I discovered something cool today. I was sitting in church pondering the whole "how to provide education to multiple cultures" thing, and I finally asked the right question. I asked God how He would do it. I know it seems obvious. He's the Master and Creator of ever person I want to teach and everything I want to teach them. I think He might have an idea of how to put the two together. I feel like the guy who spends a whole Saturday trying to assemble a book shelf then finally decides to read the instructions. =)
So, I ask the question and I hear the voice of God telling me to study how He did it on Earth. Duh, Katrina. Even secular scholars have recognized Jesus as the greatest teacher to ever walk the planet. It wasn't only what He was teaching, but how He was teaching it. There are universal teaching techniques that He used because the Bible (where many of His teachings are recorded) may have been written during a specific time period and through a specific culture, but it is definitely intended to apply to all cultures and people groups across all time. It is His plan for the ages and lieing in that plan are the keys that every heart was created to be unlocked by. Jesus knew everything about us because he was completely God while on Earth. (No, I don't understand how that worked, but I'll just chalk it up to me being too finite to understand.) This means that He was using only the best, most affective strategies when He instructed His disciples and followers. That is universal. Wow!
Now comes the fun part. I want to start looking at Jesus' sermons and life on earth through a critical, pedagogical(that's just a fancy word for "how you teach") eye. I don't know where this study will lead yet, but I am sure looking forward to it. I will share it with you as I discover the way. Blessings!
