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Discipleship Across the Lifespan

Discipleship Across the Lifespan. Trinity International University Class #4a. Agree or Disagree?. Practice makes Permanent. Practice makes Perfect. Agree or Disagree?. Evaluated. Experience is the best teacher. The primary test of a teacher is…. What you do. What your students do.

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Discipleship Across the Lifespan

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  1. Discipleship Across the Lifespan Trinity International University Class #4a

  2. Agree or Disagree? Practice makes Permanent Practice makes Perfect

  3. Agree or Disagree? Evaluated Experience is the best teacher

  4. The primary test of a teacher is… What you do What your students do

  5. Recent assignments have focused upon what YOU do as a learner… • Bible Study • Prayer & Worship • Evangelism & Service • Giving of Time & Resources How have these assignments had a practical effect in your life?

  6. James 1:23-24 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; 24 for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.

  7. As a general rule, don’t teach your students that which they can learn for themselves • When time is a factor • When the student is a beginner • When there is danger of damage There are several Exceptions:

  8. Early childhood influences From your interviews, what did you see about the impact of such influences toward spiritual maturity?

  9. Early childhood influences How does your local church allow and/or encourage these kinds of encounters?

  10. Small Group Exercise List the people who have been influential in your life Describe in your groups the models they portrayed to impact your life

  11. Social Learning Theory How does a child learn socially acceptable behavior?

  12. Two Models of Education Instructional Model Socialization Model Student follows group example Teacher gives information to student Student listens to what teacher SAYS Student sees how teacher LIVES A traditional method A natural method Can be detached Personal by nature Emphasis on knowledge Emphasis on real life and faith

  13. Two Types of Behavioral Models • Symbolic Model

  14. Two Types of Behavioral Models • Symbolic Model • Exemplary Model • Parents • Teachers • Youth leaders • Pastors

  15. Two Types of Behavioral Models What can we do in the church to increase the effectiveness of such socialization learning opportunities?

  16. How valid are these concerns? Negative Aspects of Socialization as a Ministry Model Downs, Page 162-ff • People can imitate behavior and not know God • Socialization is weak in communicating propositional truth • Socialization focuses on experience, not on absolute truth

  17. The mind cannot contain what the seat cannot endure

  18. If you are paralyzed at one end, there is a good chance you are also paralyzed at the other. ― Howard Hendricks

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