Discerning Spiritual Discernment in 'Assessing Current Approaches for Understanding God's Will' by Dennis Horton

(a) There are typically six assessment methods that we can chose to employ within your role. These are listed below along with examples of when and how they could be implemented:

The voice of vocation is mostly discerned through the heart; therefore, one must consciously be aware of the matters that occupy the heart. In John Neafsey’s “A Sacred Voice Is Calling,” Neafsey asserts “The voice of vocation is the voice of God” (Neafsey, 6). By hearing the voice of God, we’re able to reach the destiny God predestined us for in life and especially in our vocations. In order to hear the voice of God, you have to be able to discern between the many voices you hear every day, the voice of your conscience, and God’s voice. You do so by: consistently managing the matters of the heart- monitoring what you allow to physically and mentally enter into your heart, learning to discern between those things by familiarizing yourself with

2.2 The strengths and limitations of a range of assessment methods in relation to the individual learner needs:

Charles Ryrie holds a Th.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary and a PH.D from the University of Edinburgh. Hence, he is quite knowledgeable about theology and the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Ryrie’s book is comprised of twenty-two chapters. He includes a section in the book that provides other helpful books the reader might find invaluable to read on the subject of the Holy Spirit. At the end of the book there are two indexes – an index of subjects and an index of select scripture passages.

It covers a range of different assessments including competence, knowledge and understanding skills.’ Pg 35.

The assessments have been done during and after the lesson in a variety of ways; verbal response, written response, pair and group work, and making posters as a visual outcome.

There is a large variety of assessment methods available for assessing learners’ achievements. These include observation; questioning the learner; examining product evidence; discussion; witness testimony; looking at learner statements; recognising prior learning; simulated environment; skills tests; oral and written examinations; assignments; case studies and projects. Choosing the most appropriate assessment methods is vitally important, to help and support the learner and to ensure the job of the assessor is as straightforward, reliable and problem-free as possible.

The meaning of theology is simple; it is the study of God and religious belief. The definition is plain to see but it’s important to go beyond what is already known. On a deeper level, what is the meaning of theology in respect to a religious community and to a person trying to find themselves in God? How is everyone involved in doing theology all the time? In this paper, there will be an in depth analysis on what theology is, why it is important, and how people are engaged in theology all the time.

Also the assessor is to assess the learner’s knowledge and skills in a range of

The book is composed of twenty chapters each with a separate contributing author(s). Each chapter has the same format as an essay with a brief overview of the section

Faith operates in a unique way by providing the average, the noble, or the distasteful with a means to understand the world we inhabit. However, our worldly experiences also operate as a means to understanding the complexities of our faith. For St. Augustine, faith provides more questions than answers, but consequently leads to his life as a bishop and eventually sainthood. For some, however, the Bible provides the answers to all the questions that go unanswered by common sense. In St. Augustine’s Confessions, Augustine is able to further understand himself and his faith in Christ by reflecting on anecdotes of his past. Conversely, the Bible’s use of etiology provides spiritual justification for physical realities.

Prior to diving into the information that is to be received, it is first important to discuss the methods of knowing provided by Entwistle (2015). There are 4 for epistemic methods of knowing. The four methods are logic, empriricism, revelation, and hermeneutics (Entwistle, 2015). Logic, deals with the assumption that an individual can separate fact from belief by using rationality. Empiricism is a methos that is based off experience, alone. This give responsibility to the individual, and they are to “evaluate” and compare their claims of knowledge by their experiences. Revelation involves the awareness of the signs around humankind. God shows Himself, both, directly and indirectly. This is referred to as special and general revelation. Lastly, Hermeneutics sole purpose is to make sure that God word is never distorted and therefore misunderstood. There are rules that are constructed so that the message of God is, correctly, articulated and passed on to the congregation. In reviewing the methods of knowing, it is safe to say that all 4 are needed to fully integrate faith and science.

2. The most difficult values to discard were forgiveness, loving, and nurturing. I had an arduous time ranking items such as God’s will and friendship. My predicament with God’s will was my ruling on whether it was legitimately ‘very important’ to me, or whether I simply knew that it should be. It’s

Love is at the top of my list because I believe that if we love God and one another all the rest of the list will follow. Faith is also very high on my list for its importance. The next one is resolution which I think is you need to be able to keep and follow the whole list. Temperance is not often practiced today and neither is chastity. Following those two is silence which is to quote Ben Franklin “obtained by the use of the ears and not by the tongue.”

Does knowledge produce purpose in our lives or does the purpose to understand produce knowledge? Is purpose the same as curiosity and wanting to know or is purpose a goal wished to be attained? Knowledge has multitudinous meanings, whether knowledge is a fact scientifically proven, or a metaphysical statement. Knowledge statements vary in accordance to the person. Human’s cannot know everything there is to know about the world, it is estimated that humans scientific breakthroughs or epiphanies have only acquired 5 percent of the knowledge there is to attain. The ways of knowing faith and reason are significant in relation to the statement made about the purpose of knowledge being the production of purpose in our lives. In this essay I will