{"id":1456,"date":"2020-08-08T09:08:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T14:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educationalrenaissance.com\/?p=1456"},"modified":"2023-05-14T19:19:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T00:19:35","slug":"training-the-prophetic-voice-part-1-the-educational-heart-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educationalrenaissance.com\/2020\/08\/08\/training-the-prophetic-voice-part-1-the-educational-heart-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Training the Prophetic Voice, Part 1: The Educational Heart of God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The God we worship and serve is an educating God. Our God has chosen to reveal himself to those whom he has created. God\u2019s verbal communication with his creation is expressed in the opening of John\u2019s gospel, \u201cIn the beginning was the Word.\u201d Our God is a speaking God, which means he is continuously teaching people, taking them from a place of ignorance to a place of understanding. There are numerous implications emanating from this concept of God as an educator. In this article, we will explore the many facets of God\u2019s educational heart. We will see that the foundational concept for what I will be developing in this series on training the prophetic voice is that <a href=\"https:\/\/educationalrenaissance.com\/2020\/07\/31\/back-to-school-3-principles-for-returning-to-school-amidst-the-pandemic\/\">God<\/a> himself speaks prophetically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Educational Heart of God\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3R8TzbjbBaU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Human Capacity to Learn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1457\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/educationalrenaissance.com\/2020\/08\/08\/training-the-prophetic-voice-part-1-the-educational-heart-of-god\/canva-gray-squirrel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/educationalrenaissance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Canva-Gray-Squirrel.jpg?fit=800%2C533&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Noah D. 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He has made us to crave knowledge and understanding. Our minds absorb information. While it is true that other animals think and learn, there resides in the human mind the capacity to think creatively and implicationally. We have the capacity to imagine abstract realities beyond our day-to-day material existence. We can contemplate our consciousness and existence in the world. We can take the information we receive and fit it into larger conceptual frameworks. We are able to consider a personal future and imagine how our present actions contribute to the future. By contrast, a squirrel can identify a nut, bury it for later use, and remember where he left it. That\u2019s pretty complex as it is. But we can take our need for nuts and formulate a plan to cultivate nuts on a grand scale for the benefit of society. We can envision what it would take to deny ourselves the immediate nut for our future wellbeing. We can also take that nut and exchange it with others for goods or services. We might also reflect on what it means to be the kind of person who eats nuts. This example really only scratches the surface of our intellectual capacity. The point is that God validates <a href=\"https:\/\/educationalrenaissance.com\/2020\/03\/21\/the-flow-of-thought-part-9-the-lifelong-love-of-learning\/\">the depth of our learning capacity<\/a> in his act of communication to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Making the Incomprehensible Known<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, God fits his divine knowledge to our capacity. In theology, this concept is called accommodation. Even though God is infinite and incomprehensible, he has chosen to express himself to us in language that meets us according to our natures as finite beings. We can comprehend God because he has <a href=\"https:\/\/educationalrenaissance.com\/2019\/09\/07\/training-in-the-arts-vs-teaching-sciences\/\">communicated to us in ways we can understand<\/a>. John Calvin expresses it this way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThus such forms of speaking do not so much express clearly what God is like as accommodate the knowledge of him to our slight capacity. To do this he must descend far beneath his loftiness.&#8221;<\/p><cite><em>John Calvin, <\/em>Institutes of the Christian Religion<em>, ed. J. T. McNeill, trans. F. L. Battles (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1960), 1.13.1.<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1458\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/educationalrenaissance.com\/2020\/08\/08\/training-the-prophetic-voice-part-1-the-educational-heart-of-god\/canva-photo-of-child-reading-holy-bible\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/educationalrenaissance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Canva-Photo-of-Child-Reading-Holy-Bible.jpg?fit=800%2C533&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Canva-Photo-of-Child-Reading-Holy-Bible\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/educationalrenaissance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Canva-Photo-of-Child-Reading-Holy-Bible.