It is customary to wish people "Happy New Year" on the first day of January every year. It's a new beginning on the calendar, it's now 2018 instead of 2017, and we can use this opportunity to take on a new and fresh outlook on life. It can also be a new chapter in our lives as we begin something new in our work or school. Today it is a new chapter in my life, I begin a new 'career' so to speak, as I've retired from flying and now I can pursue other areas of interest.
Since about 1978 I've been interested in Christian Education as I've found that the Bible and Christianity answer all the big questions of life. I'm also interested in teaching these truths to other people and especially my own family. I changed colleges that year to a Christian college and changed my major from Biology to 'Bible' as I believed God was calling me into the ministry. Due to many extenuating circumstances, I was not able to attend seminary at that time, and in 1982 I entered the Navy to become a pilot. After several years in the Navy, I tried to go to seminary again, but due to other extenuating circumstances, I wasn't able to pull it off. So I then pursued a flying career with a major airline and have worked there for the last twenty-seven-plus years. Wow, it's been a journey, and yesterday was my last day with that company.
Today then is the beginning of the rest of my life! Ha, but true all the same. And I'm still interested in Christian Education not only to teach the answers to the big questions of life but to also teach the Bible for all of life. There's no question that the world is broken and it is a terrible place to live in at times. And there should be no question that this brokenness provides us with ample evidence that we need God for all aspects of our life. I need God in every aspect of my life. The Bible teaches us that we need to know God and that we should live for God in all aspects of our lives. This doctrine of knowing God is the essence of Christian Education. We need to know God for our salvation and Spiritual growth. And, he has created us for this very purpose, it is his delight that we come to him to love him and live for him.
Toward this goal, I've enrolled in RTS Global to begin an M.A. degree in Theological Studies to develop my skills and knowledge to teach. Christian Education is the catalyst to know and love the God who has created us, which is a ministry we desperately need in our postmodern world. This is my 'new career' that I've been excited about for several decades. I'm very grateful to have a chance to begin this new work. The truth of Scripture brings new "light and life" which is Spiritual life indeed.
FAITH TODAY: John 1:3-5, "All things were made through him (Christ), and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."
Since about 1978 I've been interested in Christian Education as I've found that the Bible and Christianity answer all the big questions of life. I'm also interested in teaching these truths to other people and especially my own family. I changed colleges that year to a Christian college and changed my major from Biology to 'Bible' as I believed God was calling me into the ministry. Due to many extenuating circumstances, I was not able to attend seminary at that time, and in 1982 I entered the Navy to become a pilot. After several years in the Navy, I tried to go to seminary again, but due to other extenuating circumstances, I wasn't able to pull it off. So I then pursued a flying career with a major airline and have worked there for the last twenty-seven-plus years. Wow, it's been a journey, and yesterday was my last day with that company.
Today then is the beginning of the rest of my life! Ha, but true all the same. And I'm still interested in Christian Education not only to teach the answers to the big questions of life but to also teach the Bible for all of life. There's no question that the world is broken and it is a terrible place to live in at times. And there should be no question that this brokenness provides us with ample evidence that we need God for all aspects of our life. I need God in every aspect of my life. The Bible teaches us that we need to know God and that we should live for God in all aspects of our lives. This doctrine of knowing God is the essence of Christian Education. We need to know God for our salvation and Spiritual growth. And, he has created us for this very purpose, it is his delight that we come to him to love him and live for him.
Toward this goal, I've enrolled in RTS Global to begin an M.A. degree in Theological Studies to develop my skills and knowledge to teach. Christian Education is the catalyst to know and love the God who has created us, which is a ministry we desperately need in our postmodern world. This is my 'new career' that I've been excited about for several decades. I'm very grateful to have a chance to begin this new work. The truth of Scripture brings new "light and life" which is Spiritual life indeed.
FAITH TODAY: John 1:3-5, "All things were made through him (Christ), and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."
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