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Think Biblically - 5/10/2008 2:49:21 AM
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NYCorBUST
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I am really wanting to "engage" my class in something new - not just a lesson with "application" points and then dismiss.
I want to do something new...(don't we all) and I want to know what ideas you all may have.
Perhaps, this can be a thread for new ideas where teachers can share?
Well here goes nothing...
I lead a "young adult" ministry: 18-late 20's
I want to get my students to "think biblically" so here are my thoughts.
Have them bring in a magazine article and analyze it from a Christian Perspective
Provide lyrics for the nation's top radio singles/songs and have them analyze the words
Copy questions from yahoo answers and have them analyze the responses and/or answer the question.
Do you have any other ideas how to "Activate" and "Engage" and "Make real" the lessons we teach?
If you do Post them!
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Your ears will hear a word behind you, "This is the way, walk in it," whenever you turn to the right or to the left. "
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RE: Think Biblically - 5/10/2008 10:16:33 AM
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jn1010lf
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Hello NYCorBUST
How about having them study the Word?
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RE: Think Biblically - 5/10/2008 12:19:28 PM
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woodwind228
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My SS class uses a publication from Lifeway called Masterwork. This is awesome! It addresses current issues - very applicable. It's a quarterly publication, like I think most are. We'll be wrapping up this quarter's publication soon, but right now we're studying about prayer. Before that we did an in-depth study on David. I like this format much better than the typical SS books I've seen over the years.
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RE: Think Biblically - 5/10/2008 12:22:49 PM
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zamdad
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Go to breakpoint.org. Chuck Colson has a lot of stuff on worldview. They also have a blog called"The Point."
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RE: Think Biblically - 5/10/2008 12:42:49 PM
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lightshineon
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Those are great ideas, You have to keep that group fresh. I was thinking this is funny, but our group that age painted the room where they met, and talked about things. Crazy I know but they opened up according to teacher.
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RE: Think Biblically - 5/10/2008 4:17:14 PM
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buckifn
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can you post an example of three or four of the lesson topics? I do this sort of thing a lot and would love to share some ideas.
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RE: Think Biblically - 5/11/2008 4:09:01 AM
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RJR_fan
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quote:
I am really wanting to "engage" my class in something new - not just a lesson with "application" points and then dismiss.
Two jobs taught me how to actually conduct conversations with men:
- Materials technician / construction site inspector. The guy who wanders around a job site with a white hard hat, clipboard, and clean hands.
- Technical writer. The guy who translates the garbled utterances of experts into plain English.
What do these jobs have in common? In both cases, you are talking with people about their work.
In traditional Catholic theology, you have two-tier Christianity. Some special elite folks have a call to full-time (celibate) ministry. The others, the also-ran, have lower callings.
In the fundamentalist subculture, the "truly dedicated" Christians serve God in "full-time Christian service" as preachers, singers, or jocks. A number of passionate believers find themselves "living by charity" at a subsistence level, in pursuit of the goal of walking close to God by doing "full time Christian service."
Reformed (Calvinist) theology teaches that every vocation is sacred, and of equal worth in God's sight. Vincent Van Gogh would have been a happier camper (with two ears) if someone had told him that a good painter pleased God more than a lousy preacher!
If, as Jesus said, God's Kingdom works like yeast to transform everything, then every vocation moves the purposes of His Kingdom forward. Every calling matters. Every job is important. And God has wisdom to provide people in every vocation, to help them achieve success. (see John 15 -- fruit bearing is not optional.)
Find out what your people want to do with their lives, and show them how to find God's directions in His Word for their specific callings.
For example: What does the Bible have to teach technical writers who document computer systems? Actually, quite a bit. If I can find in Leviticus a model for topic-based structured writing, I'm sure each of the people in your class can find keys to their callings in God's Word.
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RE: Think Biblically - 5/11/2008 9:01:04 PM
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colliefan
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Instead of seing the Bible as text we must master, we need to see it as text that must master us. One thing that is lacking in a number of Christians is a biblo-centered worldview. Colson does a great job of doing this in his book "How Now Shall We Live." Using the Bible as a filter to interpret current events is a great idea.
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RE: Think Biblically - 5/13/2008 11:58:44 PM
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NYCorBUST
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I am currently teaching Systematic Theology and will be finishing within the next month.
I plan on teaching a 2 month lesson through the Summer called Engage.
This lesson is based on Romans 12:1-2 and Colossians 3:1-2.
I apologize I did not leave a disclaimer, but I thought "since this is a ministry forum most would assume that I know how to teach". Therefore, to do justice and satisfy any"disclaimer".
I exegete a passage then I bring it "up to date" and then provide application points.
For instance:
Romans 12:1-2 and Colossians 3:1-2 Tell us that we are think heavenly and renew our minds.
But to what?
Well that is easy, to prove the will of God.
How does this prove the will of God?
It does because if we have a renewed minds focused on Jesus in heaven - then we will have new attitudes/actions in our lives. Then we can prove the will of God.
So what is the will of God?
That which is good, acceptable, and perfect.
So based on that brief explanation - I plan to say know that we intellectually know what we are supposed to do - let us do it by engaging the world.
How do I plan to do that?
By..having them bring in a magazine article and analyze it from a Christian Perspective
Provide lyrics for the nation's top radio singles/songs and have them analyze the words
Copy questions from yahoo answers and have them analyze the responses and/or answer the question.
One example would look like this:
We read the lyrics to a Popular Song today like Taylor Sift "Picture to Burn".
And we analyze (put into practice what we just learned - "thinking biblically") the lyrics to this song and we will discover the song is about getting revenge.
Then we ask key questions - why is revenge wrong?
From there we go to other portions of the bible and explain that Vengeance is the Lords and it is His to repay not ours.
So then we tackled the natural reaction to that answer - "Well, what about justice". And we study the bible to see, what does the bible say about Justice?
So the next time they are driving in their car listening to Country and hear this song by Taylor Swift they will (hopefully) have a better understanding and think about "Does listening and singing along to this song glorify God?"
Perhaps then they will think - "Do I listen and sing songs about God outside of Church?"
So, this was why I am asking - does anyone have any other ideas that may be useful?
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ISAIAH 30:21
Your ears will hear a word behind you, "This is the way, walk in it," whenever you turn to the right or to the left. "
www.lakehillsonline.org
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