Barely Beck

This is the culmination of a 3rd year exegesis subject that I finally completed at the end of my degree. This assessment task was to have been delivered orally.

To compensate for the lack of actual delivery, I have provided bolded and italicised words and sentences to indicate where verbal stress would have been delivered during the sermon.

Just as a footnote, exegesis: “(from the Greek ἐξηγεῖσθαι ‘to lead out’) is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text. Traditionally the term was used primarily for exegesis of the Bible, however in contemporary usage it has broadened to mean a critical explanation of any text and the term Biblical exegesis is used for greater specificity. The goal of Biblical exegesis is to explore the meaning of the text which then leads to discovering its significance or relevance. (thanks Wikipedia)”

Read the Acts 4 Sermon here

This essay was my last piece of work for my theology degree. It is for an applied ethics subject. I chose ethical weddings because at the time, I was about to get married, and it seemed very relevant andappropriate to explore some of the ethical implications of wedding ceremonies. It received a mark of 87%

Precis:
This essay seeks to engage the ethical weddings movement, critique in the light of theological validity and to provide a sound understanding of Christian ethical responsibility in regards to weddings.
Following an ethical model developed in the context of a post-modern, post-Christian culture, this essay seeks to provide a culturally valid approach to applying Christian values to the ethical issues raised.

Read the essay “Ethically Wed: Towards Guilt-Free Celebrations” here

Day two of the musings. (more…)

I’m reading a really interesting book on the postmodernity at the moment - the theology behind it and the ramifications of that… (I took it out of my bag this morning, so I can’t tell you the title right now)… But the interesting thing so far is the discussions about the ‘dark side’ of modernity - the difficulties with it as a philosophical framework and the ways in which the post-modern era (and in turn, the more emerging churches) try to correct some of those flaws.

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So, I’ve been having a bit of a discussion ( I use the term loosely) with a fellow Spacer. And its really making me think about some of my core values.

For example.
I hold these truths to be self-evident (to steal an intro line from… somewhere ):

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