Other times, you’ll need to think about counterarguments against ideas you encounter that are wrong.ĭon’t rush the reading just because it takes time. You’ll need to pause and chew on a complex thought. If you want to get the most out of them, you need to read slow. It may be possible, but you’re more likely to choke. Speed reading in seminary is like trying to swallow a porterhouse steak in as few bites as possible. The books you’ll read in seminary are thick and meaty. I’ve tried it, but it’s another way of trying to cut corners. This won’t be popular, because it seems that everyone else recommends learning to speed read. Will you do the work or cut corners? Don’t cheat yourself.
But if you don’t read the assignments, it’ll show on the test and in your papers. Too many students solve the problem by not reading all of them. There will be days that you feel buried under a mountain of books. You may have been able to pass your high school English class without reading the book, but that won’t work in seminary. When you study, you are pondering the infinite glory and wonders of God. But dreading the work isn’t going to help.įlip your perspective and see your study as worship. It’s easy to lament the burden of the hours of reading, lectures, and papers. If your knowledge doesn’t lead to a greater love for people, pride has taken over.
Remember who you were before Christ, how Christ saved you, how you fall short every day. You’ll be tempted to think you are smarter than everyone else because you have more knowledge than they do. Pride is the biggest threat to seminary students. Here are some of the tips that helped me. If you are struggling through seminary or thinking about enrolling, I know how it feels. I applied what I learned from my first mistakes, and it changed the game. I wasn’t ready.Ī few years later, I enrolled in seminary again with renewed focus. My grades were good, but I couldn’t sustain the workload because my life was in chaos. In my first attempt, I dropped out in the first semester because I had too much going on: a job transition, moving, the premature birth of my son, lack of sleep, and recovering from burnout.Īll this led me to be less organized and unprepared for the intense focus that seminary requires. In my second attempt, I graduated with honors. My first attempt was short-lived because I didn’t set myself up for success.
0 kommentar(er)
