NOTE: I fixed a typo on the reading schedule, start Hauer and Young on page 37, not 27
I promised to respond to the
"Why I hate religion but love Jesus" by Jefferson Bethke..This video already went more viral than "The Heat is On"),,,
Mike Morrrell:
Jesus and Religion’s Relationship Status: It’s Complicated
Sarcastic Lutheran:
Why I hate Religion, But Love Jesus ]
Sarcastic Lutheran:
Why I hate Religion, But Love Jesus ]
Campus "Historical World" Field Trip:
If not we'll watch the "signs" slideshows. Note that interpreting "signs" can be like interpreting "texts."
And we sometimes need some Three
Worlds (or other-worldly")help!
See the whole slideshows here:
signs 1
signs 2
What's a text? :
ANY MESSAGE, IN ANY MEDIUM, DESIGNED TO COMMUNICATE ANYTHING
What's a sign ?
ANY MESSAGE, IN ANY MEDIUM, DESIGNED TO COMMUNICATE ANYTHING
ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE
Signs aren't suppsed to call attemtion to themselves. The point you away from the sign to person, place or thing that is SIGN-ified.
MISSIONS ..opt out of quizzes!:
As promised (see syllabus), here are some of the "missions" you can choose if you want to skip a quiz or two (up to four allowed).
Four quizzes:
-Francis Chan Ministry Forum . Attend, and write a 1-2 page response (Summarize the event, and note ways it related to class content)
-Write (or speak on video) a story or your life story in chiastic form.. Note this should be a significant paper, probably 5-7 pages But the point would be to tell your story (your life story, part of your life story, or your Christian story/testimony etc) in a chiasm (or chiasms); probably best to do it in the form we have looked at (several points, say A-0). The chiasm can be literal (mirrored and repeated words or phrases) or thematic (mirrored themes), but the chiasm should be evident enough that I can pick up most of it on a read through. Be sure to add (as a separate/last page /video, so I see it last, an explanation or "decoder" of your chiasm).The idea is to forces yourself to think in, and write in, this common "literary world" technique.
Two quizzes: These require attending an FPU program and writing a 1-page response (Summarize the event, and note ways it related to class content)
- Godspell (If you mention you are a JCC student, you get a discounted ticket of $5)
- Janzen Lectures (attend one)
Other 2 quiz projects:
Church visit: Visit a church that is not of your tradition, and write a 1-page response (How did if feel, How were you welcomed? What did you notice? What was interesting?)
-Watch 3 hours of TBN (or another Christian network and write a 1-page esponse (how does this relate or compare to class topics? What is the basic message being presented, and how does it compare to Matthew)
-Watch a movie that has Christian or biblical ideas and write a 1-page esponse(how does this relate or compare to class topics?)
-Watch the entire "Visual Bible" presentation of Matthew found on our website here. Write a 1 -page response: what stands out about WATCHING the book?
-Watch the "Amish Grace" movie here and write a 1-page summary/response/review
-Make a video (you or with classmates) in which you re-enact or re-tell the story of Jesus "temple tantrum" (Matt 21).
-Complete the JCC library quiz here.
-"Three Worlds Study" Choose a passage in Matthew, and using "three worlds" Bible study method, and quoting two online sources from the "helpful online sources" tab of our website, decide on the text's contemporary world meaning. Help, see
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One quiz: Interview 10 people (video, live, facebook). Write up their responses to:
- Initials and approx. age
- Name one great person
- Why are they great
Then write a 1 -page response analyzing/summarizng responses. Any patterns? What does society seem to be saying about greatness
-Write a 1 page summary of how two of the other classes you are taking relate to the themes of JCC.
-Write a 1-page summary/review of any of the Ray VanDer Laan videos we watched in class. Include two possible answers that each video raises about the "Who is Jesus?" question
-Write a 1-page summary/review of any of the Ray VanDer Laan videos we watched in class. Include two possible answers that each video raises about the "Who is Jesus?" question
-Write a 1-page summary of the Livermore article on set theory here
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Fuzzy set:
Here below is some help on Fuzzy Sets (these readings will help, but if you missed class today, you may want to talk to a classmate about some of the biblical and other examples to get a handle on this):
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We have been highlighting these "Literary world" structures for looking at Matthew.
Be prepared to say as much as you can about these charts for exams. What theme/title do you suggest
or those divisions not yet named (A and B). Do you find any unifying themes/repeated words/inclusios/recurrences/intercalations etc that hold section A (or B) together?
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"Literary world" observations on recurrence of titles: (Know for mid term test)
Re; these titles for Jesus below... how often does each appear?. in which section/division of the book do they appear, what do the contexts of each mention have in common? ...ask implications
. Note, you can do work like this yourself on Bible gateway. Note for example, how interesting that"Rabbi" seems to addrees=sed to Jesus only in a negative context by negative characters. Why? See this click. See also title section in Hauer and Young, pp. 251-257 (part of your reading for Monday)
(click to enlarge):
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See "Course Schedule" for MONDAY:
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We have covered
Bounded sets
Centered sets..
Today we introduce the third set of "set theory"
Fuzzy set: a set where the boundaries are fuzzy: “when does a hill become a mountain?” or “when did Peter become a disciple?”
This is a "BOTH/AND"...not an "EITHER/OR" set:
This is a "BOTH/AND"...not an "EITHER/OR" set:
Here below is some help on Fuzzy Sets (these readings will help, but if you missed class today, you may want to talk to a classmate about some of the biblical and other examples to get a handle on this):
Matthew structure:
We have been highlighting these "Literary world" structures for looking at Matthew.
Be prepared to say as much as you can about these charts for exams. What theme/title do you suggest
or those divisions not yet named (A and B). Do you find any unifying themes/repeated words/inclusios/recurrences/intercalations etc that hold section A (or B) together?
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"Literary world" observations on recurrence of titles: (Know for mid term test)
Re; these titles for Jesus below... how often does each appear?. in which section/division of the book do they appear, what do the contexts of each mention have in common? ...ask implications
. Note, you can do work like this yourself on Bible gateway. Note for example, how interesting that"Rabbi" seems to addrees=sed to Jesus only in a negative context by negative characters. Why? See this click. See also title section in Hauer and Young, pp. 251-257 (part of your reading for Monday)
(click to enlarge):
Check out this chart ,and note re: each title:
- where in the gospel
- how often
- and on whose lips
- where they cluster
- inclusios etc.
- We haven't looked much at the "titles" of Jesus yet. See Hauer and Young pages 251ff.And we note that some of these titles really kick in in this chapters 8-10 section: Son of Man and Son of God particularly. It would seem obvions that these two titles are opposite in meaning: Jesus as human and God, respectively....but a study of the literary/historical world reveals that "Son of Man" was often used as a messianic connotations (and in a sense could mean "God"..see especially Daniel 7:
See "Course Schedule" for MONDAY:
Quiz 1
(Note: Even though we didn't have time to cover one of the symbols ("DOUBLE PASTE") ON Wednesday,
I did include in on Wednesday's web post...and we covered it in class today.
Read: Read before class:Matthew 1-2, Luke 1-3
H&Y 239-259
(Note: Even though we didn't have time to cover one of the symbols ("DOUBLE PASTE") ON Wednesday,
I did include in on Wednesday's web post...and we covered it in class today.
Read: Read before class:Matthew 1-2, Luke 1-3
H&Y 239-259
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