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/educationalrenaissance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Canva-Photo-of-Child-Reading-Holy-Bible.jpg?fit=800%2C533&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/educationalrenaissance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Canva-Photo-of-Child-Reading-Holy-Bible.jpg?resize=229%2C152&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1458\" width=\"229\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/educationalrenaissance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Canva-Photo-of-Child-Reading-Holy-Bible.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/educationalrenaissance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Canva-Photo-of-Child-Reading-Holy-Bible.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/educationalrenaissance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Canva-Photo-of-Child-Reading-Holy-Bible.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/educationalrenaissance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Canva-Photo-of-Child-Reading-Holy-Bible.jpg?resize=120%2C80&amp;ssl=1 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This idea of bringing divine knowledge down to our level is fundamentally an educational enterprise. This is similar to a mother cooing and using baby talk with her toddler. We are able to comprehend true things about God and about his plans because, to put it colloquially, God has put the cookies on the bottom shelf for us. God places in our hands that which he wants us to know about him, about ourselves, and about the nature of life. Much that we need to know can be understood at a very early age. Jesus tells his disciples to &#8220;let the little children come unto me.&#8221; From our earliest days, God sees in us such <a href=\"https:\/\/educationalrenaissance.com\/2020\/03\/07\/charlotte-mason-and-the-liberal-arts-tradition-part-2-educating-the-whole-person\/\">tremendous value as persons<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching Salvation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Third, God has given us sufficient knowledge to understand him and his salvation plan. All nature reveals truth about God, such as his power, goodness, beauty or justice. Theologians refer to this as general revelation, in that it reveals truth in very general terms. The act of creation, therefore, can be deemed an educational enterprise. There are lessons all around us, whether looking to the stars or following a trail of ants. A different theological concept \u2013 special revelation \u2013 gets at the highly specific, direct revelation God provides to humanity. Salvation is only possible through this second kind of revelation. Through verbal communication and the incarnation, God specifies our bondage to sin, the impending judgement of our sins, the gift of eternal life, the atoning sacrifice of Christ Jesus, the appropriation of God\u2019s saving grace through faith, and the sanctifying power of the indwelling Holy Spirit. God teaches us so that our lives can become reordered to conform to his gracious plan. There is much that we don\u2019t know and will never know. Yet he has given us enough to comprehend all his work on our behalf. As an educator, God teaches us what we need to know in order to truly live, a point that leads to my next thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Transformational Power of Truth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1460\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/educationalrenaissance.com\/2020\/08\/08\/training-the-prophetic-voice-part-1-the-educational-heart-of-god\/canva-butterflies-and-cocoons-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/educationalrenaissance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Canva-Butterflies-and-Cocoons-2.jpg?fit=429%2C533&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"429,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G12&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;21.461&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Canva-Butterflies-and-Cocoons-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/educationalrenaissance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Canva-Butterflies-and-Cocoons-2.jpg?fit=241%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/educationalrenaissance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Canva-Butterflies-and-Cocoons-2.jpg?fit=429%2C533&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/educationalrenaissance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Canva-Butterflies-and-Cocoons-2.jpg?resize=175%2C217&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1460\" width=\"175\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/educationalrenaissance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Canva-Butterflies-and-Cocoons-2.jpg?w=429&amp;ssl=1 429w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/educationalrenaissance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Canva-Butterflies-and-Cocoons-2.jpg?resize=241%2C300&amp;ssl=1 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Fourth, God has educated in order for people to be transformed. His school is a formative environment. He teaches us not so that we remain the same, but that we are changed into the image of his Son. There is a forward-moving drive to God\u2019s teaching. We are not just learning fun facts or jumping through institutional hoops. I suppose there is a standardized test inasmuch as all have fallen short of the glory of God. God as a teacher is deeply concerned about our life-long welfare. This means there are moments of brutal honesty that must pierce through our thick skulls and our hardened hearts so that we might know the truth, and it might set us free. You and I are the resistant kid in the back of the classroom. Yet God seeks us out because he fundamentally believes that