BETHEL SEMINARY

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OT716 - RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH & WRITING

Description

Writing can sharpen the writer's thinking and communication skills and benefit others who read the product, thus enhancing the learning of both.

 

Interactive Review Guide

One of the opportunities you have to develop life-long learning skills is your intentional engagement with others' perspectives on issues. In these assignments you get to interact with others (scholars, ministers, and others) on issues related to the material you are studying.

Tips on doing an Interactive Review:

As you read an assignment, interact with these persons:

  • analyze the perspective they bring to the issue or topic;
  • describe their philosophical and theological presuppositions;
  • evaluate their handling of the evidence;
  • and respond to the conclusions they offer.

As you write your interactive review (250-750 words)...
  • Concisely summarize the assigned reading.
  • In your second section, analyze the author’s philosophical/theological presuppositions.
  • In the third section, evaluate its strengths & weaknesses.
  • In the fourth section, describe what you learned.
  • In the last section, discuss implications for your ministry.

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Reflection Paper Guide

Growing out of our study of Scripture as progressive revelation should come a deeper understanding of God himself and a more intimate enjoyment of our relationship with him. Pray about this assignment as you work through your studies in this course

Tips on doing a Reflection Paper:

Reflection involves thoughtful, personal interaction. While this assignment is not a research assignment, it does require focus, organization and clear, cogent, concise articulation of your personal ruminations on some key discovery(ies) made during your study.

Before you begin to compose your paper...

  • focus on the theme(s) you want to write about.

As you write you reflection paper (1250 words)...

  • organize your thoughts around a clear thesis statement;
  • develop your thoughts in a way that will engage your readers.

Integrative Paper Guide

You get to prepare a concise and closely reasoned Integration Paper in which you discuss ways a leader in ministry might legitimately and effectively preach/teach theology from the various sections and genres of the Old Testament: Torah, Historical Narrative, Wisdom/Poetry, Prophecy.

Effective integration requires accurate analysis and meaningful synthesis.

Tips on doing an Integrative Paper:

  • Part One: a concise and closely reasoned discussion of the significance of the theology of the Old Testament for the modern Church and its mission (750 words).

  • Part Two: a concise and closely reasoned discussion of ways one who is a leader in ministry might legitimately and effectively preach/teach theology from various genres of the Old Testament: Law, Narrative, Wisdom, Psalms, Prophecy (500 words @ totalling 2500 words).

  • Part Three: a concise and closely reasoned discussion of the significance of Old Testament theology in
    ministry to persons from non-Christian and post-Christian cultures (750 words).

 

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