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<p class="deck">David Johnston</p>
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<p class="text">We continue series with Northern Seminary DMin grads who summarize their chapter from <a href="https://amzn.to/3eQ9Bqf" target="_blank" class=""><em><strong>Wise Church</strong></em></a>.</p>
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<p class="text">This post is by Dave Johnston</p>
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<p class="text">At 27, Lisa Piccirillo, started her tenure-track position as assistant professor of Mathematics at MIT. Piccirillo says, “we need to avoid inviting speakers to math conferences who try to show how smart they are and how hard they researched. This is not good for young people who feel like they don’t belong.” She continues, “what those people in the audience don’t know is that nobody else really understands it either.”<a href="#_ftn1" target="_blank" class="">[1]</a> Many a church crowd, like these math conferences, are filled with listeners who have no idea what we as teachers are talking about. These are not opportunities to show how smart we are instead we need to teach and preach like Jesus.</p>
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<p class="text">My Wise Teaching chapter in <em>Wise Church, </em>surveys Jesus’ parable of the Sower with the goal of preaching like Jesus in a way where our teaching creates a wisdom culture in our church or ministry. A common question from Jesus’ parable of parables is “which type of soil am I?” Whereas a better question would be “Am I hearing from Jesus?”</p>
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<p class="text">Throughout the Gospels, Jesus drew huge crowds. There was an irresistible enigma to him. He is the ultimate charismatic teacher and leader. What is it about Jesus' teaching and his style of teaching that was so attractive? Jesus’ teachings require discernment. Wise teaching is teaching that requires discernment. As we, his listeners, spend time in these discernment drenched episodes of Jesus’ teachings, a wisdom culture emerges. The greatest example of these teachings is Jesus’ parables:</p>
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<li class="text">Parables are fun to read and full of color.</li>
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</ol><p class="more"><a href="https://www.christianitytoday.com/scot-mcknight/2021/august/wise-teaching.html">Continue reading</a>...</p>
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