Yesterday was my day to be at the African Bible College teaching classes. I previously had spoken to Pastor Timothy, the one responsible for the college’s existence, and he passed along the material I was to teach. The classes I am now teacher for are going through the course of “Preaching Biblical Messages and Pastoral Ministry.” Ergo, the basic matter is that I am teaching a course that I myself have not been through. Haha but I hope you will not send a message to my superior revealing that fact.
Despite having ample classes on teaching, I have not had a single one on preparing a sermon or ‘biblical message.’ However, I have the course manual and I can teach myself; that shall have to suffice at this point. When this course is finished I will be teaching Biblical Doctrine followed by New Testament Survey. These should be a bit more complete as I have passed through this myself.
Regardless, I am teaching the same class back to back, now I realize how pastors and teachers must feel who have multiple services or classes. The first class I get good practice on and I believe I am sufficiently warmed up for the second. Alas, that is the rub, for the second class is some kind of class indeed.
The idea we were covering yesterday was finding the contextual subject of a Biblical passage and determining the ‘completers’ or points of support for the subject. The course material outlined several of these and then offered a section in which one would complete the assignment on his own. I am sorrowful to report that we never reached that section despite it being only three pages forward in the book.
We started off well but one of the examples listed was about the man in John 9 who was healed of blindness. The basic subject was that not all illness is caused by sin. Yet, we somehow drifted to the issue of divine healing and then the gift of healing and then the gift of prophecy and then the office of a prophet and then the issue of discernment and finally ended when our time expired. Wow, I am amazed at the diversions and side roads the conversation will take. I think it would be easier chasing a rabbit through a tall stand of grass in the plains. Haha so be it; it matters little as everyone is still learning and the Lord is still glorified!
Despite having ample classes on teaching, I have not had a single one on preparing a sermon or ‘biblical message.’ However, I have the course manual and I can teach myself; that shall have to suffice at this point. When this course is finished I will be teaching Biblical Doctrine followed by New Testament Survey. These should be a bit more complete as I have passed through this myself.
Regardless, I am teaching the same class back to back, now I realize how pastors and teachers must feel who have multiple services or classes. The first class I get good practice on and I believe I am sufficiently warmed up for the second. Alas, that is the rub, for the second class is some kind of class indeed.
The idea we were covering yesterday was finding the contextual subject of a Biblical passage and determining the ‘completers’ or points of support for the subject. The course material outlined several of these and then offered a section in which one would complete the assignment on his own. I am sorrowful to report that we never reached that section despite it being only three pages forward in the book.
We started off well but one of the examples listed was about the man in John 9 who was healed of blindness. The basic subject was that not all illness is caused by sin. Yet, we somehow drifted to the issue of divine healing and then the gift of healing and then the gift of prophecy and then the office of a prophet and then the issue of discernment and finally ended when our time expired. Wow, I am amazed at the diversions and side roads the conversation will take. I think it would be easier chasing a rabbit through a tall stand of grass in the plains. Haha so be it; it matters little as everyone is still learning and the Lord is still glorified!
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