Mr. Locke’s Classroom

Today was the first day of classes for the fall semester — marking the beginning of my first (junior) year as a seminary student at Princeton Theological Seminary.  Since I last posted about my fall schedule, I’ve made a few changes:  I dropped my Old Testament class (placed out of it, actually, since I had [...]

Even though I’m still in the thick of Summer Greek, I managed to register for classes this week, along with all the other incoming Juniors here at Princeton Theological Seminary.  Almost all of the classes are required, so I didn’t have too much say in the matter, but I did get to pick one “elective.” [...]

Walking the line between confident self-expression and pompous diatribe is tricky (ironically enough, “diatribe” comes from a Greek word that means “waste of time”). This is certainly true of blogs in general, and mine specifically.
Last week, I crossed that line. I wrote a public criticism of the educational methods used in my Greek [...]

***Please Only Read this Post in Conjunction with This One, Published Shortly Afterward.***
That may seem like an audacious title coming from someone only three weeks into Summer Greek in his first year of seminary, so let me preface: I’m not an expert in Biblical Greek. I don’t presume to be. But I [...]

People have started wars, split churches, and even been burned at the stake over this simple question casually posed to me by my three year old son last night at dinner.
“Daddy, is Jesus God?”
It would have been easy to give the quick, standard, unquestionable answer I was raised with:
“Yes, Grady. Absolutely. Now finish [...]

On my second day of class, I missed the bus (actually it’s a shuttle, but saying I missed the bus sounds more dramatic).  Amy drove me to the seminary, and we got stuck in traffic, so I walked into class ten minutes late.  And then my preceptor (it’s a Princeton thing, I’ll talk about it [...]

So classes start this Monday. Well, one at least — my Greek class. And from what I’ve heard, that should be enough: It’s a ten-week course, and due to the “intensity” of it all, students are highly discouraged from working part-time jobs or anything that might distract. I’ve got my textbooks [...]