More to learn for me!!

Ah, how refreshing it is.....to be in a conversation with someone who can debate theology better than I can. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't have any ambitions of calling myself a know-it-all when it comes to the Bible. To me the first greatest fun about the Bible is no one can ever know it all. BUT, a very close second is the trying to anyway! For me, I've grown up in the church, a christian home, sunday school, christian school, and christian college and university. I've read through the entire bible numberous times, in order, and by skipping around, and by comparative study. Do I know a lot, yes I do. In fact that's the whole problem I've been feeling lately. I'm always the one people come to ask questions to about theology. Thanks be to my Savior that I am able to help them. But as I shared with a co-worker recently, I greatly desire to have my boundaries and comforts pushed and to learn more. I desire to grow as well, to find new things to wrestle with, new insights, and someone to challenge me to not accept those things at face value, but to delve it deeper. Being at seminary it might seem like a "duh" statement that I'll be around people like that, but not so necessarily. So far, I haven't been able to meet those people and develop the relationships necessary. Today, I have officially determined that there are at least 3, whom I am glad to call friends, who will definitely be able to push and challenge me to go deeper as I go through my seminary experience. I certainly feel that I will enjoy the time a great deal more now. Actually, I will have to add a 4th to that list. Good ol' PJ has some great insights, and if you haven't already, you should check out his blog by linking from this one. I was told to prepare for seminary by expecting there to be many individuals who would come for the sheer purpose of being able to impress others with how much they knew. It is wonderful to find that I am encountering individuals who know a lot, but are KNOWN by how much they love and care. Now that's a reputation to leave behind.