Last night we broke away from our normal routine to do a Hot Topic on the Geography of the Bible. Wait... don't start yawning. While it might not sound like the most interesting topic on the surface, I'd be willing to bet that most adults, including parents, would be surprised at how little they know about simply things related to location in the Bible. Things like the location of Mount Ararat, which river the city of Nineveh is on and where the region of Galatia is in relation to the cities of Thessolonica and Philippi. And while that might seem like trivial knowledge, it really makes understanding a lot of the subtle things in scripture easier and fuller than just a "somewhere over there" mentality.
But 4th and 5th graders? Yeah, ok... I could see someone questioning a 10 year-old being interested in which of the tribes got which plot of land in Canaan. And honestly, they weren't bouncing off the walls with enthusiasm. But, with the way we do Hot Topics, they not only heard the information, but they saw it and wrote it down. And if I could have figured out a way to have them smell it or taste it, I would. But because of getting them to see, hear and write it, I feel like they'll retain at least some of it for many years to come. After all, the Spirit can't bring something to mind that they've never been exposed to.
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