J.R. Briggs

What made Jesus a great teacher?

April 25, 2009

I can think of seven reasons…

[1] Jesus’ teachings were authoritative and full of fresh ideas [Mt chs. 5-7; 13:54; Mark 1:27; Lk 4:32]

[2] They were saturated with object lessons [Mt 11:20-25; 12:13-17]

[3] He let the questions guide the learning opportunities [Mk 8:17-19, 27-30; 9:21, 23; 12:15-16]

[4] He understood – and effectively leveraged – the power of story, many of them with surprise endings [Mk 12;1; Luke 15; Mk 4:1-32]

[5] He taught for self discovery by putting the responsibility of learning into the hands of the learner. [Mark 8:27-30]

[6] He utilized conversational learning opportunities [Mk 8:27-30; 9:33-37; 12:15-17]

[7] He possessed a deep love and genuine care for his audience [Mt 9:36; 14:14; 15:32; Mk 10:21]

What else would you add to the list?

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