Commentary This one is a little different to my normal assignment postings. I normally wait until I have my marks, but this time, I have posted a video for assessment on my YouTube channel and offered a link to this blog, so, I will edit this when I get the mark! Presentation “Cold Opening” (Handel’s Messiah “Comfort Ye”[1]) Introduction Nearly 40 years ago, as a young bloke, I sang in an amateur...
Question Investigate whether the book of Isaiah anticipates a divine Davidic king Commentary I was nervous about this one. My first advqnced bible subject, a new campus in Ridley, studying in an asynchronous format, it was all a lot. Add to that that I am still getting my feet under me in my job which is fairly demanding and the fact that I in effect, took on three subjects this semester with an...
Title of the Essay Write a document analysis on any ONE (1) of the following, paying particular attention to the stated or implied aims and outcomes of the document: Selections from “The Westminster Confession of Faith” (1643). (Bettenson, Documents of the Christian Church, pp 319-323). Commentary: So this is a document that I really didn’t have any real background on. I...
Title of the Essay “The Anabaptists proper were those in the radical Reformation who gathered and disciplined a ‘true church’ (rechte Kirche) upon the apostolic pattern as they understood it. In a treatment of Anabaptists, the doctrine of the church affords the clarifying principle of first importance” (Franklin H Littell). Critically discuss the Anabaptist movement in...
Title of Essay Write an essay of approximately 1500 words on the following topic, making reference to appropriate primary sources where possible, and explaining their significance for the subsequent history of the church: The Christological debates of the fourth century (with special attention to the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople) and the creeds they produced). Why did the debate drag on...
Title of Essay Write a document analysis of approximately 1500 words on The Didache Commentary: The Didache is a fascinating early text that I really enjoyed studying and writing an analysis on. Christianity in History is the subject and a really interesting area of study. I got 90% for this essay and I am very pleased with this highest result so far in my Master’s journy. Part of this, I...
Title of Essay The Challenge of Hearing the New Testament with additional focus on Rhetorical Criticism Commentary: Just didn’t get there with this one. Only 75% and really deserved to not get a Distinction. I have started a new and quite challenging job and I just have been behind the 8 ball all semester. Not connecting the way I would like. Introduction In Misreading Scripture with...
Title of Essay Compare and contrast the portrait of Pilate that emerges in the Gospels with that found in Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, 18.55-64 (18.3.1-3); and, The Jewish Wars, 2.169-177 (2.9.2-4). What implications would you draw about the reliability of the Gospels? Commentary: This was a fun brief analysis of a primary document against the gospels. In this case comparing the writings...
Title of the Assignment Outline an account of how philosophy can relate positively to theology, and appropriately support theological reasoning and application. Illustrate your account with a selection of relevant examples from the history of philosophy’s interaction with theology. Commentary This is the third essay of the three 1000 word assignments from the Take Home Exam I did for Philosophy...
Title of the Assignment If John Stuart Mill and Georg Hegel were both to answer the question “What makes a good society?”, which one in your view would give the best reply? Give reasons for your choice from a Christian perspective Commentary This was part of my Take Home Exam – have a read of my commentary in the article called Ockham and Aquinas. It was three 1000 word essays to be written...