Well, 2006 is here and in full swing. Classes have started again and this month is about the Reformed confessions of faith. Very interesting and up to this point a great class. It is helpful to be able to trace the roots of the faith that I have grown up with and to discover the well-spring that there is to draw from.
Today Central Pres (my church in Austin) we installed new elders and deacons and it got me started thinking ove the ordination questions that are asked not only of elders and deacons, but of new pastors as well. The first are about trusting in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and acccepting the Scriptures as God's word, being instructed by the confessions of the faith all of which I answered as I was ordained as an elder. Another one that I answered as an elder and will be called upon to do so again really struck me today.
"Will you seek to serve the people with energy, intelligence, imagination and love?"
My favorite piece here is imagination! I have printed this out and posted it on my dorm room wall as a reminder to seek to do all I do at seminary with energy, intelligence, love and most importantly IMAGINATION!
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