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We have observed that many churches use the Way of Life Bible college courses without the review questions and tests.
That is a much weaker method of education. People are naturally lazy mentally. This is why Proverbs warns so fervently about the sluggard. We are all sluggards by nature. Typically, what does a child do when he is not supervised? Nothing! He just goofs around.
We must learn how to study effectively, and we must continue to learn this at an ever-higher level.
Testing is a lot more work for the teacher and the students, but it is well worth it.
We have found this to be essential for our own church. We believe in tests. Sometimes we even give pop quizzes on the sermons with the goal of helping the people pay better attention and take good notes. It is not worldly coercion; it is spiritual ministry. We are given the example of warning and teaching every man (Colossians 1:128), and the more effectually we can do that, the stronger the individual believers and the homes and entire church can be.
If the people take a Bible course without testing, they will retain very little in comparison to what they will retain with a good testing system.
Knowing this, we have put a great deal of time and effort into developing the review questions and tests for the Way of Life Bible courses.
The review questions are designed to draw the student’s attention to the most important points of the lessons and to help him remember these after the course is finished. They are also designed to prepare the student for the tests. The student should first go through the review questions and try to answer them without the textbook. Afterward, he should go back and find the answers using the textbook. Finally, he should check his answers against the review question answer sheet.
The sectional tests are culled from the sectional review questions. This is a further step in focusing the student’s attention on the most important points of the course.
The final test is culled from the sectional tests.
Way of Life currently offers 40 Bible courses. See the “Courses” section of www.wayoflife.org.
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