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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?