BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES
XII. Pedagogy It is not enough to know the truth , one needs to know how to communi cate that truth to others. Student s are g iven a thorough course of stud y a nd practi ce in those method s of teaching that have proYed effect ive in personal experience. Such subj ects as: The Po int of Contact, The Art of Illustra tion, The Art of Q ue. ti oning, Gaini ng and H olding the Con fi dence of the Class; E ncourag ing the Backward , etc., a re care full y studi ed . See Chri st ian Educat ion Course, below. XIII. Prophecy A ca reful , sa ne study of the fulfill ed and unfulfill ed Mess i ani c and ~ene ra l prophecies of the O ld and New Testaments. showing that the moderni st posit ion that there is no pred ictive element in the Bible, is untenabl e in the light of the facts. XIV. Course in Christian Education The impor tance a nd inadequacy of th e teac hing work of the church is coming to be increasingly recognized. The fact that the church is los ing its chil dren and young people by milli ons is at last turn ing our attent ion to the need of adequatelv tra ining our boys a nd g ;rls in the Ch r istian re lig ion. To do thi s most important task, t ra ined leaders in the ed ucat ional work of the churches a re fully as important as in the pu lpit or in th e secular sc hools . Our course in Chri stian Educa ti on aims to offer such train ing, a nd to offer it in a thoroughl y practi cal. pedagog ica l. and evangeli st;c way. t ry ing to combin e the best o f theon· with actual pract;ce. lts purpose is to prepa re the ri ght kind o f young men and women to go out eq uipped to work in the educationa l depa rtment of the churches . Stud ent s spec ia li zing in this cour se a re required to take three yea rs for the dipl oma . Jn the second year th e cla sses in Chr istian Education a re open onl y to such student s . except by special a n a ngement. The practi ca l Chri stian work assignments for thi s yea r wd l as far as poss ible be linked up with the class room instruct ion. It is ai med to keep the second and th ird year classes small. in ord e r that a trai ning as nea rl y as poss ible ap prox imat ing no rmal training may be g iven , a nd that the re may be oppor tunity for ind iYidual experi ence and dev<' lopment .
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