Discipleship Across the Lifespan

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Discipleship Across the Lifespan

• Trinity International University
• Class 4b

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What is meant in the Bible by heart?

• Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is
  one! 5 And you shall love the LORD your God with
  all your heart and with all your soul and with
  all your might. (Deuteronomy 64-5)

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Heart
Head

• The mind is primary in order, and the heart is
  primary in importance.
• (Downs)

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The teaching that impacts is not from head to
head, but from heart to heart? Howard Hendricks
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Left Brain Vs. Right Brain Thinking
Left Brain
Right Brain

• Logical
• Sequential
• Rational
• Analytical
• Objective
• Looks at the Parts
• Verbal
• Uses lists and listings

• Random
• Intuitive
• Holistic
• Synthesizing
• Subjective
• Looks at the Whole
• Non-Verbal
• A Picture is worth a thousand words

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Left Brain Vs. Right Brain Thinking
Left Brain
Right Brain

• Learns through outlines

• Learns through acting out

• Emphasis on the details

• Emphasis on the big idea

• Linear thinking

• Spatial thinking

• Exegesis, facts, memorization, lists

• Pictures, color, illustrations, sound, visual

New Testament
Old Testament
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Sequential

• Order Logic
• Step by step
• Focus on data facts
• Moves from one proposition to next

• Decoder of written verbal images
• Pictures truth
• Can extract big ideas
• Learns well from experts authorities

Abstract
Concrete

• Experimenter
• Catches on quickly
• Jumps steps to reach completion
• Trial error method
• Works independently of others

• Sensitive to relationships, vibes, moods,
  environment
• Holistic
• Likes discussion multi-media groups
• Reflective

Random
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For Discussion
Logical Thinker
Intuitive Thinker

• What are the differences between the Logical
  Thinker versus the Intuitive Thinker?

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Logical Thinker
Intuitive Thinker

• How do we keep heart and mind in balance in
  ministry?

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Logical Thinker
Intuitive Thinker

• How do we teach people to think categorically?
• Or should we even try?

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Teacher-CenteredLearning
Student-CenteredLearning

• Teacher functions as an expert

• Teacher functions as a facilitator and guide

• Teacher lectures

• Teacher questions

• Emphasis upon the stuff that is to be learned

• Emphasis upon the learning process

• Gets the information into the mind of the student

• Shows the student how to obtain the information
  on his own

• Saves time in the short term

• Pays off in the long run

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Small Group Project

• Come up with a plan to enhance the teaching
  ministry of a church using student-centered
  learning
• (use the actual church of one of the
  participants in your group).

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A Mentor Someone who shows you how it is done
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Older

• Meaning

Mentors
Younger
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Develop spiritual self-feeders instead of
spiritual consumers
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