Quotes from “The Christian Educator’s Handbook on Teaching”
Paul wrote to Timothy, ‘Do not neglect your gift’ (1 Tim 4:14) and ‘fan into flame the gift of God (2 Tim 1:6). A spiritual gift is ‘fanned into flame’ when it is exercised or used. To let it lie dormant or unused signals a shortcoming in good stewardship.— Roy B. Zuck, The Christian Educators Handbook on Teaching
The church must affirm senior citizenry because we live in a society that puts a premium on youth. We tend to look at retired people in the light of what they have been or have accomplished, rather than what they are or perhaps still will accomplish. The result to the older person is a feeling of having been shelved, and the body of Christ should provide a balanced view.— Kenneth O. Gangel, The Christian Educators Handbook on Teaching
While it is true that teachers also serve, they serve best by leading. Servant leaders are not passive but active; they are not waiting for something to happen but causing something to happen. We all embrace the concept but fail to understand exactly what is involved. It embraces more than acts; it is an attitude that pervades all that we do.— Howard G. Hendricks, The Christian Educators Handbook on Teaching
You can impress people at a distance but you can only impact them up close. Teachers need to intensify their interpersonal relations with their students. Leadership is caught not taught.— Howard G. Hendricks, The Christian Educators Handbook on Teaching
In Luke 6:12-16 we see our Lord in the process of choosing His men. Three criteria were employed, all of which are usable by any teacher: (1) He bathed His choices in prayer. Jesus spent an entire night seeking the Father’s mind. John 17:6,9 informs us these were those the Father had given him. (2) He chose individuals with proven characteristics. Jesus had extensive and intimate involvement with these men - at least a year, some thing more - living and ministering together. (3) Jesus opted for diversity in His choices. He handpicked a radical and a redneck, extroverts and introverts, natural leaders and those we seldom hear from.— Howard G. Hendricks , The Christian Educators Handbook on Teaching
Application provides the capstone of Bible study, the peak of the proccess of mining the gold of Scriptures. Without application, Bible Study remains incomplete. As James wrote, ‘Do not merely listen to the Word… Do what it says.’ (James 1:22) The Bible is not a museum piece to be exhibited or an antique to be examined. It is a guidebook for living.— Roy B. Zuck, The Christian Educators Handbook on Teaching
This year millions of Americans will take a step which will change their own lives significantly, and profoundly affect the next generation: they will have children. How they raise their youngsters will have a greater impact on society than how they vote, what technologies they produce, the wars they fight, or the art they create.— James R. Slaughter, The Christian Educators Handbook on Teaching
This was also quoted in this book, from another source:
Christians should seek to penetrate the world of the mass media and to equip themselves as television script writers, producers, and performers. We can hardly complain of the low standard of many current programs if we take no constructive initiatives to provide alternatives which are not only technically equal if not better, but more wholesome as well.— Johh Stott, Between Two Worlds
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