教师指南
Understanding Your Religion
7 Major Doctrines that Define Christianity
This series presents 7 basic doctrinal ideas that help the viewer have a "big picture" view of the Christian religion. Done in an informal style with helpful graphics and summaries, Understanding Your Religion is a useful guide for those seeking to know what Christians believe and how these beliefs affect what they do.
6 Proofs of Inspiration
The Doctrine of Inspiration - Part 3
This lesson will explain the first of six arguments that support the idea that the bible is an inspired text.
教学策略
The emphasis of this lesson are the arguments that support the idea that the Bible is an inspired text. This lesson is an introduction into these concepts and will be continued in following lessons.
学生学习成果
- Know: Understand how the Bible came into being.
- Feel: Value the importance of the Bible in maintaining our faithfulness to God.
- Do: Apply the will of God for our lives as revealed in scripture.
课程内容主体
1.0 - The Bible claims to be inspired
2.0 - Inspiration theories
讨论问题
以下是课堂引导讨论部分建议使用的问题。也提供了对问题的建议回答，以帮助学生理解各个概念。这些仅为辅助讨论而设，不被视为“对错”答案。
1. What does the New Testament state regarding its inspiration?
This is a review of information from the text.
- Matthew 10:19-20 – Jesus' statement to the apostles about their words coming from God.
- John 14:26 – States how the apostles spoke from God.
- II Timothy 3:16 – Paul states all scripture is from God.
- II Peter 1:20-21 – The Bible states that scripture was not derived from man's ideas but men chosen by God were guided by the Holy Spirit as to what they would say.
2. Summarize the inspiration theories presented in the text and state what theory appeals to you most and why.
- Dictation theory – God dictated word for word what is in scripture.
- Thought theory – God provided general ideas and principles and the writers interpreted these in their own words.
- Verbal inspiration – God revealed the true knowledge to the patriarchs, prophets and apostles as well as other Bible writers, and they wrote down the information under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
3. How can you use this lesson to grow spiritually and help others come into a relationship with Jesus?
One can choose not to believe in the inspiration of scripture, but this would be going against teachings that have been handed down and validated throughout history. We can trust God's word as inspired because of how it was put together and how it has withstood the test of time and survived continual attacks against its legitimacy and truthfulness.