Teaching Bible Class

The Jews viewed the Gentiles as inferior and hopeless in any redeeming qualities. The Jews, seeing themselves as privileged in God’s sight, were unwilling to hear that Paul was preaching to the Jews and Gentiles alike (Romans 1:16-17). Today, racial profiling and bigotry exist to an even greater degree. Each culture, has the belief that their version of the law is correct, so everyone else should align with them. People are separated by cultural differences and are willing to fight for their beliefs. God sent Paul to tell the Gentiles that the good news applied to them also in Romans 1:3-7. Just as the issues in Paul’s day influenced the people then, today’s society is influenced by television, Hollywood, and social media. Man has idols whose culture may or may not be based in the one true God. Godly culture is pushed farther and farther away in lieu of a “me “centered culture. Reality is that sin is sin (Romans 2:12-14).

Now that I am in seminary, I have the opportunity and pleasure to study the Lord?s word by digging deeper in biblical study, do research in various theology classes such as, race, religion, ethnic groups, and church mission classes. A major concerned that has been in my dreams for quite a while. It was just a matter of me waiting on God, observing how he made away for me in my

Through my passions and experiences with people, as well as study, I am convinced that God has given me the desire and gifts to serve Him through discipling others. Ideally, I plan to work with young adults as they commonly need, and want, answers to questions of identity, truth, apologetics, and relationships, with Jesus and others. These are all things I am passionate about. I am committed to helping others experience God’s love, nurture their spiritual development, enable them to discover their spiritual gifts, and equip them for effective

I am assuming you were already a member of the church, but not a part of the Senior's Bible Study. You used wisdom to evaluate the senior's class and sought out the missing pieces of the learning puzzle. It was great that God led you to use illustration materials for the seniors because everyone learns in a different manner.

“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” (Proverbs 22:6, NIV). Mankind throughout the ages has interpreted the scriptures, more or less with their worldly assessment. We as Christians struggle with truth and understanding of the true nature of the Scriptures. Some Christians are not scholars or willing to put the time into Scriptures to understand the Scriptures as a whole. Some people believe what they want, discard what is not useful and form their own individual assessment of Scriptures. I have offered Bible studies classes for the congregation and none were interested in attending. From time to time, one of the visitors or the two new members will ask me a question about Scriptures or the sermon. I try to remind them they / we have a Rector to turn to. In the past, Reverend Janis has told the vestry that they needed to take “Safeguarding God’s People class” and offered the class to the congregation. The turnout for the class was disappointing to me, as only three of us showed

Yes, the student should be allowed to read his biblical story in class. The class text infers that all teachers should be familiar with the policies and use of religion in schools, “Bible-teaching policies should be communicated effectively to teachers, students, and parents.” (Essex, 39). This situation can be seen as a violation of the law if the teacher familiar wit policies and does not manage this assignment in a just manner. While the student is reading the story, the teacher must guide the lesson so that it focuses solely on the curriculum. Essex states, “The Bible must be taught objectively and in a strictly secular manner” (39). For example, if the

I was born in the year 1972 in Springfield, Missouri and I grew up in Polk County. I had lived an uneventful, "westernly" normal life up until which point I realized I am called into full time ministry. In retrospect this is a calling or concept which I knew fairly early in life and yet denied with all my strength. I had all the excuses, i.e. "I am terrified to speak in public", "I hate crowds", "I am inarticulate", "What do I know about the Bible"...This list goes on. Sometime in the late 2000's I decided I would go back to school and get a degree in psychology or counseling and put it to some sort of use "at church", I took classes, got the Biblical Studies certificate through CCU, changed majors two or three times, and did very much average work. I

University, I will be conducting a book review over the book How to Read the Bible for all its

In 1963, the U.S Supreme court made the decision to remove the Bible and prayer from public schools across the nation. Almost 55 years later, this ruling still causes tremendous controversy in today’s society. Since then, there have been multiple movements to revoke this ruling for the betterment of curriculum, further encouraged by the increasing crime rate in schools and a newfound knowledge about the early days of American Congress.

Coming from a public school experience, to a Christian centered experience has already begun to transform me so that I am focusing more on God and what He has planned for me and my life. One way I am growing and will continue to grow in my faith is by learning more about The Bible and its interpretations. Through Old Testament, New Testament, and Christian Doctrine, I will begin to grasp the details, backgrounds, perspectives, ideas, laws, and practices taught in the Bible. By studying the Bible, I will learn how to better serve God and follow the path that he has laid out for me. I have always wanted to be a teacher and I believe that my calling is in the realm of education; after I teach I want to create educational policy, and consequently become a leader in my field. By doing what I feel God has called me to do, I am glorifying him. Finally, in coming to Westmont I am working to center my life in Christ, because Westmont centers itself on Christ. At Westmont, I have already seen so many opportunities to help me grow in my faith. By having faith integrated into my classes, attending chapel, and conversing about what it means to be a Christian, I know Westmont’s environment will help me grow in my

Having a lesson the not only engages the student, but gets them interested is vital. When you read the Bible, God not only share scripture, but he also teaches us in many ways. God has a plan for all of us to be his teacher in a way to spread the words of the Bible. One passage of scripture that stood out to me this week with this assignment was, “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you” (Psalm 32:8, New Standard Version). The passage gives you the strength to teach students in the way God sees his plan for all of us. By remembering that passage and relating it to long-term retention and how we get students to learn and remember the loads of information passed to them is important. God is our master teacher. If we follow in his footsteps we can be

Bible verses are seen on many of today’s products. Everything from bracelets to coffee mugs have these great words displayed on them and are being sold at a very high rate. As a Christian, it is very encouraging to see these products fly off the shelves as they are. It is even more encouraging to see so many high schools use bible verses on their teams or clubs banners. This is an opportunity for the word to be spread to people who may not be around the church setting very often. Despite the advantages, the use of verses on banners has been criticized. People are saying this is an attempt by the school to promote religion and these people are trying to get the school to remove these verses. Many schools are complying with this request, others are on the fence. I believe students should be allowed to put whatever they would like on banners they create.

Olivia, our discussions this week seem to be similar in content. Your ecample of a verse that was taken out of context truly proved your point and the point that I believe we all have learned this past week. There is much to reading the Bible than I had first anticipated and this week I realized the ways that I may have been reading it wrong all along. I remember when I was younger I had a Youth Bible that had a section that only contained problems that someone of that age may be feeling. Basically you find what you feel is going on and you look for the problem and it shows you direct verses that may relate and comfort. It seemed to be a nice little extra but after this week I realize how it can be taken too far and while searching for answers

This Bible study is for the local leader as well as new believers to encourage them in their walk of faith.

Fortunately, I had an education pastor who cared for my well-being and identity development knowing that I have entered into ministry at a young age. He encouraged me to search deeper into myself as he suggested to find what gives me energy and what I find fulfilling to see what I am doing is what I want to do for rest of my life (Chickering,