practical wisdom to help seminary students avoid burnout and finish well
Today is Friday, August 29th, 2008
The average American watches 4 hours, 35 minutes of television every day. (Center for Screen-Time Awareness, 2007 Fact Sheet)
Annually, that’s 1,673 hours. Can you believe it? Almost 10 weeks a year, just watching TV. It is a waste of your life!
We understand the need for a little entertainment or down-time, but TV is a time [...]
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March 31st, 2008 | Mark | 1 comment | Continued
(”Learn to…” Series, part four)
Seminary cannot teach you to love people. If you are going to lead God’s people, however, you must learn to love them.
Seminary by its nature is primarily devoted to the formation of the mind, to think right thoughts about God, to master theology. This is an important pursuit which I do [...]
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March 27th, 2008 | Mark | 1 comment | Continued
Here’s a poll question to inform our post coming this Thursday.
Given the choice, would you rather have a pastor noted for his intellect or for his love?
I’d want a pastor with an uncommon love (81%, 25 Votes)
I’d want a pastor with an uncommon intellect (19%, 6 Votes)
Total Voters: 31
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March 25th, 2008 | Mark | 1 comment | Continued
Seminary Time Waster #3: Interruptions and Task Switching.
The kind of study you are doing at seminary requires deliberate and sustained thinking—the kind which is impossible in high-interruption environments. You should aim in your study time for long, uninterrupted blocks of time. I’d recommend a minimum of 90 minutes. You should have enough time to get [...]
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March 24th, 2008 | Mark | 3 comments | Continued
He made Him who knew no sin
to be sin on our behalf,
so that we might become
the righteousness of God in Him.
2 Corinthians 5:21
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March 21st, 2008 | Mark | 0 comments | Continued
It’s tax time, and a great time to remember that because we’re taxed on income, you can get more money by saving than you can by earning more.
Or, to put it more succinctly: a dollar saved is two dollars earned.
You get to keep all the money you save.
You don’t get to keep all the money [...]
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March 20th, 2008 | Mark | 0 comments | Continued
Technology has given us the Internet, and the ability to instantly communicate worldwide. Wonderful isn’t it?
It has also given us
email in-boxes full of spam
stupid forwards you’ve seen a thousand times already.
access to millions of webstores where we can spend all the money we don’t have
video games, the most fun way to waste your life
other entertainments [...]
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March 17th, 2008 | Mark | 2 comments | Continued
Bryan Lilly wrote a great post about the pretension and unreality that is bred by the academic environment at seminary. He calls it being in “academic mode.”
Here’s an excerpt:
I can be at the ready to discuss at length why I’m an amillennialist, but I’m afraid to come up to that same person and say “hey, [...]
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March 14th, 2008 | Mark | 0 comments | Continued
to Rendezvous with God, for the link and the nod. Thanks Chris.
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March 12th, 2008 | Mark | 0 comments | Continued
We’re all very well acquainted with the problem of procrastination. Putting off things that we do not enjoy or are dreading is a very human temptation, but is completely self-destructive.
Here are a few practical tips on overcoming procrastination. Some of these tips will work well for you, others won’t. Pick and choose as you will.
Don’t [...]
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March 12th, 2008 | Mark | 1 comment | Continued
Good thoughts again. Thanks, as always, Mark.
A couple of thoughts I might add in:
~For one, expect that you will ...
I just wanted to thank y'all for all of your great posts. They have been very helpful, and have ...
Well said.
The whole of 1 Cor. 8:1-3 seems to tell more of the story, as “knowledge puffs up, but ... Amen again. Great post.
A wise leader once told me that, "work expands to fill the time allowed it." What I ... Ditto on Shaun's comment.
Also, it's too late now for summer-- but as Christmas break approaches, you might also consider ...
Also, take a book with you wherever you go. You'd be amazed at how much extra reading you can ... If you have more than one computer in your home, you may want to consider using an online calendar like ...
This was a very insightful message, and couldn't have come at a better time. I was in church this ...
I have often found it really is better to be silent and though a fool than speak and prove it. ... Christ never won people over by extensive knowledge; in fact it was quite the opposite. Jesus would rebuke the ...
