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I want mainly to address the students this afternoon, and especially those who are graduating. You are at a key moment in your lives; in a way, it is a liminal moment, a moment of threshholds, an “in between” moment, your life is turning around this point. You stand between the past – the IBI [ READ MORE ]
Theological education is most easily and comprehensively achieved within a worshipping and learning community such as that created by Jesus and the disciples – at least, that is the accepted wisdom of history. Institutional theological education has been criticised in recent years and colleges need to respond to the criticisms, but the difficulties faced by [ READ MORE ]
Increasingly, the way in which we do theological education is affected by post-modernity. This lecture seeks to examine how it has been affected and discern trends for the future, making some judgments along the way. CTE 1 PM and TE.doc[ READ MORE ]
Probably the most useful definition is “Theological Education is the training of men and women to know and serve God”. It is distinguished from Christian Education in that it is usually done in preparation for special service or leadership in the Christian church or mission. Christian Education is generally seen as for all and takes [ READ MORE ]
In our discussion of the influences on a theological education college or programme, one of the four main influences was context. The word most used for summing up all the various aspects of context is that of “culture”. The study of cultural or social anthropology since the 1960s has deeply affected mission, is re-working the [ READ MORE ]
We need to begin with a word about the methodology of application. There can be no simple correspondence between the methodology of Jesus and the methodology of theological education in every culture and time. Critical contextualisation helps us to see that Jesus himself deliberately contextualised his methodology. We have both a right and a duty [ READ MORE ]
Ethics in Higher Education is a growing issue today. For us the matter is much wider since we are operating within a Christian environment so the whole issue of ethics in theological education is a broad-ranging and comprehensive subject. However, very little has been written on the subject so far. This lecture will seek to [ READ MORE ]
Discussion on the vocational purpose of theological education relies on a number of key historical debates. The first debate is very English, although it has its origins in ancient Greece, was disputed by a group of Scotsmen and an Englishman lecturing in Ireland; has been developed by a Spaniard writing in his country’s pre-revolutionary dictatorship [ READ MORE ]
Spiritual formation has always been a central concern of the best theological educators ever since Jesus walked Galilee with his disciples and was more concerned with strengthening their faith than filling their heads. There are survey articles and bibliographies on the subject which the student can refer for a more comprehensive listing[1] but this is [ READ MORE ]
A talk to the staff of Belfast Bible College , 2010. Why do you do what you do – in the classroom and out of it? What are you ? What is your calling and job? Or, to ask a more precise question, where did you get your model from? I would suggest four main [ READ MORE ]
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