Marketplace Discernment Exit Ticket
Seminary Graduate Colloquium Form: ET-321
Marketplace Discernment
Christianity in the Marketplace of Ideas • Weekly Critical Synthesis & Praxis Reflection
3-2-1 Synthesis Protocol
Name:
Date:
Week / Topic:
3
Critical Discourse Analysis
Evaluate 3 premises, hidden assumptions, or cultural arguments from this week's texts
1. Underlying Presupposition / Core Cultural Argument:
2. Evidential Weight & Internal Logical Tension:
3. Competing Plausibility Structure or Epistemic Counter-Claim:
2
Faith, Orthodoxy & Public Praxis
Connect ideas to Christian doctrine and faithful vocational witness
Theological Affirmation & Subversion
Where does Scripture affirm common grace truth here, and where does it subvert idolatry?
Public Vocation & Missional Witness
One concrete pastoral, civic, or institutional action required of believers in this space:
1
Unresolved Tension or Apologetic Frontier
1 lingering theological, philosophical, or pastoral dilemma requiring deeper inquiry
Articulate the sharpest counter-objection, ethical dilemma, or question for seminar colloquium discussion:
“Always be prepared to make a defense... yet do it with gentleness and respect.” (1 Pet 3:15)
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