growingold

Johnny Hart died after the final drafts of this book was approved. This book is published in 2007. The format of this collection of caveman and cavewoman comic strips was similar to my earlier post on Peanuts. The difference is that Johnny identified his friends that he based his characters on.

read my comments on B.C. cartoonist Johnny Hart here

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growingold

Johnny Hart died after the final drafts of this book was approved. This book is published in 2007. The format of this collection of caveman and cavewoman comic strips was similar to my earlier post on Peanuts. The difference is that Johnny identified his friends that he based his characters on.

read my comments on B.C. cartoonist Johnny Hart here

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Malaysia's Identity Crisis

TIME magazine Asia, December 10, 2007 ran an article on Malaysia's identity crisis.

Read the article here

update

read an interview with Tricia Yeoh here

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Malaysia's Identity Crisis

TIME magazine Asia, December 10, 2007 ran an article on Malaysia's identity crisis.

Read the article here

update

read an interview with Tricia Yeoh here

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A.W.Tozer and Soul Rest

Humble yourself and cease to care what men think. A meek man is not a human mouse afflicted with a sense of his own inferiority. Rather,... he has stopped being fooled about himself. He knows well that the world will never see him as God sees him and he has stopped caring. He has obtained a place of soul rest. The old struggle to defend himself is over.

A.W.Tozer

3D Dialogue: Sufism

Jesse Hirsh host of 3D Dialogue interviews Tina Petrova about Sufism and the way of the Sufi.

3D Dialogue: Sufism

Jesse Hirsh host of 3D Dialogue interviews Tina Petrova about Sufism and the way of the Sufi.

Spiritual formation, discipleship, Christian education (3)

Spiritual formation, discipleship and spiritual formation (3)

In two earlier posts, I have asked the question about the relationship between Christian education, spiritual formation and discipleship here and here. Thank you for your answers and discussions. It has helped to stimulate my thinking on their inter-relationships. I shall continue by offering some definitions and characteristics of Christian education, discipleship and spiritual formation and then re-examine the models I have presented before. As this is a work in progress, my definitions and characteristics may not necessary be correct so I hope you will correct me if you do not agree with them. I hope you will give me your comments and recommendations

Christian Education

• Education is the process of developing a worldview. Christian education is the process employed by Christians to help other Christians (children and adult) to develop a Christian worldview.

• Purpose of Christian education
o Teach core doctrinal beliefs
o Practical ethical Christian living
o Teaching local church’s mission, vision and traditions
o Community living
o Teach denomination traditions

• Educational activities carried out by the church
o Not all Christian education activities are Christian e.g. tuition, learning second language, skills development, leadership training
o Not all Christian education activities are educational e.g. indoctrination, role learning
o Teaching may have been carried out but learning may not have occurred

• Structured and unstructured components
o Follow a specific program, or theme or mission statement of the church
o There is usually a curriculum; especially null curriculum
o Structured e.g. adult bible classes, sermons, book studies
o Unstructured e.g. fellowship
o Influenced by the church leadership’s underlying philosophy and belief systems e.g. health and prosperity gospel, Spirit-filled, reformed, Wesleyan

• Most activities carried out in the church premises
o Exception outreach point, cell groups

• Educators are pastors, laypersons who may or may not be trained (theologically and as a teacher)

• The main pedagogy used is instructional-schooling (classroom style) though others such as adult learning, learning styles may be used
o Strong historical Sunday School influence
o Architecture of church-classroom or auditorium layout

• Target population are children and adults who attends the church

• Engagement with culture; depends on the church
o Some churches try to engage culture, e.g. emerging churches
o Some churches form religious ghettos

• Some programs are time limited e.g. courses in adult study classes

• More emphasis on cognitive rather than spiritual experiences

• Role of the Holy Spirit in Christian education activities

Spiritual formation, discipleship, Christian education (3)

Spiritual formation, discipleship and spiritual formation (3)

In two earlier posts, I have asked the question about the relationship between Christian education, spiritual formation and discipleship here and here. Thank you for your answers and discussions. It has helped to stimulate my thinking on their inter-relationships. I shall continue by offering some definitions and characteristics of Christian education, discipleship and spiritual formation and then re-examine the models I have presented before. As this is a work in progress, my definitions and characteristics may not necessary be correct so I hope you will correct me if you do not agree with them. I hope you will give me your comments and recommendations

Christian Education

• Education is the process of developing a worldview. Christian education is the process employed by Christians to help other Christians (children and adult) to develop a Christian worldview.

• Purpose of Christian education
o Teach core doctrinal beliefs
o Practical ethical Christian living
o Teaching local church’s mission, vision and traditions
o Community living
o Teach denomination traditions

• Educational activities carried out by the church
o Not all Christian education activities are Christian e.g. tuition, learning second language, skills development, leadership training
o Not all Christian education activities are educational e.g. indoctrination, role learning
o Teaching may have been carried out but learning may not have occurred

• Structured and unstructured components
o Follow a specific program, or theme or mission statement of the church
o There is usually a curriculum; especially null curriculum
o Structured e.g. adult bible classes, sermons, book studies
o Unstructured e.g. fellowship
o Influenced by the church leadership’s underlying philosophy and belief systems e.g. health and prosperity gospel, Spirit-filled, reformed, Wesleyan

• Most activities carried out in the church premises
o Exception outreach point, cell groups

• Educators are pastors, laypersons who may or may not be trained (theologically and as a teacher)

• The main pedagogy used is instructional-schooling (classroom style) though others such as adult learning, learning styles may be used
o Strong historical Sunday School influence
o Architecture of church-classroom or auditorium layout

