Fri, Oct 26
|Zoom Video Conference
Pausing To Think & Pray Course
David Merrill, Ph.D.
STARTS:
Oct 26, 2018, 5:45 PM
Zoom Video Conference
ABOUT:
REGISTRATION CLOSES: Friday, October 26 at 12pm PDT
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Professor: David Merrill, Ph.D.
Full Hybrid Course Runs: Friday, October 26, 2018 – Friday, December 14, 2018
Weekend Intensive:
- Dates & Times: Friday, October 26 @ 5:45–8:45pm PDT and Saturday, October 27 @ 7:00am–3:30pm PDT
- Location: Zoom Video Conference
Weekly Online Discussions:
- Dates & Times: Mondays, November 5, 12, 19, 26; December 3, 10 at 5:30-7:00pm PDT
- Location: Zoom Video Conference
Course Description:
How hurried and rushed are you? How much time do you carve out to think and pray? Is there a difference between thinking and praying? What does it mean to think Christianly? What does it mean to think? Is prayer nothing more than a form of thinking? Why is it so rare for professing Christians to gather together to pray unhurriedlly? What underlying beliefs keep believers from believing that extended, corporate prayer is worthwhile? What is the opportunity cost for failing to stop and think and for declining to pause to pray? This is a course on the theology of prayer.
Key Questions To Be Explored:
- What faculties of the mind does thinking involve?
- What is the difference between thinking and praying?
- What does it mean to pray? How does praying differ from saying prayers?
- How private should prayer be?
- What does your prayer life say about your theology?
PAYMENT:
Tuition
$50 OFF TUITION - EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNT ENDS: Friday, October 19th at 12pm PDT (Students who pay after October 19 will pay the full course tuition, $350) REGISTRATION CLOSES: Friday, October 26th at 12pm PDT
$350.00
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