Diagramming the Bible

Some time ago I was shocked to learn that there were so many people across the pond that knew, or at least had learnt how to diagram sentences! Apparently, it is not being taught in schools there anymore, but many of my age were taught how to diagram. I have never learnt how to diagram in high school (late 70s) or Bible school (late 80s).

Recently I decided to start learning how to diagram, so I bought myself a book to learn. I bought Diagrammatical Analysis by Lee L. Kantenwein. The book is an endless quagmire of examples. What I did not find very helpful from this book is that there are no explanations on how to get to the end result of those examples. I probably just have to slow things down and go through the book step-by-step. I went through the Introduction to get an idea of what we are dealing with, and then I did a quick scan through the rest of the book to find out what is waiting for me down the line.

So, as you can see, I am not a “diagrammer.” Through the 1980s and 1990s, I would underline verses and make comments in the margins about those verses, and then through the 2000s and 2010s I applied a more visual approach with drawn icons, lists and comments.

Leon Morris on Life in the Spirit

Leon Morris

“It is nonsense to talk about a Christian who does not have the Spirit. That is a contradiction in terms. It is a distinctive of the Christian way that the lowliest believer enjoys the presence of God’s Spirit within him. . . .

“It is ethical conduct, not ecstatic behavior, that demonstrates the presence of the Spirit.”

Dads and Lads “Passed Thru Fire Experience” camp

This coming Thursday (29 September 2011), I am taking my son on a camp called the “Passed Thru Fire Experience.” The “Passed thru Fire Experience” is built around a series of Activities/Ordeals and Sessions addressing the 6 attributes of Courage, Self Control, Righteousness, Care for the Weak, Integrity and Obedience to godly authority – the whole event unfolds throughout the 3 days and culminates in the Passage, an incredibly profound experience for both fathers and sons.

The camp is essentially a 3 day experience, although we are arriving on Thursday and return on Sunday. We arrive at the camp on Thursday evening at 18:00 and return home just after lunch on Sunday.

The next two videos give us a glimpse of the camp.

More about the “Passed Thru Fire Experience” can be found at Heartland.