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Education
Michael Goheen
Burnaby, B.C.
A worldview will . . .
Shape every part of family life including
education
Provide the bigger context for the
educational task
Shape purpose of education, curriculum,
pedagogy, disciplines, etc.
The Bible . . .
. . . must shape every subject.
Two Dangers
Dualism: Scriptural authority is reduced to
spiritual or theological or religious or
moral issues
Biblicism: Seeks data for sciences in
Scripture
Danger!
Breaking up the Bible into little bitsmoral, sermon,
theological, historical-critical, devotional
If we allow the Bible to become fragmented, it is in
danger of being absorbed into whatever other story is
shaping our culture, and it will thus cease to shape our
lives as it should. Idolatry has twisted the dominant
cultural story of the secular Western world. If as
believers we allow this story (rather than the Bible) to
become the foundation of our thought and action, then
our lives will manifest no the truths of Scripture, but the
lies of an idolatrous culture. Hence, the unity of
Scripture is no minor matter: a fragmented Bible may
actually produce theologically orthodox, morally upright,
warmly pious idol worshippers! (Drama of Scripture, 12)
Story of mission
Gods mission: Long term purpose to restore the
whole creation and all of human life
Israels mission: Embody Gods original
creational purposes for the sake of the world
Jesus mission: Reveal and accomplish Gods
final redemptive purpose for the creation
Churchs mission: Continue Jesus mission to
make known the kingdom of God to the ends of
the earth in life, word and deed
Mosaic (Genesis-Numbers)
Exilic (Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings)
Post-exilic (Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles)
Post-resurrection (New Testament)
Authors:
Select (e.g., Jericho and Ai)
Arrange (e.g., David and Saul)
Interpret (e.g., Why cant Israel take the
land?)
Emphasize (e.g., Omri and Ahab)
Literary Context
Literary structure
Literary genre
Understanding genre . . .
. . . will provide a reading strategy
Historical Context
What is the intent of the author?
How would the original audience
understand the text?
What is the historical-cultural context?
How is my historical-cultural context
shaping my interpretation?
Pedagogical Reflection
What can children handle at what age?
Story telling
Visual enforcement
Percentage of Content We
Remember