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I just today found out that dear Dr. Hoehner went to be with the Lord back in February!
No one told us.
Nick
Here is another testimony to Hoehner from Dr. Wallace back in Dec 2008:
http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2008/12/harold-w-hoehner/#more-1541
A Tribute to Beloved Professor Dr. Harold W. Hoehner
1935-2009
February 12, 2009
If you have a story to tell about how Dr. Hoehner impacted you, please share it at http://www.dts.edu/landing/hoehnertribute/
The Lord called home a faithful servant on February 12, 2009. Dr. Harold Hoehner passed away at the age of 74. His legacy and influence on Dallas Theological Seminary will be lasting. Dr. Hoehner was Distinguished Professor of New Testament Studies. He carried on a very fruitful and significant career, teaching and providing leadership to the academic work of Dallas Seminary for forty-two years—twenty-seven of those years as Director of Ph.D. Studies and twenty-four as chairman of the New Testament department.
As a department chair, he brought the highest ideals in academic standards to the DTS campus along with compassion and encouragement to his department faculty and their families. Along with others in the department, he crafted a thorough yet learner-friendly model of New Testament Greek exegesis that is widely used today.
As a teacher, he always pushed his students toward excellence, careful study of Scripture, and fair-minded interaction with the wider world of New Testament scholarship. His magnificent commentary on Ephesians—his magnum opus—will continue to instruct and inspire pastors and teachers for many years to come. Because one of his books is entitled Herod Antipas, he became affectionately known to a generation of students as “Herod Hoehner.” He was known for his unwavering love for the style manual by Kate Turabian. With King’s College of Cambridge, England, as his doctoral alma mater, some have said his only educational regret was that he did not attend Texas A&M (simply because he loved Aggie jokes so much)!
As a person, Harold was a man of integrity, frugality, hard work, strong opinions, and fairness to others coupled with a loyal, collegial spirit, humility, and humor. Though he was not a good actor by his own admission, he took opportunities to participate in Senior Chapel or Missions Conference videos because he knew students would get a laugh seeing him trying to act cool. His loving and exemplary family life with Gini, their four adult children, and eleven grandchildren was a model and blessing to all of us.
In 2006, the New Testament faculty, former students, and fellow scholars published a book on New Testament exegesis as a tribute to Harold as their teacher, mentor, colleague, and friend. The editors concluded the preface with these words: “Most of all Harold has shown us what it means to be a man of God, committed to Christ and His gospel, and reflecting the fruit of the Spirit over a lifetime of faithful service.”
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
"Come What May" Great Movie
Have you noticed the item at the bottom of this blog? It is an advertisement for a movie called Come What May. I was really excited about it because it features Patrick Henry College where Katie wants to go) and it involves the debate team and the Moot Court the have each year. This time it was about the abortion.
I have been waiting for the right time to watch it and so I did last night. I was disappointed but not by the story. It was the acting. It kind of reminds me of Flywheel by the Kendrick brothers, who just brought out Fireproof! I think they have created a great story but often you feel like the actors are fake.
Now this is their first movie and it got a lot of things right, like scenery, plot, etc.
So in the same way the Kendrick brothers started out small and started making better movies I hope the same for this group!
So I kind of hope they enhance it and come out with Come What May 2.0.
I have been waiting for the right time to watch it and so I did last night. I was disappointed but not by the story. It was the acting. It kind of reminds me of Flywheel by the Kendrick brothers, who just brought out Fireproof! I think they have created a great story but often you feel like the actors are fake.
Now this is their first movie and it got a lot of things right, like scenery, plot, etc.
So in the same way the Kendrick brothers started out small and started making better movies I hope the same for this group!
So I kind of hope they enhance it and come out with Come What May 2.0.
Encouragement from Steve Douglass (President of CCC)
This is a great reminder of what we need to be about!
In John 15:5 we find Jesus saying: “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing” (English Standard Version).
Nothing! That is the extent of the significance of what we do apart from Jesus.
The corollary to this is illustrated in Philippians 4:13 where Paul says, “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”
So there is our choice: Nothing or everything. And it hinges on whether we depend on God. You might be thinking “I know that, and I teach it to my disciples.” Good, but the question is, “Do you (and I) practice it?” Are we completely dependent on God in our thoughts and actions?
In December the Global Leadership Team and the Directors of Affairs met together. We were considering what we most needed to change if we wanted to pursue God’s calling effectively. Five areas of “culture change” were already proposed and were being planned in more detail. But one subgroup was appointed to consider what else needed more emphasis – in addition to the five. This group prayed and discussed and they came back to the main meeting with “more passion for and dependence on God.”
