Kilns Classes Thus Far!

Hello Kilnsites! The blog has been down for a while, but we got it up and running again and I’m back!

Classes have begun!!! We started on the 13th of September, and things have been going fabulously!

In History and Philosophy of Human Rights, Mike Caba has been leading intriguing discussions and making all of us question just what we actually believe about Justice! It’s definitely a good way to get us fired up about the upcoming Justice Conference! Last Monday, Dave from Ransom Wear spoke to us about Human Trafficking and the sex trade in Nepal.

Tuesday mornings are spent with Tim Kizziar from the Bible Study Methods class! The past couple weeks we’ve covered Authority, Interpretation, Inspiration, Authorial Intent, Inerrancy and a ton of stuff in between! I guess you never really understand how much you don’t know about the Bible until a pastor becomes your professor!!

General Apologetics, on Tuesday nights, has been amazing so far!! Rick Gerhardt is an awesome teacher, and there couldn’t possibly be someone more qualified! Last night we studied the reliability of the New Testament, discussing internal and external evidence supporting Scripture, and whether we ought to prefer the oldest known reading or the most widespread reading!

Syd Brestel, my professor in Old Testament Survey, is absolutely fantastic! We’ve been going through the Old Testament, little by little, on Wednesday nights! This past week, I’ve been reading Leviticus and Deuteronomy, and I can’t say they’re my favorite books of the Bible… Discussion has been really cool in that class though, because of all the controversies surrounding the Old Testament! Syd lays it out like he sees it, but he also leaves room for discussion, and I love that about him!

My last class of the week, Spiritual Poetry, has been awesome as well! It takes a little more getting used to for me (not much of a poet…), but David Jacobsen makes it super fun! We’re writing two poems a week (a stretch for poor Jennifer), planning a Poetry Reading Night, discussing different poems and dissecting our owns! We’re planning to attend the Nature of Words Event coming up this November!

Overall, Kilns has been amazing! God is working in the lives of all the students attending, and I know for a fact that we’re all there for a reason!

“Education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society… We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.”   -Martin Luther King, Jr.