- 1. Class attendance-
- Student is to be present, to be on time, and to actively participate in class discussion.
- See EBC attendance policy.
- 2. Bible Reading-
- Students will read the Psalms in their entirety in a literal or dynamic equivalent translation (no paraphrases).
- As part of the midterm and final exams, students will report the approximate percentage of the assigned readings completed.
- This percentage will have bearing on the mark of the exam.
- For the midterm, students are to have read Psalms 1-78;
- for the final, students are to have read Psalms 79-150.
- 3. Scripture Devotion/Prayer Journal-
- In conjunction with the Scripture reading, each student should use the Scripture reading as a devotional practice.
- This ideally includes listening and prayer.
- Each student will write a weekly journal of their devotional and prayer time from the Psalms.
- Each weekly entry will record what God is speaking from the Psalms, and how the student is responding in prayer and obedience.
- Please keep each weekly entry at approximately ½ to 1 page in length.
- Due Friday Mar. 12.
- 4. Scripture Memorization-
- Students will memorize four Scriptures over the term, two for the midterm and two for the final exam.
- The students will choose two passages from each of the following lists and memorize them verbatim from the NIV translation (including punctuation).
- Students will then write out from memory the passages on the respective exams.
- For the Midterm- choose 2
- 1:6
- 4:1
- 8:1
- 19:13
- 24:3-4
- 25:1-2
- 33:1
- 42:11
- 51:1-2
- 56:3-4
- 57:1
- 86:11
- 73:25-26
- 78:4
- For the Final Exam- choose 2
- 90:13-14
- 91:1-2
- 93:1
- 95:1
- 115:1
- 116:1-2
- 117:1-2
- 121:1-4
- 123:1-2
- 128:1-2
- 130:1-2
- 135:5-6
- 143:8
- 146:5-6
- 5. Weekly exegesis exercises-
- 6. Textbook reading and Book Report-
- Students will write a book report on the textbook Answering God by Eugene Peterson.
- The book report must be typewritten and contain the following items:
- 1) Describe the overall thesis/message of the book.
- 2) Summarize each of the chapters and how each chapter contributes to the overall message.
- 3) Describe what about the book impacted you the most and how it will impact your life and ministry.
- 4) Describe the action steps you plan to take to implement and apply what you have learned and gained from reading this book.
- Due Monday. Mar. 8.
- 7. Midterm Exam-
- A 45 minute exam covering:
- all of the material covered up to that point,
- all of the textbook reading assigned up to that point,
- the assigned Scripture reading and Scripture memory.
- Monday Feb. 8.
- hyperlink to midterm study guide
- 8. Final Exam-
- A 100 minute exam covering:
- all of the material covered after the midterm,
- all of the textbook reading assigned after the midterm,
- the assigned Scripture reading and Scripture memory.
- Thursday Mar. 18, 8am.
- hyperlink to final exam study guide
- 9. Extra Credit for leading Scripture song and/or prayer.-
- Student may earn 1 percent extra credit point (max. 5) for each time they lead the class in a worship song and/or prayer-
- the lyrics/words of which are based (almost exclusively) on the text of a passage from the Psalms.
- Student must schedule with the instructor beforehand on a first come- first served basis.