Despite how much I learned from this class through our discussions, I think that the most beneficial part of this class was our final paper. For this paper, we were to address every section of Christianity and write everything that we believed about that topic and why. Topics included the doctrine of man, the doctrine of God, the doctrine of the Son, the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, the doctrine of the future, the doctrine of the Bible, and so on. This paper proved to be challenging because I had never before sat down and thought about why I believed what I did, especially in each of these subjects. I also realized that I didn’t always know what I believed. Therefore, this assignment allowed me to really evaluate my beliefs and taught me why I believe what I do. The goal of every course should be to guide the student through his learning, but ultimately allow him to think for himself. If the course is taught well, by the end of it, the student should have a clear understanding of his view as well as other viewpoints. This is exactly what my theology teacher did. Through each lecture and discussion, he was allowing us time to think and decide for ourselves, knowing for the final we would need to come to a conclusion. This was his way of testing whether we had been thinking critically. To page 8