"How do adults learn? For nearly thirty years the general education field, influenced by the adult education model of Malcolm Knowles, has directed attention to this question. With this book, evangelicals get in on the discussion"
""As a start or an addition to your library, few books would make a better choice than The Christian Educator's Handbook series offered by Baker Books. Noted Christian education authorities such as Kenneth Gangel, James Wilhoit, Howard Hendricks, and Robert Choun have edited or written these books. Their scope ranges from adult to children's education and covers spiritual formation, teaching, and family life ministries."--Christian Educa ..."
"Whether in the home, in the church, or in a Christian school, the challenge of contemporary Christian educators is to meet the academic needs of students while remaining unswerving in adherence to biblical principles. Christian Education: Foundations for the Future introduces you to the basics of a healthy Christian education program, then takes you beyond, showing you how to develop a fresh, innovative Christian education program ..."
"This fourth volume in The Christian Educator's Handbook series--now in paper--is not about family life directly. Rather, it shows churches and ministry organizations how they can carry out effective programs of family life education. Readers will discover that family life education is much broader than counseling and much more valuable than crisis intervention. This handbook will help Christian leaders evaluate their current programs an ..."
"Every child needsa father figure, amother figure, grandparent figures, aunt and
unclefigures,cousin figures,and friendfigures. Butfatherfigures donot always
appear as fathers or unclefiguresas uncles. One ofthe significant rolesthe church
can play inthe nurture ofchildren is to provide alternative figureswhere they are
absent in a child's life.Intoday's fracturedfamily life, vital familyroles are often
missing, and what better plac ..."
"But it is good to remind ourselves regularly of our intentions, our convictions, and
our dreams. I can think of few groups in the Christian community that have as
much promise and potential as contemporary college students. If we are willing to
be with them, identify with them, or serve with them “until justice and peace
embrace,” I suspect that they will continually prompt us to take our own emotional
, interpersonal, and spiritual ..."
"Balswick, J.O., & Balswick, J.K. (1991). The family: A Christian perspective onthe
contemporary home. Grand Rapids: Baker. An excellent and biblicallybased
bookon the contemporary family with itsstages, functions,and problems;itis
skillfully writtenandhas helpfulinsights on spiritual formation inthe family. Barron,
R., Brubaker, J.O., & Clark,R. (1989). Understanding people (3rd ed.). Wheaton,
IL:Evangelical Training Assoc.Apractic ..."