They concluded that, although there are many excellent qualities of Campus Crusade there is one thing we cannot afford to lack: Wholehearted trust in God.
There were right. We dare not be just OK in that. We need to be outstanding.
Again, we know that. We have a great deal of ministry content related to that. So what needs to change for each of us?
Let me tell from my own experience where the danger lies. I have been in full-time service of our Lord for 40 years. I have seen the ministry face very significant challenges and seen God deliver us from some of them. I have experienced the deaths of both of my parents and had God provide supernatural peace in spite of that. I have personally had to give leadership during a number of crises and seen God provide solutions miraculously. But as wonderful as that is, those very experiences plant the seeds of self-reliance. I can feel like I know what I am doing now. Very subtly I can begin to depend on my experiences more and on God less.
That can happen to all of us in the Christian life in general. When we begin to master some of the basic disciplines of the faith, like prayer and Bible Study, we can start believing more in our knowledge, experience and training and less in God.
So what can we do about that? We can start by admitting it. If it is true of us, we have to see it before we can address it. Second, like with any sin, we need to repent of it. Personally, I am horrified when I sense signs of self-reliance. I quickly ask God’s forgiveness for my foolishness. How could I overlook or deny His gracious action and provision in the past?
Third, we can ask Him for fresh ways to depend on Him:
• How to be sure we are filled with the Holy Spirit continually.• How to pray about everything.• How to exercise faith in practical ways.
My prayer is that our lives will be characterized by the supernatural presence of God. I certainly see evidence of that in many stories that come to me every month. But, I also know how easy it is to stop depending on God with our whole heart.
So my exhortation is let’s learn to trust God together even more. We can do nothing apart from Christ.
For you thoughts and prayers during some future devotional time:
1. Are there sometimes when you have found yourself moving toward reliance on yourself versus on God?
2. When you notice that, have you found you can see it as sin and repent of it?
3. See if you can think of some fresh ways you can depend on God more continuously.
In John 15:5 we find Jesus saying: “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing” (English Standard Version).
Nothing! That is the extent of the significance of what we do apart from Jesus.
The corollary to this is illustrated in Philippians 4:13 where Paul says, “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”
So there is our choice: Nothing or everything. And it hinges on whether we depend on God. You might be thinking “I know that, and I teach it to my disciples.” Good, but the question is, “Do you (and I) practice it?” Are we completely dependent on God in our thoughts and actions?
In December the Global Leadership Team and the Directors of Affairs met together. We were considering what we most needed to change if we wanted to pursue God’s calling effectively. Five areas of “culture change” were already proposed and were being planned in more detail. But one subgroup was appointed to consider what else needed more emphasis – in addition to the five. This group prayed and discussed and they came back to the main meeting with “more passion for and dependence on God.”
They concluded that, although there are many excellent qualities of Campus Crusade there is one thing we cannot afford to lack: Wholehearted trust in God.
There were right. We dare not be just OK in that. We need to be outstanding.
Again, we know that. We have a great deal of ministry content related to that. So what needs to change for each of us?
Let me tell from my own experience where the danger lies. I have been in full-time service of our Lord for 40 years. I have seen the ministry face very significant challenges and seen God deliver us from some of them. I have experienced the deaths of both of my parents and had God provide supernatural peace in spite of that. I have personally had to give leadership during a number of crises and seen God provide solutions miraculously. But as wonderful as that is, those very experiences plant the seeds of self-reliance. I can feel like I know what I am doing now. Very subtly I can begin to depend on my experiences more and on God less.
That can happen to all of us in the Christian life in general. When we begin to master some of the basic disciplines of the faith, like prayer and Bible Study, we can start believing more in our knowledge, experience and training and less in God.
So what can we do about that? We can start by admitting it. If it is true of us, we have to see it before we can address it. Second, like with any sin, we need to repent of it. Personally, I am horrified when I sense signs of self-reliance. I quickly ask God’s forgiveness for my foolishness. How could I overlook or deny His gracious action and provision in the past?
Third, we can ask Him for fresh ways to depend on Him:
• How to be sure we are filled with the Holy Spirit continually.• How to pray about everything.• How to exercise faith in practical ways.
My prayer is that our lives will be characterized by the supernatural presence of God. I certainly see evidence of that in many stories that come to me every month. But, I also know how easy it is to stop depending on God with our whole heart.
So my exhortation is let’s learn to trust God together even more. We can do nothing apart from Christ.
For you thoughts and prayers during some future devotional time:
1. Are there sometimes when you have found yourself moving toward reliance on yourself versus on God?
2. When you notice that, have you found you can see it as sin and repent of it?
3. See if you can think of some fresh ways you can depend on God more continuously.
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