God Our Teacher: Theological Basics in Christian Education

Noted Christian education professor and theorist Robert W. Pazmino shares the theological essentials to guide faithful educational thought and practices in the third millennium. He explores a prepositional theology that deepens the relationships between God and us through our teaching and learning together with spiritual wisdom. Here is a book that can be read for many purposes: as a substantial review of the calling of education in the mission of the church as a challenging text on the theological foundations of Christian education and as a stretching exercise for those who are serious about the educational and missional aspects of ministry. --Ted Ward Michigan State University and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School emeritus A refreshing and wise look at the teaching ministry of the church. Pazmino has done well at grounding his reflection in a winsome and irenic historic orthodoxy. --Jim Wilhoit Wheaton College God Our Teacher explores the important roles of the Trinity in teaching ministries. Pazmino serves the reader well in his call for balancing unity and diversity and engaging the world in a holistic ministry of teaching. --Cathy Stonehouse Asbury Theological Seminary This book presents a balanced view that is continually framed by biblical boundaries and demonstrates Pazminos encyclopedic grasp of the resources that have stimulated his thinking. --Julie Gorman Fuller Theological Seminary God Our Teacher is a carefully crafted robust and theologically grounded vision for Christian education. A worthwhile read for anyone committed to the teaching ministry of the church. --Robert Drovdahl Seattle Pacific University God Our Teacher is different from typical books on teaching and learning in that it begins with Scripture and presents a theologically informed perspective for Christian education. --Dennis E. Williams Southern Baptist Theological Seminary No contemporary educator more creatively develops teaching metaphors or is better able to design theologically strong models for Christian education than Robert Pazmino. --Marlene LeFever author of Creative Teaching Methods and Learning Styles Robert W. Pazmino is Valeria Stone Professor of Christian Education at Andover Newton Theological School in Newton Centre Massachusetts where he has taught since 1986. He has also taught at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and other theological schools across the United States. He is the author of several books including Foundational Issues in Christian Education (2008) So What Makes Our Teaching Christian? (2008) Doing Theological Research (2009) and A Boy Grows in Brooklyn (2014). He serves as a national consultant for the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion.