Harvard Rules
Theme of the Week: Internalizing God's Word
William & Randy Petersen
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
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Key Bible Verse: "And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free" (John 8:32). Bonus Reading:Psalm 119:25-48
In 1636 the Puritan colonists were absorbed with skirmishes with Indians and disputes with political leaders back in England. Yet the Massachusetts Bay Colony members committed 400 pounds to set up a college in a town they named Cambridge—after the alma mater of many of them. Two years later a young minister named John Harvard died, leaving half his estate to the school project. Naturally they named it after him.
The school clarified its goals with a "Rules and Precepts." Three of the first four:
- "Every one shall consider the main end of his life and studies to know God and Jesus Christ, which is eternal life.
- "Seeing the Lord giveth wisdom, every one shall seriously by prayer in secret seek wisdom of Him.
- "Every one shall so exercise himself in reading the Scriptures twice a day that they be ready to give an account of their proficiency … both in theoretical observations of language and logic, and in practical and spiritual truths."
Harvard adopted as its motto [today's Key Bible Verse]. These settlers realized that their best freedom lay in the knowledge of God's truth.
—William & Randy Petersen in 100 Bible Verses that Changed the World
My Response: One way I'm growing in knowledge and application of God's Word is …
Thought to Apply: A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
—Theodore Roosevelt (26th U.S. President)
Adapted from 100 Bible Verses that Changed the World (Revell, 2001) by permission.
Copyright © 2003 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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