MGVH Tenure Induction Presentation 2008.10.15

1. Mark G. Vitalis Hoffman Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg 15 October 2008

4. Pastor Luther Fisk, Bemidji, Minnesota LIVE!

5. Bibles! Bibles? Everything Comes from Greek Virtually There, Really

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7. Bibles! Bibles? Everything Comes from Greek Everything Comes from Greek Virtually There, Really

8. Academy or Professional School Bibles! Bibles?

9. Codex Sinaiticus online Bibles! Bibles?

10. www.illuminatedworld.com/ Bibles! Bibles?

11. http://www.amazon.com/Bible-Illuminated-Book-New-Testament/dp/919766944X/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product Some proclaim Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill… What does it matter? Just this, that Christ is proclaimed in every way, whether out of false motives or true; and in that I rejoice. Philippians 1.15-18 Bibles! Bibles? http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/05/now-as-a-magazine.html

12. Bibles! Bibles? Jamaican Patois

13. How does a seminary education prepare someone to present the Word of God? Bibles! Bibles?

14. Bibles! Bibles? Everything Comes from Greek Everything Comes from Greek Virtually There, Really

15. Content and Context Everything Comes from Greek

18. Content and Context How does a seminary education provide someone with the appropriate content that will equip them to faithfully apply it in a given context? Everything Comes from Greek

19. Bibles ! Bibles? Everything Comes from Greek Everything Comes from Greek Virtually There, Really

20. Education in a Digital Age Virtually There, Really

21. The Digital Dynamic: How Digital Communications Reframe the Church by M. Rex Miller Education in a Digital Age ORAL PRINT BROADCAST DIGITAL

22. How are we embedded in a digital, global culture? Virtually There, Really

23. What do we need to learn? What will help us learn? Virtually There, Really

25. How are we embedded in a digital, global culture? Virtually There, Really

26. View from Hazor to Mt. Hermon Personal Picture: 2007.01 A virtual presence, really? GoogleEarth view Virtually There, Really

27. Virtually there, really How does a seminary education equip someone for the digital culture in which we are now embedded? Virtually There, Really

28. Bibles! Bibles? Everything Comes from Greek Everything Comes from Greek Virtually There, Really

29. Bibles! Bibles? Everything Comes from Greek Everything Comes from Greek Virtually There, Really