{"id":3170,"date":"2012-05-10T15:14:01","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T22:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lightbearers.org\/?p=3170"},"modified":"2018-07-11T07:10:48","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T15:10:48","slug":"digging-in-with-digma-a-teachers-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightbearers.org\/blog\/digging-in-with-digma-a-teachers-testimony\/","title":{"rendered":"Digging in with Digma: A Teacher\u2019s Testimony"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you seen the new Digma videos?\u00a0If you haven\u2019t, go watch them immediately at\u00a0digma.com<\/a>, then share them with your social network. I\u2019m serious. Stop reading this blog because someone on your \u201cfriends\u201d list is waiting and needing to hear one of these messages. And the\u00a0good news is, they are so well done that he, or she, will actually listen! After you\u2019ve completed this modern mission trip, come back and read\u00a0the rest of this article, and I\u2019ll share with you another effective way to\u00a0use these visually engaging and contemporary videos. OK, ready? Go to\u00a0digma.com<\/a>\u00a0and I\u2019ll see you in a few…<\/p>\n

You\u2019re back, great.<\/p>\n

So here\u2019s my own Digma story.<\/p>\n

I was looking for a way to lead my junior Bible class into a discussion about theodicy; that is, how God can be all-powerful and yet allow an evil world to exist. The discussion would lead into a Bible study on the great controversy motif of Scripture, which they could then share with others. That was the plan.<\/p>\n

So first we watched Ty tell his own story in the Digma video,\u00a0Paradigm Shift<\/a>. When he told my students that the reason he couldn\u2019t believe\u00a0in God was because of the extensive evil in the world, these born-and- raised Christians could begin to\u00a0see through the eyes of a similarly young non-believer. Perfect! The video ended and we talked about what we\u2019d seen. After a lively class discussion, I then played the role of 17-year-old \u201cTy,\u201d and asked them theodicy-related questions from \u201chis\u201d perspective. Before answering the questions, they were given time to read the verses from the great controversy Bible study we would be using later. They were then\u00a0to formulate responses based on Scripture, with help from me when needed. Using the video as the \u201chook\u201d to capture their attention, and being able to carry that \u201chook\u201d\u00a0as a role-playing analogy, through the rest of the lesson could not have been a more perfect scenario.<\/p>\n

At the end of each class period\u00a0I always leave five minutes for the students to write down comments about the day\u2019s class. The Digma video was mentioned, unsolicited, very favorably in almost every response. Numerous students\u00a0said that by talking to \u201cTy,\u201d using Scripture they felt much more confident in their ability to share this important message with someone who needs to hear it. Mission accomplished!<\/p>\n

The next time we met, a handful\u00a0of students still hadn\u2019t had the opportunity to defend the goodness\u00a0of God in our role-playing scenario.\u00a0I began that class by playing another Digma video,\u00a0Atheist Too<\/a>, for the students. This time the students\u00a0found themselves sitting next to me,\u00a0an \u201catheist,\u201d on a plane trip. My first question was, \u201cSo, you believe the Bible has an answer as to how God can be who He claims to be, and yet allow all this suffering? Let\u2019s see. Tell me.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the conclusion of our unit on theodicy and the great controversy, the students were given the option to take a quiz over the information, or share the study with someone outside of class. More than 75% chose to share it!<\/p>\n

Thanks Light Bearers for these great tools to capture the attention of my youth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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