Teaching The Bible : Interview / Book Reflections

Today in class, we watched a documentary called “Jesus Camp”. As I was sitting in class watching this horrifying film, I could not help by myself by going through mixed emotions and feelings. I think whether you are part of the Christian religion or not, you can see how these preachers in the film manipulated these children. The film starts off by introducing three young children by the names of Levi, who wants to pursue a career as a pastor and is being home-schooled by his mother, Rachael who is this totally sweet little girl and Tory who listens to Christian heavy metal in her spare time. I feel that each of these children went through different emotions and feelings throughout this adventure but they all still shared some kind of similarities. In this film, we as a class were able to see how much an adult figure can impact the lives of a child. I was able to see that Tory and Levi seemed the most content on how they were living their lives as Christian children, but Rachael was the

The fifth chapter of The Educated Imagination, “The Verticals of Adam” by Northrop Frye, explains his feelings about the necessity for children to be exposed to some fundamental texts in the literary spectrum in a certain order to best enable them to understand twentieth century society. The understanding of the Christian Bible, and Greek/Roman mythology are said by Frye to be key factors in how a child will interpret future literature. It is noted by Frye that the bible should be taught first, followed by the mythologies of the Greeks/Romans. I agree with his ideas about the order of exposure, as being the foundation of western society as it is best suited to being the foundation for learning of a child from said

Chapter three of Engaging the Christian Scriptures goes into detail over selective parts of the sections of history, writings, and prophets. Chapter three gives the reader information over several books in the Bible such as Joshua, Judges, Jeremiah, etc. The chapter dives into the text of Joshua and gives the reader useful insight over Joshua and him leading the Israel across the Jordan river to conquer the land of milk and honey, Jericho. The book of Judges purpose was to teach Israel that God is faithful and certain to punish sin therefore each person must remain loyal and devoted to the Lord. The purpose of Jeremiah was to warn of the destruction that they were about to face and to urge Judah to return and submit to God. Towards the end

After reading “Everyday Bible Study, chapters 6-9” I found that God wrote the Bible. The Bible is made up of 66 books and was written over a large time span and has many different Authors like Peter, Matthew, and Timothy to name a few, and all were from various parts of the world. Given that technology was nowhere near what it is today, communicating with each other or to conspire was not possible during their time; they all corroborate the same thing, that God wrote the Bible through Man. Man was inspired to create the Scriptures from God through the influence of the Holy Spirit; Scripture was not created by any human being, rather it was translated by God through the Holy Spirit to Man (2 Pet. 1:20-21 New International Version). “If Men Are Involved, How Are There No Errors?”

James Poses the idea of childhood takes on the identity of systemic cultural practices as they pertain to children's needs and maturity levels. (James 28). Thus there are many societal

Teaching prayer in schools has been a controversial topic since Abington Township School District v. Schempp (1963) that removed prayer from the classroom. However, a Bible-literacy course at New Braunfels High School (NBHS) in Texas exemplifies the successful teaching of the religion without imposing it on the students. This is an ideal that would satisfy both conservative Christians and secular liberals. The consensus that David Van Biema comes to in his article “The Case for Teaching the Bible” is that schools should teach the Bible from a neutral perspective that allows students to understand the concepts behind the text’s arguments while observing and forming their own beliefs and opinions.

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.

“Direct questions need to be asked to the children as feedback to assess the understanding and acceptance of what was told if they were cast by itself and what was transmitted was captured” (Davim 4669). By setting time aside at the end of a story, it allows readers to understand the skills and hidden messages in the story. It also allows the narrator to ask the readers how these skills and lessons correspond with the real

Smashed in the backseat of my uncle’s van which was already overcrowded with kids from throughout the community of Uniontown, the first thing I noticed was the girl’s ungroomed hair and the boy’s flip flops. Despite being the beginning of winter in this rural town of Kansas, the kids seemed unfazed by their lack of grooming or clothing; their faces said it all. Pure contentment and excitement, the kind of a child who has just been told he is going to Disneyland, spread across their faces as they scampered toward this 2008 Honda Odyssey. Tonight was Bible Impact Ministries (BIM) night, where about 50 kids go each week to receive one on one adult attention, enjoy much needed food, and learn the word of the Lord. BIM is only offered in this community

The third-grader also told her mother that she only took out her Bible after she had finished an assignment. Her parents were both bothered when she came home crying that day.

Dr. Childers is the Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Homiletics and Speech Communication at the San Francisco Theological Seminary. She is a Presbyterian minister who has served in congregations in New Jersey and Kansas. She holds a B.A. from Wheaton College, M.Div degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and Ph.D. from the Graduate Theology in Berkeley, California.

The Christian gospel is often perceived as 'out of date' and anathema to the values of modern culture. Our contemporary society emphasizes individual freedom and choice. The idea of yoking yourself to a belief system is counterintuitive to many people. However, the 'freedom' of not having a faith is often the source of so much of the anxiety of modern life, as people struggle to find purpose and meaning in their existence. Because our modern society seems to present us with so many moral choices, the Christian gospel is seen as limiting, rather than a source of spiritual sustenance and wisdom.

By using the Bible to lead, it will build great character and skills that they will use all of their lives. In the book “Growing Kids Gods Way” the Ezzo’s teach that children have “a moral warehouse that adults put things in for them to use. Many good and bad actions can be stored” and I would like to store the good (pg ). At a young age, children’s minds are like little sponges. They soak up everything they see and hear, and they do it all.

Copious amounts of teenagers today have a habit of questioning books that are too ‘old’ or ‘stuffy’ to apply to their everyday lives. Some of them may find correlations to works by William Shakespeare or Jane Austen, but what about the other books, such as those from the Bible? Usually regarded as too religious to have any connection to life, teens ignore these texts in favor of ones that they feel can integrate into their lives with much more ease- even though some books in the Bible can actually connect more to life than some of these other ‘relative’ works. Take, for example, the book of Genesis. Although written and published thousands of years ago, the stories, themes, and modern-day allusions contained within it can still apply to

Interviewing several pastors can be eye opening in that you will begin to see different character qualities, disciplines and where they are in their spiritual journey. My intention was to interview several pastors, however, I was unable to obtain the responses needed to complete a study such as that. I did get to meet with one pastor, and I believe that it was truly difficult for him to answer most of the questions even after giving him some time to think about each question. My interview was with a very intelligent and spiritual man named Les Harvey. He is currently serving at the Church of the Highlands Greystone campus under many great leaders.