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The Long Way Home in Lent

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Yesterday Mardi Gras, the chapel preacher at George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University was Dr. Andrew Arterbury. His text was Exodus 13:17-22. He reminded us that God did not take the Hebrews by way of the short cut, or even the most direct route. This is a timely reminder for a context that [...]

Teaching the Bible

1. Pray twice and teach once 2. Prepare yourself physically and psychologically. 3. Paula Deen, Lance Armstrong, and Soren Kierkegaard. It is not all about the cooking, the bicycle or the data. They came to hear a word from God not a word from you. And don’t get confused about who is who. 4. Listen, [...]

Teaching Takes Time

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When I began my teaching career I spent most of my time reading and preparing lectures. My job was to transfer my knowledge, that is data, to the unsuspecting and the eager students as well. After the course of years this took less and less time. I knew the data. As a colleague of mine [...]