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Before Highlands College, I had a limited understanding about the passion for lifelong learning. My church upbringing ingrained in me the need for scripture but application alone was not enough to sustain a desire for lifelong learning. I grew bored with just reading and not understanding the scriptures. With age comes wisdom and I began to understand the need for learning with each challenge I faced. I was able to attend some conferences with John Maxwell as the keynote, and gain a great deal of wisdom on the topic of lifelong learning. In contrast to early in life, wisdom was not enough to sustain a desire for learning because the application was lacking. Later on I had leadership roles that demanded me to be more studious. A coupling of …show more content…

Church ministry at a much smaller level handicapped my understanding for such lifelong learning. The semesters of study and hands-on ministry in Highlands College have deepened my passion for lifelong learning. My third semester class, A Biblical Worldview with Gina Cox, challenged me to expand my knowledge of the topics through research in both God’s Word and in outside texts. The need for a concrete understanding of the truths from God’s Word was developed by the challenging nature of the content presented. The book we used, Christian Worldview A Student’s Guide by Philip Graham Ryken, was an incredible help for me in better understanding “worldview.” I discovered that I had a very limited worldview as a result of a limited understanding of the topic. Upon self examination, I realized that my limited understanding of the topic was due to my lack of lifelong learning. This challenged me to become better in this and resulted in a deeper passion for lifelong learning. The challenge to be a great lifelong learner, instead of an average or good lifelong learner, has caused me to increase my scripture …show more content…

As I plan to embark on a lifelong journey of full time ministry, I better understand the need for a deep passion of lifelong learning. Culture is shifting and changing, leaving minsters with the challenge of keeping pace to reach people in a dark world. Paul talked about the necessity of relating to the people we are trying to reach in 1 Corinthians and Highlands College has better equipped me for this task. To successfully maintain a lifestyle of learning, I plan to continue my studies of scripture, deepening my understanding of the scriptures while learning new ways to apply them in reaching society. Jesus gave us the example of being light in darkness in the Book of John and, as I continue to be who God has called me to be, I know it is of absolute necessity to know the truth of God’s Word more than ever before but, I do not only plan to study just scripture. I have learned the necessity to study other topics to better prepare and equip me for ministry. My limited worldview shined a bright light on my need for better understanding, not only of God’s Word, but also the cultures represented around me. I plan to continue studying those cultures so that I may better shine the light of God’s Word into those places. Highlands College has amplified the need to continually grow in all areas so that I may be better prepared to reach people as God

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