Scott Pitts: the cannon of scripture
Subscribe in a readerToday it's time once again for Scott Pitts (a 5-year, veteran staff member with the ESBS) to give his annual lecture on the "cannon of scripture." The lecture takes the students on a 2 hour whirlwind tour through the history surrounding how the 66 books in our Bible were written, preserved, and finally included in our cannon.
Last year's lecture is available right now on our website under the audio tab: (link below)
http://www.esbsonline.org/audio-2011-12/
This special evening lecture exists as part of our curriculum because Scott studied for it, prepared for it, and has a passion to give it. It's extra, it's awesome, and its just another one of many examples of just how deep the bench is at the ESBS from a staffing perspective. We are blessed to have some real Bible studs on staff, and Scott is at the top of that list.
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| scott preparing to teach the cannon lecture |
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| scott with his crazy timeline on the board |
Wrapping up the "Seminar"
Subscribe in a readerWe are nearing the end of the first three weeks of the school year, a section of the program we call "the seminar." These first three weeks the students are in class morning and evening, baby-stepping their way towards mastering the steps of the inductive study method. Now towards the end of that portion of the school, the students are handling more and more of the study time on their own, and after this friday we will no longer have evening classes.
So far we've studied Philemon, Titus, Philippians and Ephesians. Tomorrow we start the gospel of Mark. I for one am glad to be entering into more of a normal work schedule with classes only in the morning. Everyone seems to be off to a great start and Im once again very thankful for getting to take yet another trip through the Bible.
Tom
ESBS 2013 has begun!
Subscribe in a readerWe have 9 students embarking on the journey through the Bible at the ESBS this year. We're excited to take the trip through the Bible with them
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| kiddos |
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| first day of class |
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| handsome teacher up there |
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| a super duper illustration |
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| hanging out at the pitts house |
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| dinner at the pitts house |
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| ice cream outing |
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| att the pitts |
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| lecture |
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| staff and students |
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| staff and students |
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| todd livingston and luke phillips |
ESBS and Gordon-Conwell Seminary
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Dr Tom Petter, a former SBS staff member (within YWAM) and current professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell Seminary has just announced that Gordon-Conwell will now be accepting applications for masters level programs from any former or current SBS staff member who has served on staff two years or longer, regardless of whether that person has completed an undergraduate degree.
This offer extends to ESBS staff as well.
That's pretty neat, and it speaks both to the heart of the faculty at Gordon-Conwell seminary, and to the strength of the SBS/ESBS program and its staff.
The ESBS family
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| ESBS staff and families on the new ski boat |
Today we begin our 7th ESBS staff training, and my heart is full of thankfulness as I think back through 6 years of God's goodness to us in lake lure.
Yesterday the ESBS staff were out on the lake enjoying the camp's new mastercraft ski boat, and I couldn't help but notice that the adults were outnumbered by the kids, 6 of whom were not even born when the ESBS began in 2006.
Program, schedules and business aside, its awesome to see the ESBS family growing up one kid at a time. Currently there are 10 staff children living alongside the ESBS community all year long, and I can't tell you how cool it is to hear the sounds of a full playground at camp lurecrest when just a few years ago the squirrels had exclusive rights to the property over the winter months. I for one am happy to be preparing to take another group of students on this amazing journey through the Bible, and I'm overjoyed to be doing it surrounded by our 10 little reminders of God's goodness.
Tom