Teach Them Diligently-a Study For Bible Class Teachers

Part II What does it look like? The Knowledge Response looks like this. We read about the Conquering of Jericho. Kids are asked rote memorization of facts. How many times did they march around the city? They know the facts about the story, but they fail to realize that it was God who gave them the city. The judges--we focus on learning the song of the Judges. Students know the order of the Judges, but forget the point that God continued to have to save His people because of their poor choices. The point is that we are teaching the facts of the Bible without teaching them that this was real and that God used real people--We make no application for them. The Relevant Response looks like this. We read the story of the Good Samaritan—hitting the high points of the story. Then, we spend the rest of the class time helping kids recite, “Be kind” as you color a picture of someone who looks like an injured person. What do you think happens once class is over? Each child (happily) runs out o