A. This week time commitment
- 2 hours, half hour of response time
B. Class this week
- This was my second week at Bella Café. Pastor Joe was intent on us figuring out the intricate details of Matthew’s account of his own calling by Jesus. We spoke about the time gaps that could have been in the passage. The biggest question that we faced was what to make of Matthew saying that Jesus came to his hometown. Zach, one of the class members, recalled that he thought Jesus’ hometown was in Nazareth. When in the account of Matthew, the calling of Matthew takes place in Capernaum. This led Pastor Joe into his subject for the night. What do we know? The problem with Christianity is that we, as Christians, are so un-learned of the Scriptures. We are called to defend our faith, yet we have no real knowledge. Daniel, another student, recalled that Jesus moved to Capernaum after the beheading of John the Baptist. Pastor Joe stressed to us the importance of knowing the details, because now, more than ever, people are attacking the credibility of the Bible. And we are the only ones able to defend.
C. Questions Raised
1. How can we bring those people in our churches into a better understanding and knowledge of the Scriptures?
2. Can we, practically speaking, have a class on finding the intricate details of Scripture? Would that even matter?
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Joey,
ReplyDelete1.It is like I have heard so often in this semester already, people are not bible smart anymore they are just sermon smart. People put very little effort into learning or even reading for that matter sometimes. People cram their lives with stuff to keep them busy and for most Christians, the Bible is the last thing on their minds. One thing that we did a while back in my home church was we started a Bible memorization program. Each week there would be about a dozen verses for people to memorize. Not only would they have to memorize them, but they also met in small groups to talk about the meaning of the verses and would do some historical research as well. This helped them to get a full understanding of what they were reading. This is just one way that the church could become smarter when dealing with the Bible.
2. I think it would be a great thing to do. Having a class on understanding the Bible better would be a great thing for the church. I think that the better question is how to fuse this class into what is already going on at the church? There are many different ways that this could be programmed. You could start small group studies on Inductive Bible Study. (This would be more of a class though.) You could also have a conference on understanding the Bible. Bringing in a professor of the Bible would be a great way to do this. This would give the people an authoritative figure to listen to about reading and studying the bible. Of course, in theory, these all work but who knows what would happen in reality.
-Chris
1. I think that if we focus on the importance of scripture and make it evident in our lives, others will see and seek that. As far as getting them to a better understanding from a strictly "knowledgeable" standpoint, I think encouraging adults to take college level bible classes such as Inductive Bible Study would help to spark interest and understanding.
ReplyDelete2. Yes... IBS!!! Haha. Actually, I think any "Methods of Bible Study" or similar class designed for adults can be helpful.