• Target population are children and adults who attends the church

• Engagement with culture; depends on the church
o Some churches try to engage culture, e.g. emerging churches
o Some churches form religious ghettos

• Some programs are time limited e.g. courses in adult study classes

• More emphasis on cognitive rather than spiritual experiences

• Role of the Holy Spirit in Christian education activities

Spiritual formation, discipleship, Christian education (4)

Spiritual formation, discipleship and spiritual formation (4)

Discipleship

• Discipleship is the process of developing followers of Christ

• Purpose
o A disciple- one who obeys Christ’s teaching
o Lifelong learner
o To make disciples

• Teachers
o Modern day, usually one person teaches another or a small group
o Navigators- one to one
o Mentors

• Pedagogy
o Sharing life experiences
o Mentoring and modelling
o Specific curriculum e.g. discipleship programs

• Contents
o Christ’s teachings
o Core doctrinal beliefs
o Spiritual disciplines e.g. quiet time, prayer, bible study techniques, sharing the gospels
o How to evangelise
o Practical ethical Christian living

• Focus of discipleship tend to be individualistic e.g. how do ‘you’ be a disciple

• Discipleship training by person/church is time limited. Spend some time together until the person is a ‘disciple.’ Then allow to carry on his/her own.

• May appreciate community of faith but not strongly community orientated.

• Setting
o ranges from formal sessions to informal, over coffee encounters

• Target population are person who are already converted, believed Christ as Lord and Saviour or equivalent experience
o Discipleship starts after conversion
o Discipleship in children? Preschoolers?

• More emphasis on cognitive rather than spiritual experiences

• Discipleship may not be fully engaged with culture

• Role of the Holy Spirit in conversion and the discipling process

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Spiritual formation, discipleship, Christian education (4)

Spiritual formation, discipleship and spiritual formation (4)

Discipleship

• Discipleship is the process of developing followers of Christ

• Purpose
o A disciple- one who obeys Christ’s teaching
o Lifelong learner
o To make disciples

• Teachers
o Modern day, usually one person teaches another or a small group
o Navigators- one to one
o Mentors

• Pedagogy
o Sharing life experiences
o Mentoring and modelling
o Specific curriculum e.g. discipleship programs

• Contents
o Christ’s teachings
o Core doctrinal beliefs
o Spiritual disciplines e.g. quiet time, prayer, bible study techniques, sharing the gospels
o How to evangelise
o Practical ethical Christian living

• Focus of discipleship tend to be individualistic e.g. how do ‘you’ be a disciple

• Discipleship training by person/church is time limited. Spend some time together until the person is a ‘disciple.’ Then allow to carry on his/her own.

• May appreciate community of faith but not strongly community orientated.

• Setting
o ranges from formal sessions to informal, over coffee encounters

• Target population are person who are already converted, believed Christ as Lord and Saviour or equivalent experience
o Discipleship starts after conversion
o Discipleship in children? Preschoolers?

• More emphasis on cognitive rather than spiritual experiences

• Discipleship may not be fully engaged with culture

• Role of the Holy Spirit in conversion and the discipling process

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Spiritual formation, discipleship, Christian education (5)

Spiritual formation, discipleship and spiritual formation (5)

Spiritual Formation

• Spiritual formation is the process of becoming like Christ

• Purpose
o Becoming Christ like in character
o Recovering the imago dei (Kingdom of God)
o Fulfilling the mission dei (redemptive work of God)
o Becoming a people of God.

• Content
o Character development
o Loving God and loving others
o Core doctrinal beliefs
o Community
o Practical ethical Christian living

• Teachers and influencers
o Since birth we are exposed to influences that affects our spiritual formation e.g. culture, race, gender, personality, families
o Christian and church offers Christian influencers
o Other influences

• Pedagogy
o Formative practices of a Christian community of faith
o Individual and corporate learning and spiritual experiences
o Mentoring and modeling

• Role of the Holy Spirit in our formation recognised before our conversion

• Process of spiritual formation is ongoing 24/7

• Applicable to children and adult

• Involves left and right brain; more holistic

• Awareness of cultural influence is one of the key in spiritual formation

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Spiritual formation, discipleship, Christian education (5)

Spiritual formation, discipleship and spiritual formation (5)

Spiritual Formation

• Spiritual formation is the process of becoming like Christ

• Purpose
o Becoming Christ like in character
o Recovering the imago dei (Kingdom of God)
o Fulfilling the mission dei (redemptive work of God)
o Becoming a people of God.

• Content
o Character development
o Loving God and loving others
o Core doctrinal beliefs
o Community
o Practical ethical Christian living

• Teachers and influencers
o Since birth we are exposed to influences that affects our spiritual formation e.g. culture, race, gender, personality, families
o Christian and church offers Christian influencers
o Other influences

• Pedagogy
o Formative practices of a Christian community of faith
o Individual and corporate learning and spiritual experiences
o Mentoring and modeling

• Role of the Holy Spirit in our formation recognised before our conversion

• Process of spiritual formation is ongoing 24/7

• Applicable to children and adult

• Involves left and right brain; more holistic

• Awareness of cultural influence is one of the key in spiritual formation

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Spiritual formation, discipleship, Christian education (6)

read here more on Christian education
read here more on discipleship
read here more on spiritual formation

which of the above model makes sense to you?

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Spiritual formation, discipleship, Christian education (6)

read here more on Christian education
read here more on discipleship
read here more on spiritual formation

which of the above model makes sense to you?

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