This afternoon, during a discussion filled with questions and answers, I had one student raise her hand. She had more of a statement than a question, wanting to make sure that I knew it wasn't Bible class.
You see, we had started our Social Studies lesson, which mentioned Philadelphia and the meaning of the name. Which brought to mind Revelation and the letters to the 7 churches, so I mentioned it to the students. They were surprised to know that there was also a Philadelphia during Bible times.
From there they asked a whole variety of questions and we talked about the Old and New Testament, the different covenants, the law and grace, the languages in which the Bible was written, the fact that there are many languages in the world without any Bibles (which tied in to a missionary visitor we had share at school a few weeks ago), how Jesus could be from the line of Judah and still be an Israelite if Judah and Israel were two different countries, the fact that a number of men in the Bible had multiple wives, and a variety of other things.
The students seemed genuinely curious, but even if they were simply trying to get me off topic, I would gladly take the extra time to answer their questions about the Bible. So, when the one girl let reminded me it wasn't Bible class I told her I knew. I also told her that we can't separate God and the Bible out of the rest of life, they are an important part of all of life.
The students were surprised when it was recess time, not realizing that we had been discussing the Bible (instead of Socials) for almost half an hour. It was a great discussion and one that I will remember for a long time.
That my dear is awesome!
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