Reformed Forum: Christ in the Old Testament

Aug 8, 2011 • By David Murray • 0 Comments

Anyone who’s interested in a Christ-centered understanding the Old Testament should listen to (or watch on video) this Reformed Forum podcast with Lane Tipton, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Seminary.

Although a few parts of the discussion are a bit technical/academic, the vast majority of it is accessible and extremely helpful.

How to complete an MIT Physics Class in 4.5 days

Aug 8, 2011 • By David Murray • 0 Comments

Here’s something to inspire students as they gear up for classes again. Scott Young specializes in rapid learning. His latest experiment was to complete and pass an MIT Physics class in 4.5 days!

He had a threefold strategy:

Watch lectures at 1.5x speed
Work early. finish early (6am to 7pm, including a 25min midday nap!)
Relate everything to the subject

And his big three tactics were:

Deliberate practice
The 5-year-old method
Visceralization

The last one sounds a bit scary, but you can read his explanation here. The one that resonated most with me was “the 5-year-old method.”

My best method for that was to write on a blank piece of paper the name of the concept and write out an explanation to myself in terms even a 5-year old could understand.

This is something I often do in sermon preparation.

His three takeaways from this experiment were:

Have a clear strategy
Never memorize what needs to be understood
Clearly separate work from time off

I’m not suggesting Scott’s method as the best long-term educational approach; there’s a significant difference between passing an exam and learning. However, he’s pushing the boundaries of intellectual possibility and providing us with valuable and challenging lessons in the process.

Children’s Bible Reading Plan (44)

Aug 7, 2011 • By David Murray • 2 Comments

This week’s Morning and Evening schedule in pdf and Word.

And here’s this week’s single use schedule in pdf and Word.

First six months of the Morning and Evening schedule in Word.

Meditations and Devotions

Aug 6, 2011 • By David Murray • 0 Comments

You can get some regular nourishment for your soul at Case Van Kempen’s Meditations and Devotions.

Pastoral Theology Resources

Aug 6, 2011 • By David Murray • 3 Comments

Jeremy Walker at The Wanderer is doing the church valuable service by his ongoing collection and summarizing of pastoral theology resources here. He’s up to the letter D. Stay tuned as he works his way through the alphabet.