all people are capable of being transformed, even though not all will ultimately receive the gift of salvific transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Delight of God&#8217;s Truth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, God, having made us in his image, has made us teachers as well. We teach because he first taught us. There is this impulse we have to make known to one another what we have learned. Think of the three-year-old who runs to his mother to share his discovery of a bird\u2019s nest. He wants to share what he has learned. We educators have merely formalized this impulse. In creating any educational system, the danger is always present of robbing truth of its transformative power. It is therefore important to maintain this connection to God as educator to vivify our own teaching. When our teaching is seasoned with wonder and awe, our students get drawn into the transcendent nature of truth, and then <a href=\"https:\/\/educationalrenaissance.com\/2019\/11\/02\/christ-our-habitation-a-consideration-of-spiritual-habit-training-in-education\/\">truth can have its transformative effect in their lives<\/a>. I like how Charlotte Mason differentiates the stale lesson from something that becomes a sure foundation for the child:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.blog.bible\/uploads\/blog\/732\/10-ways-to-teach-your-kids-the-bible-from-Margi-McCombs.jpg?resize=229%2C152&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"10 Ways to Teach the Bible to Children | Blog.bible\" width=\"229\" height=\"152\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cTherefore, let the minds of young children be well stored with the beautiful narratives of the Old Testament and of the gospels; but, in order that these stories may be always fresh and delightful to them, care must be taken lest Bible teaching stale upon their minds. Children are more capable of being bored than even we ourselves and many a revolt has been brought about by the undue rubbing-in of the Bible, in season and out of season, even in nursery days. But we are considering, not the religious life of children, but their education by lessons; and their Bible lessons should help them to realise in early days that the knowledge of God is the principal knowledge, and, therefore, that their Bible lessons are their chief lessons.\u201d<\/p><cite><em>Charlotte Mason, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amblesideonline.org\/CM\/vol1complete.html#251\">Home Education, <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amblesideonline.org\/CM\/vol1complete.html#251\">251<\/a>.<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Our charge as teachers is to present truth to the minds of our young charges so that they may delight in the truth and be transformed. This begins to get at what it means to teach with a prophetic voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prophetic voice is first and foremost about speaking the truth. Truth spoken can correct error and it can redirect our paths. It can meet an individual in a moment of need, and it can alter the course of human events. As we delve deeper into the concept of the prophetic voice in this series, we\u2019ll see how we as teachers can cultivate the prophetic voice in our students. We\u2019ll see some biblical examples of how the prophets exemplified the prophetic voice. We will especially need to overcome a misunderstanding of prophecy as merely predicting the future. We will understand how we as teachers can view our task as something prophetic. And we will ultimately gain a perspective on how our students can become truth tellers to a world in desperate need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before we can develop any of these further thoughts, we must see how God himself is prophetic. God speaks the truth, and never speaks anything but the truth. God has spoken truth into the world, whether it was the initial creative logos that made all things or the divine utterances that have guided us. God\u2019s prophetic voice is the theological bedrock from which the rest of this series builds. I conclude by quoting the Psalmist:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cTeach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth;<\/p><p>          unite my heart to fear your name.\u201d<\/p><cite><em>Psalm 86:11, <\/em>ESV<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Other articles in this series,\u00a0<em>Training the Prophetic Voice<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/educationalrenaissance.com\/2020\/08\/29\/training-the-prophetic-voice-part-2-speaking-truth-to-power\/\">Part 2: Speaking Truth to Power<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/educationalrenaissance.com\/2020\/09\/26\/training-the-prophetic-voice-part-3-the-schools-of-the-prophets\/\">Part 3: The Schools of the Prophets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/educationalrenaissance.com\/2020\/10\/17\/training-the-prophetic-voice-jesus-as-prophetic-trainer\/\">Part 4: Jesus as Prophetic Trainer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/educationalrenaissance.com\/2020\/11\/14\/training-the-prophetic-voice-part-5-internalizing-the-prophetic-message\/\">Part 5: Internalizing the Prophetic Message<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/educationalrenaissance.com\/2020\/12\/05\/training-the-prophetic-voice-part-6-classical-rhetoric-for-the-modern-world\/\">Part 6: Classical Rhetoric for the Modern World<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The God we worship and serve is an educating God. 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