I write to you today to share my profound gratitude to our God for his faithfulness and care for me and my family during these last four years. My time at Bethlehem College & Seminary has been a life-changing experience that has shaped and amplified my love for Scripture and my desire to spread a passion […]
Recently, the world has had much to say about antifragility. Nassim Nicholas Talib coined the term “antifragile” to describe the opposite of something fragile. A fragile thing breaks under stress. And a resilient thing endures through stress. But what about a thing that grows stronger from stress? According to Talib, that thing is antifragile. The […]
In Greek class this past semester, we spent a lot of time in the book of Hebrews. I believe that the twin themes of suffering and solidarity explain the whole book. To a church at risk of abandoning its Christian confession in the face of suffering and because of the scandalous message of a suffering Messiah, […]
In English poetry the genre of the georgic is historically the genre of cultivation. The title georgic comes from georgos, the Greek word for farmer, so the setting for georgic poems is the fields and bushes—in green spaces. But these green spaces are distinct from the pastoral genre. Pastoral poetry is set in the quiet […]
Having finished my first year at Bethlehem College & Seminary, the most important thing that I have learned is how the whole Bible points to one person, Jesus. Through my Old Testament Survey class with Dr. David Howard, we were able to see how the Bible’s narrative tarnishes every single character, except one. The ineffectiveness […]
It happens this time every year; I realize with a start that we are only a few weeks away from students arriving and classes beginning. Yet, three things happened yesterday that were extremely encouraging to me and give me joy and hope for this coming year and the future of Bethlehem College & Seminary. First, […]
“I don’t think seminary is God’s will for me,” I told my wife four years ago on my birthday. “I’ve been praying for 13 years now. I am going to stop asking.” She kept praying. I reminded her of the odds: a deep discount, even a full-tuition scholarship, still would not be sufficient. Three years […]
There are numerous times during my week where I simply forget. Ask my wife and she will tell you I frequently forget where I put my truck keys. My boys will tell you that I often forget telling them they could stay up late on Friday and watch a movie (even as I confidently assert […]
On his first morning in the United States of America in August 2007, having just arrived from Cameroon to become a student at Bethlehem, Dieudonné Tamfu lifted this prayer to God:* “Lord I will be going out to see the new world into which you have brought me. I do not now know how it […]