studying for this. If anyone has any advice about this, let me know. As it is, I am researched a syllabus of New Testament Studies and reading many comprehensive textbooks, articles, an the like.
I like the looks of this theme better. I have not been keeping up with the blogging at all. We have two kids under three years of age and I am busy at church and trying to finish my PhD in New Testament. No big deal, right?
My paper on Divine Sovereignty in the Gospel of John was recently published by the online international journal Testamentum Imperium. The link to the PDF version can be found here: http://www.preciousheart.net/ti/2009/21-041_Ritsema_Imagery_Sovereignty_in_John.pdf.
I upgraded my broken phone to a refurbished iphone. I am writing this post from it.
Here is recent picture of the fam. Spencer is the youngest now (5 months) and Dawson the older (2 years).
I teach a Pastor’s Small Group at the church and also attend our Young Adult Small Group. Here are some of the people in the group.
The book entitled “Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light – The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta” contains fascinating details about Mother Teresa’s state of mind during her tremendous ministry. During the latter years of her life, there appears to have been a real darkness that hung over her life. Since I [...]
