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What does Dr. Teague mean when he says, “Integration was never the legitimate starting point for a godly pedagogy”?
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The starting point should be understanding of the importance of a godly worldview and the necessity (or our commission) to share it with others. By developing and applying this mindset, integration can become an integral and natural part of our teaching.
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I actually copied this quote into my notes. I absolutely love it! His following sentences explain what he means, but how I interpreted it was to mean that God has to be the starting point. We are designed to commune with Him, there is no other place to start than to start with who He is, what He desires for us, and who we are, then, in Him. We have to start from the perspective of God, how can we teach this lesson with God and the knowledge He wishes to impart about this topic as the central focus? Then we can get into the how we are going to impart this aspect of God or His creation to our students.
Proverb 9:10
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.We have to start and end with a focus on God!
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Dr. Teague stated that integration was never started point for godly pedagogy. However, when it comes to Integration and our godly pedagogy, we must be knowledgeable of the word of God and carefully apply it to learning and real-life situations.
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His emphasis is upon knowing God’s Word over just knowledge…the bible is our primary source of truth.
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He meant that even though we are integrating the word into our curriculum the main purpose/point was knowing the word of God.