WELCOME ! some of the courses I've completed at various academic institutions over my lifetime

WELCOME! I am here to tell you about a NEW FAITH, which I invite you to join. I have named it the Pro-Cath-Ordox faith because it endeavors to united Protestants, Catholics, & Orthodox under one united church of Christ called "Pro-Cath-Ordox". The requirement for joining is first and foremost that you profess Jesus Christ as your Savior. Second, depending upon to which "branch" of Christianity you belong you must be able to accept brothers & sisters from the other branches as equal brothers & sisters in Christ. For example, if you are Roman Catholic you must accept your Protestant & Orthodox sisters & brothers as equal to you, neither superior nor inferior, as they must accept you likewise. This new faith should NOT be perceived as a "threat" to the already-organized individual congregations around the world, nor to the Vatican or the various headquarter(s) of other denominations. It is not my endeavor to abolish the protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox faith and to replace them with Pro-Cath-Ordox , but to provide a way for people to see themselves better as united-in-Christ. Like it or not, individual pastors & priests despite voicing the notion of unity of the worldwide body of Christ inevitably become "competitive" to make their individual church property bigger & better, and inevitably become bogged down with financial concerns about "their church." In the process the congregation consciously or subconsciously gets drawn into this way of thinking likewise, and concern about "my church" above the larger worldwide body of Christ often ensues. This is not to place blame on anybody in particular, neither the church leader nor the congregants, but it's just a subtle process that overcomes most individual churches. And of course most churches recite the Nicene Creed which is supposed to be a reminder of our larger unity, but too often it goes in one ear and out the other and I have rarely, if ever, heard a church leader expound on the notion of the larger body of Christ worldwide. Of course, every now and then there may be an annual "inter-faith" service that attempts to combine a local protestant church with a catholic church, etc. but once again it's usually once-per-year and that's not enough to really help people appreciate the idea of Christian unity. 

But we are CALLED by GOD to be brothers-&-sisters in Christ, united worldwide, and so it is my HOPE that people will embrace the "Pro-Cath-Ordox" faith and envision yourself more than just Catholic or just Protestant or just Orthodox, but united-in-Christ as pro-cath-ordox ! 

How to join: There's no need to do anything to become a member of the pro-cath-ordox faith apart from intellectual, emotional, & spiritual agreement with the jist of what I have tried to convey in the above introduction. If you agree, in spirit & in truth, with the aforementioned theme of Christian unity, you are a member of the pro-cath-ordox faith. Welcome, and pass it on ! 

By the way, I must reiterate the importance of Jesus Christ being the central, common denominator of the pro-cath-ordox faith. We welcome people from any and all faiths or religions as long as they profess faith in Jesus Christ, & salvation only thru Jesus Christ.

I will be periodically posting some thoughts, ideas, other contributions and links etc . God bless you . Keep the Faith ! 
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" If u declare with your mouth,

“Jesus is Lord,” &

 believe in your  

HEART 

that God

 raised Him

 from the dead, 

u will be saved." 

                                            Romans 10.9

GREETINGS ! I INVITE U2 accept JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR LORD & SAVIOR TODAY, RIGHT NOW, OR ANYTIME, & BE SAVED ! Don't wait until it is TOO LATE. Don't Hesitate. The consequences are TOO GREAT.! Humble yourself. You CANNOT do it alone. None of us can. Guaranteed 100% FAILURE RATE for those who try to GO IT ALONE. Kneel down now and say to Jesus, "Sorry & Thank you, I surrender to YOU, LORD, & Commit my LIFE 2 U, now & forever" 

some of the courses I've completed at various academic institutions over my lifetime 

Fuller Seminary:

American Church History (CH506)

Exegetical Method (NE502)

New Testament II Acts to Revelation (NS501)

Systematic Theology II:

Christology/Soteriology (ST502)

Pastoral Counseling (CN520) (Hammer)

New Testament I: The Gospels (NS500)

Pentateuch (OT501)

Systematic Theology I (ST501)(Miroslav Volf)

Book of Acts (NE516)

Writings (OT504) ”The course covers the books in the third section of the Hebrew scriptures: Psalms, Job, Proverbs, the Scrolls (Ruth, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther), Daniel, Ezra‐Nehemiah, and Chronicles”.

