Lesson 1 - Introducing Christian Education Flashcards
How does the Great Commission properly align our view of Christian education?
- Christian education is at the heart of the great commission because it is about shepherding. About making disciples through the word of helping them obey all that God commanded.
- Christian education is communicating God’s truth in order to make disciples.
What are the similarities between Christian education and Spiritual formation?
- They are both about helping a person mature into Christ-likeness through a means or process.
- They have the same end-goal in mind.
- Spiritual formation is one part of Christian education
What are the differences between Christian education and Spiritual formation?
- ) Setting: Formal Schooling vs. Informal learning
- ) Domain Target: Cognitive vs. Holistic
- ) Focus of Change: Behavioral vs. Character
- ) Metaphor: Classroom vs. Pilgrimage
- ) Leadership: Teachers vs. Mentors
- ) Structure: Denomination vs. Non (Para) - denomination
- ) Loaded Language: “Inside the box”, traditional, boring vs. “outside the box”, innovative, authentic
How does a proper view of discipleship set the agenda for Christian education?
- Christians are discipled by the gospel
- Christian discipleship is outward and ordinary, so is CE
- Discipleship is organic (John 15:5)
- Discipleship is what the Christian life is about and should be what Christian education is about: becoming more like Christ and helping others follow Him.
How is Jesus both the master teacher and learner?
Master Teacher
– Jesus serves as a great example in teaching and communicating (sermons, parables, questions, life-on-life discipleship, discussion, modeling)
Master learner
- slow and steady growth (Luke 1:80)
- Diligent in prayer
- Knew the Scriptures - Matthew 22:29
- He learned obedience through suffering _ Hebrews 5:8
What is Moralistic Therapeutic Deism?
MTD: the defacto religion we find in America today
Moralistic - religion is supposed to make you good, which will make you happy and save you in the end.
Therapeutic - religion is about making you feel happy, secure, at peace, and happy
Deism - God exists, but is as personally involved as you want him to be, not a demanding God.
What are the guiding beliefs of MTD?
- ) A god exists who created the world and watches over life on earth
- ) God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other
- ) The central goal of life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself
- ) God is not involved in my life except when I need God to resolve a problem
- ) Good people go to heaven when they die
