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Introducing Ourselves

Introducing Ourselves. Who am I, and how am I unique?. INTERPRETATION. I. Of self (DMin 911) II. Of our world (DMin 913) III. Of the source for authority (DMin 911) IV. Of people of God (DMin 912) V. Tools for interpretation (DMin 911). INTERPRETATION (cont).

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Introducing Ourselves

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  1. Introducing Ourselves Who am I, and how am I unique?

  2. INTERPRETATION • I. Of self (DMin 911) • II. Of our world (DMin 913) • III. Of the source for authority (DMin 911) • IV. Of people of God (DMin 912) • V. Tools for interpretation (DMin 911)

  3. INTERPRETATION (cont) • VI. Of leadership (DMin 911, 960, 962) • VII. Of need for change- of self (DMin 941); of context (DMin 961, 962)

  4. COURSE CONTENTS • Understanding myself and you • Understanding authority • Understanding Scripture • Understanding leadership and leadership types • Understanding decision making

  5. Declaration of Independence • We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal... • TRUE OR FALSE? • Biologically? • Economically? • Theologically?

  6. Declaration (cont.) • ...that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

  7. SHARED VALUE AND WORTH • JOHN 3:16 • ROMANS 3:23 • Certain new theologians dispute original sin, which is the only part of Christian theology which can really be proved. (G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy)

  8. UNIQUENESS AND GIFTING • JOHN 3:16 • EPHESIANS 4:7, 11-12 • ROMANS 12:1-8 • 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1, 4-12 • 1 PETER 4:10-11

  9. GIFTING (OT) • EXODUS 18:13-26 • EXODUS 17:10-13 • EXODUS 24:14 • JEREMIAH 18:18 • EZEKIEL 7:25-27

  10. MOTTO VERSEROMANS 12:6a • God has given each of us the ability to do certain things well. (NLT) • We have different gifts according to the grace God has given to us. (NIV)

  11. UNIQUENESS- PERSONALITY Recognizable in many aspects of life • Kids • Spouse

  12. Hesitancy in church • ‘Psychology’- Jung, Freud • Not using biblical categories

  13. Real, observable traits • Peter • Job • Lamech

  14. Personality Type Tools • Taylor- Johnson Temperament Indicator (http://assessments.ncs.com/assessments/ tests/tjta.htm) • MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Indicator; http://assessments.ncs.com/ assessments/tests/mmpi_2.htm) • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

  15. CAUTIONS FOR USE • Not a pass-fail exam • Not a value judgment

  16. MORE CAUTIONS • Not unchangeably fixed • Our type is not us

  17. CHRISTIANS ARE CALLED TO LOVE THE LABELS OFF PEOPLE Diana Swope, Ashland DMin graduate

  18. M-BTI:Goldsworthy • What personality type did you find yourself to be? • What aspects of your devotional life and spiritual formation preferences are illuminated by understanding what your personality type is?

  19. TYPES IN THE BIBLE 1 John 1:1-4; Matt 8:3,15/John 6:35 Matt 5:37; 21:12-17/ Luke 7:36-50 Matt 19:13-15 / John 8:3-11

  20. IMPORTANCE OF TYPE UNDERSTANDING Self-understanding Understanding others

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