Dr. Shields delivered his "farewell" sermon yesterday in Chapel. It was a good sermon recalling the many lessons he learned from churches during his journey. I'm disappointed that the turnout wasn't as large as it should have been. I don't think many people realized this was his final sermon.

Dr. Shields has a unique sense of humor - similar to ( Read more... )

"Man, I think I'm on drugs." ~ Dr. Ramsaran

"(In the book of Esther) God had providentially put a plan in place to preserve His people...the alliteration is free of charge." ~ Dr. Rollston

"Those people are so narrow (minded) they can look through a keyhole with both eyes at the same time."
~ John Wasem

In preparing for my New Testament Intro final, I have come across a few quotes from our distinguished professor. I enjoy his class quite a bit. He doesn’t just throw out all of this information and expect us to simply regurgitate it on a test paper. He regularly addresses issues that will be of benefit in the real world of day-to-day ministry. ( Read more... )

OK, so I don't have Dr. Marwede for Greek this year, but he continues to be with our class in Intermediate Greek. So, in honor of Dr. Marwede, the Marwedisms have returned for a limited engagement. Yesterday, we had a participle party as we reviewed everyone's favorite form of speech ( Read more... )

"If you're a minister's kid and think you have scars, thank your lucky stars you didn't grow up a prophet's kid" ~ Dr. Rollston ( Read more... )

The very first entry for the Spring term was more accidental rather than Dr. Marwede attempting to be funny. He painted himself in a corner on this one, and I felt bad for him as he tried to find a way out without saying what he wanted to say ( Read more... )

Again, not from Dr. Marwede, but worth noting all the same.

"Sure -- You don't mind if I fail you, do you?" - Dr. Rollston in response to a student who asked, "You don't mind if I keep my notes out for this test, do you?"

Let's see what notable words Dr. Marwede has tomorrow...

I had to take the kids with me to school yesterday so I could take my final quiz in Greek. After I finished, we walked to Dr. Marwede's office, and he was standing in his doorway, talking to another student. Aiden walked right up to him and said, "Hi, what's your name ( Read more... )