TEACHING THAT TRANSFORMS

FACILITATING LIFE CHANGE THROUGH ADULT BIBLE TEACHING

RICK & SHERA MELICK

nashville, tennessee

Teaching That Transforms:

Facilitating Life Change Through Adult Bible Teaching

Copyright © 2010 by Shera and Rick Melick

All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-0-8054-4856-6

Published by B&H Publishing Group

Nashville, Tennessee

Dewey Decimal Classification: 268.434

Subject Heading: Bible—Study and Teaching \ Teaching \ Religious

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the Holman Christian Standard Bible Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission.

Scripture quotations marked ASV are from the American Standard Version (public domain).

Scripture quotations marked ESV are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked NIV are from the Holy Bible: New International Version, copyright © 1978 by the New York International Bible Society.

Scripture citations marked NKJV are from The New King James Version, copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.

To Our Children and Their Spouses,

All are Bible teachers:

Rick and Joy Melick;

Kristi and Michael Ent;

Karen and Darren Draeger.

And to Our Grandchildren,

Each of whom love the Bible, in expectation that they, too, will teach it to others:

Richard and Nathan Melick;

Anna, Michael David, and Abigail Ent;

Rachael and Madeline Draeger.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

PART ONE: Understanding the Bible and Hermeneutics

Chapter One: The Bible

Chapter Two: Basic Hermeneutics

Chapter Three: Understanding Literature

Chapter Four: Preparing to Study

Chapter Five: Understanding Spiritual Growth

PART TWO: Foundational Theories of Adult Learning

Chapter Six: Andragogy/Self-Directed Learning Theory

Chapter Seven: Transformative Learning Theory

PART THREE: The Star Method of Transformactional Teaching

Chapter Eight: Connecting Relationship: To God and Scripture

Chapter Nine: Connecting Relationship: To the Learner

Chapter Ten: Connecting Relevance

Chapter Eleven: Connecting Revelation

Chapter Twelve: Connecting Responsibility

Chapter Thirteen: Connecting Results

Conclusion

Bibliography

Appendices

Appendix A: Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development

Appendix B: King and Kitchener’s Reflective Judgment Stages

Appendix C: Fowler’s Stages of Faith

Appendix D: Zuck’s 14 Propositions: The Holy Spirit and Biblical Interpretation

Appendix E: Star Model Adult Lesson Plan

Appendix F: Learning Styles/Modalities Inventories

Appendix G: Collection of Methods

Appendix H: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Appendix I: Debate Rules and Suggestions, Advice on Debating with Others

Appendix J: Bloom’s Taxonomy Early Version

Name Index

Scripture Index