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How Did Jesus Teach?. Three Classic Models. Teacher-Based Model I am a student of… Content-Based Model Without this knowledge or these skills you can’t… Student-Based Model What does … need to know?. Teacher-Based Model.
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Three Classic Models • Teacher-Based Model • I am a student of… • Content-Based Model • Without this knowledge or these skills you can’t… • Student-Based Model • What does … need to know?
Teacher-Based Model • “Follow me…”Matt. 4:19 “This is my beloved son. Hear him.”Mark 9:7 • Rabbi Disciples • Paul Gamaliel, Acts 22 • This shaped Paul’s style. • Socrates Plato Aristotle • Arnof Moses
Content-Based Model • Sermon on the Mount • Matt. 5-7 • “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets.” 5:17 • Parables • The Greatest Commandment • Matt.22:37-40
Student-Based Model • Give me a drink. John 4 • I’m coming to your house. Luke 19 • Let him who is without sin cast the first stone. John 8:7 • Do you want to get well? John 5:6 • Are you a teacher of Israel and you do not understand these things? John:3
Jesus Used All Three Models. • Moved comfortably between models. • Same message – different presentations. • Knew his students needs. • Led by example. • Transformed his students by • His person • His message • His knowledge of them and his willingness to meet their needs.
Jesus Used a Variety of Methods • Direct Instruction • Demonstrations • “Hands-on” activities • Interactive Lessons • Group Projects • Discussion • Interaction /Relational Teaching
What does this mean for us? • We must be examples. • In “word and deed” • We must be scholars. • “Life long learners” • Staying current • Staying passionate • We must know our students needs. • Real needs • Felt needs
My Perception: Based Mostly on Rumor and Very Little Research • British System – leans toward content. • Asian System – leans toward teacher • American System – Very student driven. (It can be extreme) • What about your system?
What Would a Purely Christian System Look Like? • How can you shift your teaching model in order to improve it and make it more biblical?
Transformational Teaching • Like so many things the term has been co-opted by humanists and has become controversial. • It is a vital part of Jesus Strategy. • Think of Peter • Good student in some ways – but disruptive.
Scenes from Peter’s “Education” • Depart from me… • You are the Christ… • Let me come to you… • Surely this will never be… • The keys to the kingdom…Matt16:18 • Two scenes from Acts • Peter’s apparent failure • Lovest thou me more than these?
Real Transformational Teaching • To lovingly get to know your students. • To honor their God-given gifts and traits. • To deliver the content they need in a way that will change them. • Inculcate in them a love for learning, a love for truth, a desire for wisdom. We approach this with humility and grace knowing that if we do this in Jesus name we too will be transformed by his teaching.