- From the Master’s Dividend May 10, 2012Johnny Gravino (M.Div.’08) is the new Executive Director of Aurora Mission. Aurora is the umbrella organization that leads the training ministry in Italy (the Italian Theological Academy – ITA – part of The Master’s Academy International – TMAI), responsible for the national pastor’s conferences in the country called FOCUS (which have had John MacArthur as a […]
- 2012 .. in works! November 14, 2011Keep praying for Johnny and the team at the Academy as they finalize the 2012 course curriculum. We still need a lot of prayer and wisdom, so that the Lord may continue to bless the work of the Academy in Italy. There has been much progress this year and the impact of this work in [...] […]
- EXPOSITORY PREACHING 2 November 14, 2011After a very blessed Focus Conference in Perugia in October, we just completed the last class for this academic year, Expository Preaching 2. Johnny Gravino did not miss a beat, after very strong preaching sessions at Focus, he completed the year teaching Bibliology and Hermeneutics to a group of 8 students. Again, the Lord really [...] […]
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OT Survey exalts the character of God
September 16th, 2010 | 
Author: Thank you for praying. Our week in the Old Testament survey went exceptionally well, by God’s grace. Our class of students ranging from northern (Milan/Verona), central (Perugia/Rome), and southern (Sicily) was a relatively younger aged group. We rejoice in the young Timothy s of Italy that the Lord is bringing our way for training. Together we were all struck by seeing the majesty of God in the Old Testament. May the Lord strengthen the Italian church through the “High View” of His Character and works as studied at ITA.
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Learning to preach the Old Testament
How does an understanding of the Old Testament help my Christian life and ministry? How do we understand books like Job where so much suffering is present? What is the theme of Isaiah? How do we interpret Proverbs? What is the purpose of the minor prophets? How do we preach and teach the OT? Students at the Italian Theological Academy will be examining these issues and many more as they delve into the Old Testament world this week: August 9th to the 13th. We welcome your prayers.