On Praise and Petition and the Book of Revelation
I am writing this essay on a beautiful Sunday afternoon (June 24, 2007, to be exact) in an apartment located in the Vienna woods, near a village named Heiligenkreuz. For the fifteenth summer I have the privilege of teaching for TCM International Institute, an organization that is committed to preparing men and women for Christian leadership in Eastern Europe. Haus Edelweiss is one of the most precious places on earth for me. It is a refuge as well as a setting where I have been blessed to teach some of the finest disciples of Jesus I have ever encountered. I am grateful to God.
Accompanying me this year are three of my colleagues from Lincoln: Nancy Olson, Director of the Library, who will be working with the Institute’s library staff as it seeks to prepare for an accreditation visit; Neal Windham, Professor of New Testament at Lincoln Christian College, who will be teaching a class on Greek tools; and Dinelle Frankland, Associate Professor of Worship and Associate Dean of Spiritual Formation at Lincoln Christian Seminary, who will be teaching a class on Theology and Practice of Worship. They will be a blessing to the students, I am sure.
It has been a humbling experience to teach the students enrolled in the Institute’s degree and certificate programs. This year I will be teaching approximately ten Bulgarians as well as a Russian or two who will be taking the class for credit. In addition to these believers, I will have some special Russian guests, officials in the Baptist Union in Russia who teach in theological seminaries. They will be auditing the class.
My subject? New Testament Eschatology with special focus on the Book of Revelation. I will be encountering numerous questions, but above all, I want to teach this subject with the view to making all of us better disciples of Jesus, disciples who live faithfully in light of Christ’s first and final comings. May the material presented and the lively discussions that follow honor this goal.
Will you pray for us as we begin the conference on Tuesday, June 25? Pray that all will have good health, that all will learn to serve Jesus more faithfully, and that God will be honored in all that is said and done.
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