The Colloquium: Personal Experience

During the colloquium that was given last week there were several interesting points that were made. The colloquium was started with talking about ow how we as Christians should e open to learning and growing in everything at all times, and how we do not have to limit ourselves to only learning about one thing in a certain place or time. The next main idea that I was drawn to was that God is truth and we have no way of knowing the full truth because of our sin. It was stated that truth was taken when Adam and Eve first fell from sin and now we are confused by that truth, the example of the ping pong balls made a really good example for this idea as it showed how truth can be mistaken for something else so easily and that some tings that may look like truths are not necessarily true.
Another main point that I found to be really interesting was the idea and example of the stained glass window. This image made the point that everyone has different perspectives and people from other walks of life and other countries all have different experiences with God and how God has shown himself to them. All the points were melded together to show why the liberating arts classes are taken at college. By taking these classes people are given a way to get to see things from other peoples …show more content…
On of the ladies at my church went to Indonesia tis summer and was given the opportunity to talk be the first American to talk to a Muslim village and was invited by the Muslim leader to come back and talk to the village and teach the village and Jesus and our beliefs. I think this is a great example of how different people learn and find truth is different ways from each other, and God shows us this truth in many different ways. This was just one of the things that came to my mind as way this part of the colloquium was really good and explained really