Spirituality of the Psalms (OT572)

Hebrew Prophets (OT502)

Systematic Theology III (ST503)

Foundation of Ministry II (GM504)

Pauline Theology (NS531)

Person & Practice of Ministry (PM511)

Preaching II (PR511)

Christian Ethics (ET501)

New Testament Exegesis: Hebrews (NE506)

Book of Amos (OT521)

Homiletics (PR500)

Discipleship, Secular Society (ET533)

Beginning Hebrew (LG502)

Worship in a Jewish Context (MR529)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (ST572)

Ethics of Pastoral Care (CN552)

Foundations of Ministry (GM503)

Aramaic (LG525)

Book of Jeremiah (OT516)

Apologetics (PH508)

Preaching (PR511)

Missiology Integration (MI520)

Theories of Human Nature (PH505)

Calvin Seminary:

Ethics (531A)

Church History (311A, 312A, 313A)

Missions (801A, 862A, 802A)

Worship (650A) Teaching Ministry (750A)

Theology (411A) Church & Ministry (602A)

Chaminade University

of Honolulu

Anthropology (An200)

Biology & Lab 101

Judaism (Religion 480)

Speech (sp140)

 Calvin College (University):

Psychology of Education (Educ 301)

Intro to Teaching (Educ 303)

 Reading Content, secondary (Educ 307)

Reading Strategies, secondary  (Educ 308)

Philosophy of Education (Phil 209)

Survey of English Literature (Engl 202)

Literature of the USA II (Engl 311)

Recent British & American Literature (Engl319)

History of English Language (Engl330)

Aerobic Aquatics (PE 111) (Timmer)

Solzhenitsyn (Engl W50) (Ericson)

Directed Teaching, secondary (Engl346)

Semester Student Teacher (Engl359)

Shakespeare (Engl303)

Modern Math (Math 100, Zwier)

Developmental Psychology (Psy201, Weaver)

Motivational Psychology (Psy330)

Recreational Leadership (Recr303)

Intro: History of Art (Art231)

Western Civilization (Hx101, Bratt)

Intro to Philosophy (Phil153, Mouw)

Intro to Psychology (Psy151, Terborg)

Sociology of Prisons (Soc W52)

Micro Economics (Econ221)

Written Rhetoric (Engl100 Baron)

Social Psychology (Psy310)

Biblical Theology (Rel103, Hoeks)

Christian Perspectives on learning (CPOL W10)

Growing Up Wholly/Holy (W11, Sloat)

Business Management & Organization (Bus360)

Business Marketing (Bus380)

Macro Economics (Econ222)

History of Cinema (Engl251)

Intellectual History of the USA (NA)

Therapeutic Exercise (NA)

Psychopathology (Psy212)

Statistics (Psy250)

American Religious History (Rel304)

Spanish Culture (interim)

Semester in Spain (Spanish 101-102, 103-104)

Weight Training (PE114)

Physical Science (Phys110)

Organizational Psychology (Psy301)

History of Psychology (Psy306)

Downhill Skiing (PE150)

Reformed Bible College (RBC)

 (now Kuyper College):

Biblical Greek I & II (BBL 510-511, Bremer)

California State 

Long Beach 

Masters of Social Work 

One Semester completed:

 S W-500-004 Found Gen SW Prac

S W-503-001 Behave& Env-CR-Cult

S W-505-001 Oppres GRPS: Policy

S W-550-001 Computer/Soc Serv

S W-596A-002  Field Instruct I

( St Mary’s Long Beach Emergency Room)

 

Other

High School: 

Grand Rapids Christian High

Junior High:

 Millbrook Christian, Grand Rapids MI

 Elementary: 

Alger Public & Seymour Christian, 

Grand Rapids MI