An Update From a Different Perspective

If you have been a faithful follower of the TEP blog you may have noticed that the majority of our posts are done by Kathleen. While most of the staff is set up to easily write on the blog it can be easy to forget to do it (I'm in this group). So, to add a different flavor or perhaps to another perspective I decided to do my part and post on the blog.

I have been teaching Cults & World Religions the past few weeks here at TEPSE and I have really enjoyed it. The times when I'm not in class I've been studying like crazy to make sure that I am prepared to teach. But in my study it just blesses my sock off (as my dad would say) to see first hand that the Bible is indeed defensible and the only truth. And then it's an added perk to be able to share that excitment during class and hopefully pass that excitment on.

If you've read the previous post you know that this past week we had the Residency phase of the DLP here in Armada. Since they had more people in the classroom the TEPSE classes got moved to the library. I have to say that I like teaching there because that is probably the warmest room in the building. Although I think it might make Jon a little sleepy when I start waxing eloqunetly.

Please continue to pray for us as the school year roars on and as we begin our preparations for upcoming trips as well as the summer. God bless and have a great week.

Buy the Truth and Sell it not

Learning, learning, and more learning, is what has been going on here at The Ezekiel Project this week. It has been exciting to be both a participator and an onlooker in that process. Classes for our TEPSE student, Jon, are in full swing. Right now he is taking Cults and World Religions and a course on Homeletics. While we appreciate Jon very much, he has been moved out of the classroom and into the library because......we are hosting another Residency Phase of the Distance Learning Program, here in Armada. This is the last time we are offering Introduction to Systematic Theology for awhile, and it has been a blessing. We have two students for this week. It has been wonderful getting to know them both in and out of the classroom. I am encouraged to see people who are excited about studying the Word of God.
Then out of our own facilities, several of us have been taking a class from a local TV station on how to use camera equipment and other such things. We moved into the studio section of the class this morning, so the excitement about what we are learning grows with each passing week.

So, while it has been cold here this week and vehicles to dig out of the snow, we have been staying warm, fellowshipping, and learning what the Lord has put before us for this time. It is our prayer for our students and us that we would "Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding."

A Belated Birthday to Barb!

Last Thursday, the 15th of January, was Barb's birthday. Because of the circumstances, however, we did not celebrate till today. It was nothing spectacular, but it was nice for a few of us to be together for lunch. Plus, Barb made out with three balloons and a free desert.

Barb, we love you! Thanks for always looking out for others above yourself and being our "mother hen". May you have many more wonderful years of service to our Lord until the He wants you home!

DLP Class Picture

This course for the Distance Learning Program is now over...well the Residency Phase is. The students still have a four week time, called the Post-Residency, of interaction with the material they have learned with guidance from their instructor, Bruce.

Even though I have heard the material covered in this course a few times now, I am struck with how much I learned this week. It could have been as simple as some clarity on a concept that was a bit confusing before or a perspective I had never considered, offered by one of the students.

Please be praying for these students, and us, as we dig deeper into the God's work, seeking to know Him more!

Distance Learning Program

This week we are doing the Residency phase of the Distance Learning Program course Introduction to Systematic Theology in my hometown of Augusta Georgia. The week has been a bit different than the other Residency weeks because instead of having class from 8-5 for five days, we have been meeting in the evenings and on the weekends.
I always love the on-site weeks with The Ezekiel Project, whether a seminar or for the Distance Learning Program, but this week is especially wonderful for me, because some of my family is participating as well as others who I care a great deal about.
Another exciting thing about this week is that TEPSE started back in Michigan. It is neat to think that while we are teaching people how to study the Word of God here in Georgia, Jon is learning how to preach back in Michigan. What a blessing! More later...

Our Eternal Life

"For life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us."
I John 1:2

When I thought about those words for a while, I realized how magnificent they are. God, the creator, was manifested to us. He is not hidden or unknown, but in fact is our eternal life. I hope I always remember this, regardless of the time of year.