When you are a student, classes march on, regardless of what is going on in your home life. Last quarter we ended a study of the Pentateuch on 12/10, just in time for vacation and a few weeks to celebrate Christmas. But time flies, so January 3rd was the start of our next Fuller Theological Seminary class. We are in week three of “Systematic Theology 2 – Christology (the study of Christ), Pneumatology (the study of the Holy Spirit), and Soteriology (the doctrine of salvation).

Our last class wiped us out – too many late nights, between the discomforts from the pregnancy, the whole birth week, and then being up with Dylan and teething Marissa, in addition to at least 8 hours of homework each week. In our prayers for our studies, we always found ourselves begging God to give us both energy and a positive attitude about school, because we know that it is a huge privilege to be in seminary, and we truly do extrapolate so much from it. I was a bit nervous starting a new quarter because we were still reeling from the previous one, but I am so glad that we have pressed on.

Studying the theology of Christ – his names, his deity and humanity, the incarnation, his pre-existance and role in the Trinity, the ministry of the Holy Spirit, and the different beliefs about how someone obtains eternal life and is saved from hell – could the topics get any more interesting?!