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FAQ About the Teaching-Learning Process

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FAQ about the Teaching-Learning ProcessWhen thinking about the teaching-learning process we first need to determine the end goal and then determine steps the teacher and the learner must take to get there.

Question About the Teaching-Learning Process

Is there a set process that should be followed in teaching the Bible?

Scripture provides some models of what it will take to get people from head knowledge to doing something with what they’ve learned.

From the Old Testament we read, “Assemble the people – men, women and children, and the foreigners residing in your towns – so they can listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and follow carefully all the words of this law” (Deut. 31:12). — There we see the need to hear, learn, fear the Lord, and observe (do). Go to the post, Four Elements in the Bible Learning Process, where you’ll find links to posts about each of those steps.

In the New Testament we read, “We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God” (Col. 1:9-10). — These verses move us from knowledge to understanding to application to bearing fruit to knowing God better not just about Him. Check out these posts to learn more about this path:

From Knowledge to Understanding
From Understanding to Application
From Application to Bearing Fruit
From Fruitfulness to Knowing God Better

Though these biblical examples are very similar, they aren’t exactly the same. The key is that we land at the end result of knowing God better (fearing the Lord) and doing something with what we’ve learned about Him and His ways (application). That will require truly understanding, seeing the implications of the truth to our lives, not just rote knowledge of what the Bible says. Both of the biblical models include that understanding.

Larry Richards, in his book Creative Bible Teaching (link goes to affiliate store), provides an easy to remember structure for Bible lessons that takes students through a process that ends with application. — Hook (get their attention), Book (teach what the Bible says), Look (make sure they understand the implications), and Took (application). Though the biblical models above do not include the Hook part, it stands to reason that we first need to get students’ attention.

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