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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Christian |
1.Professing belief in Jesus as Christ or following the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus.
2.Relating to or derived from Jesus or Jesus's teachings.
3.Manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus; Christlike.
4.Relating to or characteristic of Christianity or its adherents.
5.Showing a loving concern for others; humane. |
| disciple |
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English discipul & Anglo-French disciple, from Late Latin and Latin; Late Latin discipulus follower of Jesus Christ in his lifetime, from Latin, pupil.
Date: before 12th century. |
| First Day Society |
On this day, January 11, 1791, a group of concerned Philadelphians met to do something about education. Among them was Bishop William White, doctors Benjamin Rush and William Currie, the Quaker Joseph Sharpless, two Quaker merchants, Thomas Pym Cope and Thomas Mendenhall and a Catholic publisher, Matthew Carey. |
| Postmodernism |
Because and through the great commission we are called to make disciples in a world influenced by the philosophy of postmodernism. Postmodernism to be brief, is a development in the late twentieth century critical, literary, and performance movement that reacts to modern art and literature; postmodernists suggest that truth is no longer verifiable, and that new art forms are best created by freely mixing previous styles and themes. Postmodernism holds that we all create our own reality. God tends to be ignored. Should he (she, it?) exist, he certainly has nothing to say about what we should believe or how we should behave. |
| Robert May |
In October 1811, Presbyterian missionary Robert May opened an evening Sunday school in Philadelphia in which, unlike previous free schools, he taught religious doctrine solely and without remuneration. Schools resembling May's became increasingly common during the decade 1810-1820 as young, newly converted Protestants turned Sunday teaching as a means of expressing their newfound convictions. By 1820, there were several hundred Sunday school in the United States. All emphasized religious instruction over reading and writing, although most taught the later subjects as a means of inculcating the former. Many Sunday school organizers, in fact, began lobbying for extension of a system of free daily schools so that they would be free to teach religion alone on Sundays. [Robert May Sunday School Minutebook, 1811-1812, Presbyterian Historical Society.] |
| Robert Raikes |
In England (1780) Robert Raikes desides to provide a minimal secular and religious education på the people. |
| Spiritual Gifts |
The skills and abilities which God gives through His Spirit to all Christians, which equip Christians to serve God in the Christian community. When the Spirit comes to an individual He brings at least one and probably more gifts that equip the believer to serve God, by serving the Christian Community. The gifts you are given will "fit you in" to your calling, in this case, Bible Teaching. If you are called to be a Bible teacher, you will be equipped through gifts from God, commonly known as Spiritual gifts to develop your Bible Teaching experience. |
| Sunday school |
The First Day Society referred to the first day of the week, Sunday. In that time, most children did not go to any school. Most never did learn to read or write. Sunday was the universal day off in America. Therefore it would have to be a Sunday school and hence the name, Sunday school. |
| teach |
To give instruction, especially as an occupation. |