Semester Retrospective Spring 2007 - Your Opinion Needed

We're all frantic about finishing the papers and preparing for finals. Here's your chance to slow down and reflect on what God has been doing this semester in your life.

Said at Southern is taking open nomination for our first ever “Semester Retrospective." Please leave your nominations in the comments. Multiple nominations are ok. We'll need everyone's help to get a decent run of comments on this - I'm even granting a temporary indulgence of the weird blogger word verification, so comments will be easier!

1. Professor: Who was your favorite professor this semester? Only nominate professors you actually had this Semester.
   
   
2. Chapel: What was your favorite SBTS chapel message this semester?
   
   
3. Buzz: What created the loudest buzz this semester? This can be a theological topic or an event.
   
   
4. Epiphany: What was your biggest “ah-ha” moment this semester? Did you learn something that will change your life or impact forever change your ministry?
   
   
5. Classes: What was your most demanding & least demanding classes this semester?
   
   
6. Books: What was your favorite book(s) you read this semester?
   
   
7. In Sum: How would you characterize this semester for future students. Complete the sentence, “That was the semester that _____________________________.” I’m looking for campus wide significance here.
   

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Video - John Piper's Christ-Centered Grammar at SBTS

This may be the most Christ-exalting language I've ever heard. This is one reason why I love Dr. Piper's preaching - he is relentless in pointing me to Jesus. You can listen to the whole sermon here.

This is our 5th post on Piper and we have at least one more to go. Here are the first four.

• The Passion and Joy of John Piper
• Welcome to Southern Dr. John Piper - you're bad and we are too.
• Piper warns that Southern is "posh"
• John Piper @ Southern Next Week

Other SBTS bloggers were talking about Piper this week.

• Gospel Bomb Detonates at Southern Chapel from Larger Needle...or Smaller Camel
• Liveblogging Pastor John Piper at Southern Seminary... from Call To Die
• Idol Smashing from The Silent Holocron
  
• Seminary Idol from 5SOLAS
• John Piper on God and the Gospel via Reformed Baptist Thinker
• Home School Curriculum
  
• posted by Tony Kummer March 31, 2007.
• If you are looking for 2008 Vacation Bible School - Vacation Bible School 2008 curriculum, material of themes check out my preview of VBS 2008.
  
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John Piper @ Southern Next Week

Tuesday, March 27th and Thursday, March 29th John Piper will be back at Southern Seminary Chapel. I was at Boyce when he came in 1999. The whole campus was turned upside down. He even spent the week visiting classrooms and taking questions. Everywhere guys were talking about his "passion." His people handed out free cassettes at the post office. This was where I first hear "Christian Hedonism." A week later I was reading Desiring God - then Edwards.

I fully expect some of you clever bloggers to try to get an interview with him while he is on campus. Maybe Timmy could pull it off?

To get a head start on next week's visit I am linking two of his sermons from the Mullins Lectures in 1999. Enjoy.

Sept. 14, 1999: "Why Does Preaching Have Such a Prominent Place in Worship"

Sept. 16, 1999: "A Zeal That Accords with Knowledge"