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Jesus sang Penginjil |
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Jesus the Evangelist (Indonesian version)  Jika Anda membaca frase “Yesus sang Penginjil,” apa yang Anda pikirkan? Jika Anda mengatakan bahwa yang terpikir adalah pertemuan Yesus dengan wanita di sumur atau dengan Nikodemus, Anda akan terkejut ketika mengetahui bahwa baik Yohanes—yang menuliskan kedua kisah ini (Yohanes 3 & 4)—maupun Markus, tidak pernah menyebutkan Yesus sedang menginjili. Bahkan, Yohanes hanya menyebutkan penginjilan dua kali dalam lima bukunya dan dalam dua kali itu, malaikatlah yang sedang melakukan penginjilan. |
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3D Christian teaching (Indonesian version) |
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Pengajar, guru, dan asisten pengajar adalah orang-orang barisan depan yang akan merubah masyarakat kita. Kuasa besar sedang dikerjakan di antara anak-anak dan para pemuda. Media dan pemasaran merebut perhatian mereka dan merebut tiap kesempatan untuk membentuk perasaan dan keputusan mereka. Orang tua, rekan, dan komunitas menggoncang mereka dari tiap arah. Dan di tengah-tengah itu semua, pendidik—yang berjuang untuk bertahan menghadapi ekspektasi atas peran mereka—diharapkan menolong murid-murid memahami perbedaan, merespon dan bersiap bagi ketidakpastian masa depan.
Siapa yang pantas menjalankan tugas ini? Apakah ada jalan bagi orang-orang Kristen yang bekerja di kampus dan sekolah supaya selamat dari situasi seperti ini, apalagi berusaha dan membuat kontribusi positif? Apa bedanya menjadi orang Kristen? Menemukan Allah di kelas mungkin tidak terduga. Kita tidak dapat belajar dari keterangan atau contoh untuk menemukan Allah di kelas. Bahkan tampaknya terkadang kehadiran-Nya terlarang di kelas. |
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3D Christian teaching: Finding God in the classroom |
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Published in ACT Now Spring 2008
Lecturers, teachers and teaching assistants are on the frontline of change in our society. Powerful forces are at work among children and young people. Media and marketing contend for their attention and seize every opportunity to shape their feelings and decisions. Parents, peers and communities buffet them in conflicting directions. And, in the midst, educators – who are, themselves, struggling to cope with clashing expectations of their role – are expected to help their students make sense of the differences, respond appropriately and prepare for the uncertainties of the future.
Who is equal to such a task? Is there a way that Christians working in colleges and schools can survive in such a situation, let alone thrive and make a positive contribution? What difference does being a Christian make? Finding God in the classroom may be unexpected. We have not learned by instruction or example to find God there. In fact, it sometimes seems His presence is supposed to be prohibited there. |
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Salt Recipe |
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By Gene Edward Veith © WORLD magazine, 2007 When Christians are better educated than the non-Christians, Christians will become the major culture-shapers. |
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Focusing on schools |
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 During the past 50 years there has been a strong emphasis on ministry in universities. God has brought many to Himself through campus work.
I believe it is time to re-evaluate our emphasis and focus on ministry in schools. There are many reasons why reaching children could be even more effective. |
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What's your church doing for education? |
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Education Update, CARE UK, November 2004 “Parents complain that Iraq has replaced education as PM’s priority” was the result of a survey reported in a September issue of The Times Educational Supplement. This referred back to the election claim that Education, Education, Education were the priorities of New Labour. Before joining the criticism remember it was Jesus who taught his followers to first take the plank out of our own eye before we remove a speck from our brother’s! So what priority does EDUCATION have in your CHURCH? |
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Affecting the culture through Christian education |
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By Elizabeth Youmans, Ed. D © Principia, May 2001 Next to parents, teachers are the most powerful ‘agents of change’ in the life of an individual, a community, or a nation! Yet, how many Christian teachers today believe they can make a difference in their culture? |
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Lifework: Developing a Biblical theology of vocation |
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By Darrow L. Miller This will introduce the concept of lifework as well as give you a tool—Biblical Theology of Vocation—to help you, a follower of Christ, connect your vocation with God’s Transforming Story.1 You will find a narrative with a study guide to aid you in discovering the wonder of consciously relating your work to the Kingdom of God. |
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On the vital ministry of teaching |
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By Henry M. Morris in Back to Genesis #181, January 2004 "Considering the importance Christ placed on teaching in His Great Commission, as well as its preeminent position among the gifts of the Holy Spirit..., as well as its essential importance in implementing God's dominion mandate, the entire Christian community is surely responsible to provide whatever support is needed to enable these teaching ministries to function effectively." |
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Discipleship through relational education |
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From the Jim Elliott Christian School
"Discipleship or Academics First?" |
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Christians who teach - Separated by a common language |
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Discussions by Christian teachers about education are not always characterized by shalom. An apparently common language can obscure both differences and similarities, limiting personal growth and possible partnerships. By using more specific vocabulary such as training, instruction, nurture, and evangelism, Christian teachers may be able to clarify their own thinking and communication to maximize understanding and cooperation. However, because all such terms are laden with "meaningful" baggage, a new term, Transform-Ed, is proposed to initiate fresh discussion about what Christian teachers do and how and why they do it. |
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Jesus the Evangelist |
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What does the phrase, "Jesus the Evangelist," make you think about? If you said Jesus' encounter with the women at the well or Nicodemas, you might be surprised to know that neither John—who records both of those stories (John 3 & 4)—nor Mark, ever refers to Jesus evangelizing. |
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Christian discipleship for the modern world |
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By Dr. Arthur Jones of the West Yorkshire School of Christian Studies (WYSOCS) The Western world generally regards religion as a marginalised affair of little or no relevance to public life. This paper argues that this assessment is correct and reflects a massive failure of Christian discipleship. Many churches have been so influenced by modern worldliness that they have lost key elements of Gospel distinctiveness. The paper examines both the secular influences and Biblical teaching in order to suggest first steps towards a re-establishment of effective Christian discipleship. |
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Seeker-friendly schools |
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It seems to me that the solution to the problem of how to reach the unchurched world is to provide seeker-friendly schools instead of seeker-friendly churches. Isn’t it somewhat incongruous that we have strict entrance requirements for Christian schools while attempting to get as many people as possible to come to “church?” |
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Why Christians are needed in public school classrooms |
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Eagle Forum reports how the Secular Humanist Bulletin in 1994 repeated John Dunphy's claim in 1983 that "the battle for humankind's future must be waged and won in the public school classroom." |
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The ultimate language lesson |
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"Teaching English may well be the 21st century's most promising way to take the Good News to the world."
by Agnieszka Tennant, posted 2002.06.12 by Christianity Today
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Where the devil is attacking |
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If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the Word of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Him. Where the battle rages there the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be steady on all the battle front besides, is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point.
Luther's Works. Weimar Edition. Briefwechsel [Correspondence], vol. 3, pp. 81f.
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