Peer thread response

Replies of 300–350 words to at least 2 other students’
original threads. Each reply has at least 1 citation and at least 1 Scripture
reference. Each reply must be unique. They must be free of grammatical
errors, must be properly formatted in current Turabian style, and must consist
of well-reasoned, contemplative, and substantive posts and replies, rather than
mere ipse dixit. These threads and replies must provide citations to the
sources of or support for your ideas as well as any quoted materials and/or
borrowed ideas. Responding to a classmate’s original post requires
both the addition of new ideas and analysis. A particular point made by the
classmate must be addressed and built upon by your analysis in order to move
the conversation forward. Thus, the response post is a rigorous assignment that
requires you to build upon initial posts to develop deeper and more thorough
discussion of the ideas introduced in the initial posts. As such, reply posts
that merely affirm, restate or unprofessionally quarrel with the previous
post(s) and fail to make a valuable, substantive contribution to the discussion
will receive appropriate point deductions. Posting the same reply in two places
is also not sufficient and may be treated as a form of academic misconduct.