Chapter 7 In Yount's The Teaching Ministry Of The Church

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4. The following questions are based on Chapter 7 in Yount’s The Teaching Ministry of the Church:

a. How does the personal spiritual walk of the pastor or other leaders influence the spiritual maturity of church members?
The spiritual walk of a pastor and leaders in the church directly influences the spiritual maturity of the congregation by portraying and modeling godly examples. Leaders can become illustrations of the positive and rich life that can be had though a relationship with Jesus. George J. Zemek describes church leaders as people who are examples before Jesus’ sheep and the world that can level and accusation of hypocrisy. They can show new believers real world examples of those who have accepted the gift of salvation and encourage …show more content…

Are you predominately a thinker, a feeler, or a doer? What evidence supports your evaluation? What dangers do you risk in focusing only on this “natural” emphasis?
After evaluating the text, I truly display the traits of a thinker. As supported by the text, I am the type of person who wants to know the answers in a rational and analytical way. When I read the text, I look for meaning in the original language and try to understand the complete context of the passage. My first thoughts are how to distill the passage down into clear meanings and ideas.
This type of thinking is dangerous because of the risk of becoming paralyzed by the details and losing the bigger picture. In over evaluating a passage it is possible to lose sight of the affective and behavioral aspects of teaching. It is easy to progress into cold intellectualism. The actual explanations and meanings of a passage should always be in focus instead of the translation. First should be what God is telling the reader and how that message affects their lives.

b. As a teacher, where do you need more emphasis: helping people think, feel, or do? What specifically will you do to strengthen these …show more content…

Exegesis is the study of the meaning of a biblical passage in relation to the historical and literal context. It is the first task to understand this meaning. Hermeneutics is the explanation, translation, or interpretation of the passage. The purpose is to discover the intended meaning and is found by a thorough evaluation of the passage. Exposition is the communication of the text. This expression allows the teacher to provide a fuller and better understanding of the Bible in terms of modern day life. This type of study allows for the interpretation (hermeneutics) to provide guidelines in understanding the original meaning (exegesis) and then apply the text in a modern perspective (exposition) with an emphasis on life

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