Write an integrative essay on biblical principles and practices of a Spirit-filled life based on lessons from the Bible’s wisdom literature.
Directions:
Start with a title page” “Invitation to a Journey: Reflections on the Bible’s Wisdom Literature) along with your name, course number, and date.
In your Introduction (200 words), justify why you are turning to the Bible’s wisdom literature to offer lessons for Spirit-filled living. Draw upon the course materials (especially Chapter 22 of Arnold and Beyer’s Encountering the Old Testament) to describe how the people of ancient Israelites sought God after the Exile and collected their songs and stories to encourage their descendants to seek the God of Abraham.
Write to your contemporaries today in the body of your paper (900 words). Expound upon biblical life principles for a Spirit-filled life. Select specific incidents, verses, and narratives from the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes that illustrate and instruct us in Biblical Literacy and Spiritual Formation. Use the following lines from the Grading Rubric for this project as a checklist to ensure you sufficiently cover these two aspects.
a. Biblical Literacy
Articulation of biblical life principles for a Spirit-filled life.
Application of biblical life principles for a Spirit-filled life.
b. Spiritual Formation
Benefits from a personal devotional life.
Knowledge of the importance of prayer as a spiritual discipline.
Demonstrates a knowledge of Scripture and applies the Word of God to their life.
Shows sensitivity to the voice of the Holy Spirit and seeks to listen and obey.
