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Discipleship Across the Discipleship Across the LifespanLifespan
Trinity International University
Class #3b
Moral DevelopmentMoral Development
FaithFaith
Definition of Definition of TermsTerms
MoralsMorals ValuesValues
Knowing Knowing what is what is
rightright
Doing Doing what is what is
rightright
Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do, and does not do it, to him it is sin.
(James 4:17)
A Great GulfA Great Gulf
Knowing Knowing what is what is
rightright
Doing Doing what is what is
rightright
For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the wishing is present
in me, but the doing of the good is not. 19 For the good that I wish, I do not do; but I
practice the very evil that I do not wish. (Romans 7:18-19)
A Great GulfA Great Gulf
Knowing Knowing what is what is
rightright
Doing Doing what is what is
rightrightHow do we How do we bridge the bridge the
gap?gap?
A Great GulfA Great Gulf
Knowing Knowing what is what is
rightrightA Great GulfA Great Gulf
Doing Doing what is what is
rightrightWhat approaches What approaches have you seen to have you seen to
be less than be less than adequate? adequate?
Lawrence Kohlberg
Center for Moral Development
Harvard
1927-1987
Stages of Moral
DevelopmentStage 6: Universal Ethical
Principles
Stage 5: Social Contract & IndividualRights: Greatest good
Stage 4: Social Systems & ConscienceLaw & Order Morality
Stage 3: Mutual Interpersonal ExpectationsGood boy / nice girl
Stage 2: Self-Interest OrientationWhat’s in it for me?
Stage 1: Heteronomous Morality – External onlyHow can I avoid punishment?
Stages of Moral
DevelopmentStage 6: Universal Ethical
Principles
Stage 5: Social Contract & IndividualRights: Greatest good
Stage 4: Social Systems & ConscienceLaw & Order Morality
Stage 3: Mutual Interpersonal ExpectationsGood boy / nice girl
Stage 2: Self-Interest OrientationWhat’s in it for me?
Stage 1: Heteronomous Morality – External onlyHow can I avoid punishment?
Focus uponIndividuals
(Post conventional)
Focus uponSociety
(Conventional)
Ego-centric(Pre-conventional)
Stages of Moral
DevelopmentLove the Lord
Love your neighboras yourself
Because God said so &He is to be obeyed
Christians are called to bea holy people
Health, Wealth, & Prosperitypreaching
Hell, fire, & damnation preachingRepent or else!
Focus uponIndividuals
(Post conventional)
Focus uponSociety
(Conventional)
Ego-centric(Pre-conventional)
Stages of Moral
DevelopmentLove the Lord
Love your neighboras yourself
Because God said so &He is to be obeyed
Christians are called to bea holy people
Health, Wealth, & Prosperitypreaching
Hell, fire, & damnation preachingRepent or else!
Focus uponIndividuals
(Post conventional)
Focus uponSociety
(Conventional)
Ego-centric(Pre-conventional)
Fear
Gratitude &Obligation
Love
Focus uponIndividuals
(Post conventional)
Focus uponSociety
(Conventional)
Ego-centric(Pre-conventional)
Christian groups that have numerous rules and regulations will actually hinder the
liberation of their people into postconventional
thinking. ― Perry Downs, Pg 106.
Faith DevelopmentFaith Development
James W. Fowler
Director of the Center for Research in Faith & Moral
Development, Emory University
Six Stages of Faith
Stages of Faith
DevelopmentStage 6: Universalizing Faith
Transforming process
Stage 5: Conjunctive FaithAwareness of perspective
Stage 4: Individual/Reflective FaithFocus upon personal faith
Stage 3: Synthetic/Conventional FaithCommitment to church & leaders
Stage 2: Mythic/Literal Faith: ChildhoodLimited to concrete thinking
Stage 1: Intuitive/Projective Faith: Early ChildhoodImages & Stories
What is What is the place the place
of the Holy of the Holy Spirit in Spirit in
this this process?process?
Stage 6: Universalizing FaithTransforming process
Stage 5: Conjunctive FaithAwareness of perspective
Stage 4: Individual/Reflective FaithFocus upon personal faith
Stage 3: Synthetic/Conventional FaithCommitment to church & leaders
Stage 2: Mythic/Literal Faith: ChildhoodLimited to concrete thinking
Stage 1: Intuitive/Projective Faith: Early ChildhoodImages & Stories
How have How have you seen you seen aspects of aspects of
these these stages in stages in your own your own
life?life?
Stage 6: Universalizing FaithTransforming process
Stage 5: Conjunctive FaithAwareness of perspective
Stage 4: Individual/Reflective FaithFocus upon personal faith
Stage 3: Synthetic/Conventional FaithCommitment to church & leaders
Stage 2: Mythic/Literal Faith: ChildhoodLimited to concrete thinking
Stage 1: Intuitive/Projective Faith: Early ChildhoodImages & Stories
Components in GrowthComponents in Growth
The RoleThe Role of the of the TeacherTeacher
The RoleThe Role of the of the StudentStudent
The RoleThe Role of the of the
Holy SpiritHoly Spirit
The RoleThe Role of the of the
CurriculumCurriculum
The Role of the TeacherThe Role of the Teacher
Agree or Disagree?
The primary role of the
teacher is to serve the
needs of this student
When God wanted to communicate with us, He
wrapped His message in a person. We are called to
do the same thing.
Your teaching will always have one of two results in the
lives of your students…
Contamination Innoculation
The goal of the teacher is to make the student self-sustaining.
You want to bring your students to the place where you are
unnecessary to the process of their spiritual growth.
The Role of the CurriculumThe Role of the Curriculum
The Lesson Plan
• Exposure
• Encounter
• Application
A planned strategy designed to produce…
Exposure
Gives knowledge
Encounter Experience
Gives insight & conviction
Facilitates decision & behavior
What does the Bible say?
How will I convey it to
my students?
How will it change their
lives?
Biblical Principles
TheEvent
People & where they
live
Teaching Methods
• Role Playing
• Questions & Answers
• Audio-Visual
• Story telling
• Lecture
• Drama
Point of ContactPoint of Contact
• Entice the attention of your students
• They do not come ready to learn
• Your job is to stimulate the desire to learn
If the Scriptures are central, then make
them central
The purpose of
your teaching is more that the mere
impartation of trivia
The Role of the StudentThe Role of the Student
People learn best People learn best when they are when they are
actively involved in actively involved in the learning the learning
processprocess
Teaching is to be defined, Teaching is to be defined, not as what the teacher not as what the teacher does, but by what the does, but by what the
student learns.student learns.
I am primarily and continually a student
You may stop taking classes, but you will never stop learning.
Seven Laws of Learning
• Law of previous experience:Law of previous experience: New learning should be linked to (and build upon) the experiences of the learner.
• Law of relevance:Law of relevance: Effective learning is relevant to the live of the learner.
• Law of expectations:Law of expectations: A learner’s ability to learn will be affected by his expectations.
• Law of active learning:Law of active learning: Active responding produces more effective learning than passive listening or reading.
Seven Laws of Learning
• Law of practice and feedback:Law of practice and feedback: Learners cannot master skills without repeated practice and relevant feedback.
• Law of individual differences:Law of individual differences: Different people learn in different ways.
• Law of emotional learning:Law of emotional learning: Events that are accompanied by intense emotions result in long-lasting learning.
The problem of motivation The problem of motivation involves overcoming initial inertiainvolves overcoming initial inertia
It is always easier to steer a moving object
The Role of the Holy SpiritThe Role of the Holy Spirit
1 Corinthians 3:1-3 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to babes in Christ. 2 I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, 3 for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?
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