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Novelli had some pretty cool things to engage us with the bible story tonight. I thought it very interesting when he differentiated between implication and application. Application was a solution or take-away given by an authority figure whereas implication was a conclusion that each individual participant came to. I see negatives and positives to either one of these way of going about the "took" section of HBLT. For instance, Implication is empower to the participants because of its allowance for differentiation and individuality but application allows the participants to hear truth from an older wiser and more mature Christian. I would like to hear y'alls thoughts on this. Tell me the positive and negative aspects of each view, bonus points given to anyone who does a chart. (that is directly from the lips of James W Smith)
ReplyDeleteJohn, you definitely make a great point with the pros and cons. During class when Novelli introduced the idea that implication is better than application I immediately agreed, but I definitely see positive and negative aspects of this. For the positive aspects I think it helps empower the participants, like you said. I also think it helps students to find the truth through hearing from one another and not just the authority; so in a sense it creates community in finding answers. It also works at reaching different contexts that people who are hearing the Story are in. There are negatives as well, such as students not taking it seriously and making up stupid implications. Another negative is without the guidance of the authority figure students could come up with wild ideas that could be heretical. There are also students who may feel they want to just hear an application and that may be good for where they are at developmentally. Overall, I think you need to find a good balance when working with teaching the idea of implications over applications.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both of ya'll. Students are learners and so it's helpful for us to be there to help guide them to understand Scripture correctly. However I don't think we should put God in a box and say that He can only speak certain things through Scripture. That's why implication is also important. Teens and kids are super deep thinkers. We need to allow them the freedom of interpreting what God has to say to them individually. But it is up to us to help them understand the context of Scripture.
ReplyDeleteI was in Novelli's seminar or whatever in Nashville and it was basically the same thing this time around. However, it was interesting to see this time around the different answers that came up and the different thoughts. I really love the idea of Bible Storying and it is super cool for ministry. Teens and kids love listening to stories and I think that they can often interact a lot more with the story than with preaching or something. It is also a lot of fun to see the struggles that it may cause in the students that you may never have ever thought would come up, such as Novelli's story about one of his students.
ReplyDeleteHaha Hey I didn't realize that this message was for the blog either!lol I have always been a fan using more story telling methods when sharing the Bible, so I really enjoyed hearing from Noveli! I think his methods would be great to use in a youth group setting and more specifically in a small group. I liked how his method was very engaging and required everyone to participate which was really cool. Most teen love stories so I think it is a great way to get them excited about the Bible. I think it is also a great way to help teens realize that they have a place within God's story! I really like what Noveli's is doing and I hope to incorporate his method of story telling into some of my teaching with
ReplyDeleteHaha Hey I didn't realize that this message was for the blog either!lol I have always been a fan using more story telling methods when sharing the Bible, so I really enjoyed hearing from Noveli! I think his methods would be great to use in a youth group setting and more specifically in a small group. I liked how his method was very engaging and required everyone to participate which was really cool. Most teen love stories so I think it is a great way to get them excited about the Bible. I think it is also a great way to help teens realize that they have a place within God's story! I really like what Noveli's is doing and I hope to incorporate his method of story telling into some of my teaching with
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