Category 10 - How to Be a Spirit-anointed Teacher!
For He taught them as one having
authority, and not as the scribes (Matt. 7:29)
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The presence of, and the belief in, the voice of God within the heart of the Spirit-filled believer requires that education train students how to sense the Spirit of God in their hearts rather than how to reason critically on their own. If God has ceased speaking, then fine, let us learn how to use our minds ourselves. But if God still is speaking, then let us allow God to fill and use our hearts
and minds, not we ourselves. When man uses his mind, it is a dead work (Heb. 6:1,2). When God uses it, it is a living work.
Satan's temptation in the Garden of Eden was that man could "eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and
know himself," without needing God's revelation (Gen. 2:17; 3:5). However, this is a lie. As you will see, the Bible states over and over that man's knowledge, man's understanding, and man's wisdom are diametrically opposed to God's knowledge, God's understanding and God's wisdom (which are called a spirit of knowledge, a spirit of understanding, and a spirit of wisdom).
Man is to yield his heart and his mind to the indwelling river of God - to "flow." This will result in receiving anointed reason, words of wisdom, words of knowledge, prophecy, discerning of spirits, faith, healing, tongues, and miracles.
The goal of education is stated in I Timothy 1:5 - love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith. These are all heart experiences, not mental exercises. And these are exactly the heart experiences which are required for us to come through the veil into God's presence and receive His voice, His wisdom, His anointing, His dream, and His vision (Heb. 10:19-22).
Education must teach us how to come to our hearts and allow God to live His life through us by His indwelling Holy Spirit. Then we are eating from the Tree of Life!
This is a guided self-discovery workbook. Over 5,500 verses form the base of this manual! It lays out a Spirit-anointed epistemology requiring an educational paradigm shift from rationalism to revelation knowledge.
Take it to the next level
If you want to go beyond simply reading a book and hoping you get everything
you need from it to really change your life, here are some options for
you.
Opportunity 2
Earn college credit while
being apprenticed to mastery in this area! How Do You Know?
is also available
as part of MIN310 Experiencing God in the Small Group, a three-credit distance learning college course from
Christian
Leadership University. Experience God's revelation truth while earning your degree from
home!
Opportunity 3
Mark Virkler is available to conduct a
Spirit-anointed Teaching seminar in
your area. Learn
more about this opportunity and how you can schedule this practical workshop at your
church.
This seminar guide is a condensation of the principles of the book How Do You Know? It builds a case for transmitting spiritual and personal truth, rather than detached, rational information. You will learn about the four foundation stones underlying Spirit-anointed teaching, which are:
Knowing the goal of knowing;
Knowing the role of the mind in knowing;
Knowing the role of the heart in knowing;
Knowing the role of teaching in knowing.
In addition, you will learn:
How to define a Spirit-anointed teacher;
How to define Spirit-anointed teaching;
How to receive divine revelation;
How to develop a Spirit-anointed lesson plan;
What is a Spirit-anointed classroom methodology;
Narrative Theology - The place of story in Spirit-anointed teaching;
A Spirit-anointed teaching style;
A Spirit-anointed paradigm for discovering truth;
How to develop Spirit-anointed discussion questions;
How to lead Spirit-anointed discussion groups.
Note:
This seminar guide is designed to go along with the cassettes and/or
PowerPoint presentation below. It relies on them for answers to the
fill-in-the-blank questions.
Take it to the next level
If you want to go beyond simply reading a book and hoping you get everything
you need from it to really change your life, here are some options for
you.
Opportunity 2
Earn college credit while
being apprenticed to mastery in this area! Spirit-anointed Teaching
is also available
as part of MIN310 Experiencing God in the Small Group, a three-credit distance learning college course from
Christian
Leadership University. Experience God's revelation truth while earning your degree from
home!
Opportunity 3
Mark Virkler is available to conduct a
Spirit-anointed Teaching seminar in
your area. Learn
more about this opportunity and how you can schedule this practical workshop at your
church.
This audio series is of Mark Virkler teaching through the Spirit-anointed
Teaching Seminar Guide.
Spirit-anointed Teaching
PowerPoint Presentation
PowerPoint presentation for instructors of the Spirit-anointed Teaching
course. This contains an amazing 135 PowerPoint slides to make your classroom presentation beautiful and powerful. It follows the Spirit-anointed Teaching seminar guide, so
it is recommended that you purchase and use the seminar guide with your students, assigning
How Do You Know? for homework. You may view a sample of the first several PowerPoint slides
as individual graphics (Slide 1, Slide
2, Slide 3, Slide
4, Slide 5, Slide
6, Slide 7, Slide
8, Slide 9), or download them as a PowerPoint Presentation
if you have
PowerPoint 2002 or later on your computer.
