Definition of the gospel

I know that the actual definition of the Gospel means "good news," so I would have to say that my personal definition would have to be: words of encouragement and peace; something meant to inform you, yet still help you through your journey in life.

Authority of Scripture

Scripture does have some authority in my life, and I am working on it playing an even larger role in my day to day life. One of my main problems is knowing what Scripture says, but not really trusting it as much as I should. For example, Scripture has some authority when it comes to my anger towards a situation. I know the Scripture says that you shouldn't seek revenge on others, or that you shouldn't get mad at any unfairness that may come your way. Insetad, you should let God work out your problems, so I try to remind myself of that, and it definitely helps, but I tend to get restless when I don't see things working out on my time, which is something I need to work on, (because I know God works on His own time.)  Scripture has the most authority when it comes to words of comfort and encouragement. This has so much authority because whenever I read books like  Psalms or Proverbs where the  Lord shares  words of encouragement  for those in need, I feel happy, relieved, and get a  certain sense of calmness that was really needed and wouldn't have been achieved otherwise. The reason why Scripture has the authority that it does in my life is because it can give you what you can't give yourself, and when you're going through rough times, sometimes all you need is the hope of the gospel.

Christology Class

  I'm looking forward to learning things about Christ that I didn't already know. I'm also looking forward to the Socrative discussions and having a personal Bible study. I think that all of the things we'll be learning and doing in this class will be very beneficial to all of us, and I'm greatly looking forward to it.

  I'm not looking forward to presenting a review of the previous content lesson. I'm okay with doing the Bible reading, but not so much the content review.