With this somewhat general answer to the first question raised at the beginning of this paper, I wish to move to the second. The first thread comes in the area of logic. A logic class is the perfect setting for this. In our mathematical logic course, students are shown the basic constructs of both propositional and predicate calculus as well as the basic methods of proving mathematical theorems. While discussing some of the basic logical forms, passages of Scripture can be used to provide examples.
Students can then begin to see the logical arguments used by the biblical authors in proving points.
Several biblical authors employ numerous techniques of logical proof in their arguments and students can understand these constructions through a logic course. Examples of logical constructions in the Word abound. For example, instances of universal and existential quantification of predicates appear frequently. This, of course, is one of the cornerstones of the Christian faith. In this type of proof, the negation of the desired result is assumed, proven to be absurd, and then the desired result follows.