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This was one of the most popular questions encountered by several TTC students early in the morning of 18 January 2017. These students were volunteers staffing the registration booths at TTC\u2019s annual Open House. It was to be a day of questions.<\/p>\n
Following a warm welcome from the Principal to all participants at the Open House, the Deans and the Registrar ably addressed \u201cWhy Theological Education at TTC\u201d? and \u201cWhat is the Application Process\u201d? as part of the official programme. Guests also had the privilege of sitting in actual lectures; our Theology lecture by Dr Roland Chia doubled in size! And I imagine questions abounded still.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat was this institute that Calvin established?\u201d (He didn\u2019t, Institutes is the (short) title of his famous book.)<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do I even spell that guy\u2019s name??\u201d (Gottschalk and the Council of Quierzy. We students had to ask google too.)<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes TTC always provide pastries and coffee for class tea breaks?\u201d (Sadly, no\u2026)<\/p>\n
As I joined with a small group for a campus tour, I tried to picture our visitors\u2019 unspoken questions as they heard and saw various nuggets of our communal life:<\/p>\n
Are the students here friendly and welcoming? (Certainly \u2013 evidenced by the enthusiastic Year 1 students who served as befrienders and took our guests on a college tour. Glenn Chan (M.Div 3) not only opened his home in the family residences, he even shared Chinese New Year snacks.)<\/p>\n
Do TTC students only study and never play? (Definitely not! My campus tour group\u2019s first stops were the gym, the futsal court and the student lounge.)<\/p>\n
How is the food at TTC? (Well\u2026 we had our guests join our Community Lunch, so they could taste for themselves how good Mdm Yap\u2019s cooking is. \u2018Nuff said.)<\/p>\n
At the Holy Communion chapel service, our lecturer Rev Dr Mark Chan drew attention to another question, one which Jesus asked Peter at Caesarea Philippi: \u201cWho do you say that I am\u201d? Peter gave a theologically A+ reply: \u201cYou are the Christ, the Son of the living God\u201d. Yet this was not an answer which derived from Peter\u2019s study, analysis, or investigation. The answer to the question came from God\u2019s own revelation of himself.<\/p>\n
And so we turned to this self-revealing God in a communal prayer for our visitors:<\/p>\n
Faithful God, we give thanks for this college and ask that you continue to lead it so that every member of the community is equipped for ministry. Grant those present for the open house clear discernment to know your will for them in this season of their lives.<\/p>\n
May our visitors\u2019 questions be answered \u2013 not just through the Open House presentations, dialogues and activities \u2013 but also in encounter with our God who responds and reveals.<\/p>\n
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