Comments
from seminar participants
"It was real and relevant to
life — not just theory."
"I enjoyed learning about
left- and right-brain functions as applied to education."
"I enjoyed the fast pace and
the down-to-earth attitude. Mark Virkler is very funny, articulate, natural,
and approachable. That makes learning easier. The subject matter is exciting.
It’s fun to stop and actually take a look at things that we so often take
for granted."
"I thoroughly enjoyed this
seminar but it brought forth for me amazing paradigm shifts!"
"Good stuff! What a
life-changing and challenging course!"
"For me it was as though
lights were being continually turned on."
"The explanation of
the 'purpose of teaching' and the practical examples of this teaching model,
and the emphasis on 'Spirit anointed' reasoning are the parts I enjoyed
most."
This CD comes with a worksheet on "Biblical Meditation." It teaches how you can
receive revelation knowledge every time you read the Bible. By that we mean, "having the verses leap off the page and come alive" as you read them. When this happens, you know that God has spoken directly to your heart from the principles of that verse. You will learn how to
move from western study to biblical
meditation.
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Note: We realize that there are some pretty strange layout quirks
in this file! Don't worry: These errors are the result of the scanning
process and are not present in the actual printed book.
People come to small group meetings expecting and fearing many different things. Some expect a boring lecture. Some hunger for riveting interaction. Some fear a couple of people monopolizing the entire evening and going off on some tangent.
This book teaches how to make small group meetings into times of dynamic sharing of Spirit-anointed real life issues. It teaches how to get everyone involved, how to limit the naturally talkative, and how to keep things on track.
It is designed for individual and small group use. It will lead the participants into learning how to make
small group meetings "experiences" rather than simply "studies." Discussion questions and action exercises are found at the end of each chapter. It is not necessary that small group participants take this course, however this should be required for all small group leaders.
Take it to the next level
If you want to go beyond simply reading a book and hoping you get everything
you need from it to really change your life, here are some options for
you.
Opportunity 2
Earn college credit while
being apprenticed to mastery in this area! Experiencing God: Lamad
Encounter Groups is also available
as part of MIN310 Experiencing God in the Small Group, a three-credit distance learning college course from
Christian
Leadership University. Let the Spirit of God invade your small group while earning your degree from
home!
Opportunity 3
Mark Virkler is available to conduct a
Spirit-anointed Teaching seminar in
your area. Learn
more about this opportunity and how you can schedule this practical workshop at your
church.
Note: You will receive your eBook via email, usually
on the next business day.
Free download
Get the first chapter as an Adobe PDF.
Apprenticeship: "Soaking up the spirit and anointing of another."
Apprenticeship is the most time-honored approach to learning. It has proven itself through all of history, was used by Jesus of Nazareth as He discipled the Twelve, and is being restored in America today by progressive educators.
In an era of declining test scores and courses which bear little relationship to the skills necessary in real life, mentoring is the most outstanding educational methodology in use.
Learn the difference between
counselors, coaches, and mentors.
Learn what to look for in a good
mentor.
Learn how to enter and exit
apprenticeship relationships
Discover how long these relationships
often last.
Discover the variety of ways you can
be mentored.
Analyze your life to discover who your
mentors have been.
Determine the next area in which God
wants to provide you with a mentor.
Take it to the next level
If you want to go beyond simply reading a book and hoping you get everything
you need from it to really change your life, here are some options for
you.
Opportunity 2
Earn college credit while
being apprenticed to mastery in this area! This book is also available
as part of LEA310 Apprenticed to Leadership, a three-credit distance learning college course from
Christian
Leadership University. Experience the power of mentorship while earning your degree from
home!
This book presents lamad standards for teachers and curriculum writers. Lamad standards require that one's books and teaching style cause the student to personally encounter the subject matter at hand, and then interact with the Holy Spirit concerning this subject matter while working the truths out in real life situations. This is much different than what is expected in a typical western academic classroom, where the focus is primarily on what is happening between the ears. This book lays out many lamad evaluation score sheets, with standards in the areas of being a lamad teacher, developing lamad textbooks and using a lamad teaching style. You will also learn how to develop a lamad lesson plan. Designed for writers and educators.
A positional paper that Mark and Patti Virkler wrote when they decided to homeschool their two children, Charity and Joshua, beginning in kindergarten. Charity
has now received her Doctor of Philosophy degree, and Joshua, his Master of
Christian Entrepreneurship from Christian Leadership
University. This book lists many of the reasons that influenced Mark and Patti to homeschool their children.
