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SUNDAY NIGHT CLASSES AT TBC
What and Why
What Is the Plan?
• Trialing classes for Term 1
• Potentially, more classes in Term 3
What About Childcare?
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no creche
bring things to occupy your own children
books, dry snacks, colouring papers, etc.
more freedom than regular service
goal: don’t distract others in class
What room do I go to?
• depends on sign-ups
• check your texts and e-mail
Why classes?
Why not regular PM services?
• different format allows for different goals
• allows for topics not easily covered in a regular service
• allows key topics/doctrines/passages to be covered
systematically and more frequently
• allows gift of teaching to be exercised
The NT distinguishes elements of preaching from
teaching.
1 Timothy 4:13 (ESV)
Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of
Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.
The NT singles out teaching from other gifts.
Romans 12:6–7 (ESV)
6Having gifts that differ according to the grace given
to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to
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our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who
teaches, in his teaching;
Why classes?
Why not regular PM services?
• different format allows for different goals
• allows for topics not easily covered in a regular service
• allows key topics/doctrines/passages to be covered systematically and
more frequently
• allows gift of teaching to be exercised
• allows for multiple teachers and topics
The NT chides “ought-to-be” teachers.
Hebrews 5:12 (ESV)
For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you
need someone to teach you again the basic principles of
the oracles of God.
You need milk, not solid food,
The NT cautions all potential teachers.
James 3:1 (ESV)
Not many of you should become teachers, my
brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged
with greater strictness.
What’s the schedule for Term 1?
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Weeks 1-3: class sessions 1-3
Week 4: no regular class / ChildSafe training
Weeks 5-7: class sessions 4-6
Week 8: night of prayer
Weeks 9-10: class sessions 7-8
What about a degree?
• Sorry !
• Academically meaningless certificates available upon
request"
What’s different than a regular PM service?
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little to no singing
little to no sharing time
active learning rather than passive learning
group discussion time
some pre-class preparation
Why put time into this outside of class?
• outside investment allows for good Q&A
• outside investment maximises your total return
What is my commitment outside of class?
• Expect to spend 30-60 minutes per week preparing for
the next session
Isn’t preaching enough?
The NT experience > preaching services.
Acts 2:42 (ESV)
And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching
and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the
prayers.
What do classes do that preaching through books
of the Bible doesn’t do?
• the compiling of texts on a topic into 1 place
• the organization of those texts into theological
statements
• theological harrowing
What is harrowing?
• “Harrowing is often carried out on fields to follow the rough
finish left by plowing operations.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrow_(tool). accessed 13 January 2022
What is harrowing?
• “Harrowing is often carried out on fields to follow the rough finish left by
plowing operations.”
• “The purpose of this harrowing is generally to break up
clods (lumps of soil) and to provide a finer finish, a good tilth
or soil structure that is suitable for seedbed use.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrow_(tool). accessed 13 January 2022
Is Jesus God?
John 10:29–30 (ESV)
I and the Father are one.”
Colossians 2:9 (ESV)
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