I was reading through the first letter to the Thessalonians and got to the end where in typical Pauline fashion he lists a set of instructions for his readers regarding living out the Christian life.This section seems to pick up in verse 12 after Paul concludes his thoughts regarding the coming of the Lord and the day of the Lord. Continue reading
This is the 4th installment of the Adventure of the Elected Man.
You can read the first installment here.
Holmes pressed Spurgeon, “When Jesus said ‘come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest’ and ‘whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely’ were these invitations open to both the elect and the reprobate? And when we read that God takes no pleasure in the death of anyone but instead desires that all men be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the truth that this desire is expressed so that it includes all of mankind”? Continue reading
Ramsey Musallam, a chemistry teacher, explores how to spark learning and tells us that the greatest tool a teacher has is the questions their students have. As teachers we must not focus on content dissemination. Instead we must cultivate curiosity in our students by challenging them and getting their imagination going so that they ask questions and want to explore and interact with what we are trying to teach them.
This principle reminded me of Law of Need in the book 7 Laws of the Learner by Bruce Wilkinson. It is important to build a need in the student and motivate them to want to learn what you are about to teach them. As a teacher your goal is to make them want to know the answer to the questions you just got them to think about, before moving on to teaching them the content.
Here are three good ways to do that:
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