UPDATE!

Sorry, anyone who reads this, it has been a while...
Here is a general update I made beginning of april

...Last semester was an interesting transition from the good news of Christ in the New Testament to the reason we needed him to come in the first place-the fall of man and the repercussions of sin throughout many generations. Despite God’s gift to the of the Law (an amazing tool that was to develop a unique identity after the Israelites Egyptian slavery) and His patience, miracles and fatherly discipline, mankind continued to prefer the death and destruction of immorality throughout the time of Moses, the Judges, and Kings. The repeated phrase of everyone doing what was right in their own eyes seemingly echoes a mindset that is prevalent in our Western society today, making the history of the Old Testament strangely familiar.
IF ONLY THEY HAD A SAVIOUR…Going through the history of the Old Testament leaves the reader craving the coming of Jesus. The benefits of reading the Law (including Leviticus, a great book!) and the historical account of the OT is that it creates a need that could only be fulfilled by Christ, leaving one to respond to the testimony of Christ with a helpless “Of course! Christ is the absolute solution.” Without the recognition of a need for him, Christ merely becomes a gimmick for another self-serving religion, a good guy with a friendly message. A couple classmates and I concluded that the OT is a meal, and the testimony of Christ the dessert-undeserved, yet given and satisfying.
Another blessing that I have found in this semester is that it makes the hard questions of the New Testament regarding God’s sovereignty in the arena of judgment null-in that one can recognize his righteousness and consistent character as the Judge of sin, that His judgment is not out of hate towards mankind, but rather the crippling grip of sin-the difficulty is that man chooses to pick up sin.
This coming semester we will primarily be looking at the prophets of the Old Testament, which I predict will only create a greater desire for the dessert of Christ. Thankfully, we will top off the semester in June with the gospel of Matthew. Hopefully the base will be running a second DTS starting in April, which will be a welcomed change of atmosphere. Also, it will soon be rodeo season in Alberta, which will serve as relaxing distraction on the weekends. I plan to send another update before the semester is finished, and hope to see some of you while i am out for a wedding in may.
Prayer requests: Continued perseverance to get through this next semester as the weather continues to be more of a distraction. A safe trip out in May. The April DTS. Those who are going on the SBS outreach to Thailand in July.