In the fourth place, a teacher can check individual's grasp of the lesson as helshe proceeds and adjust accordingly. Therefore, the greatest opportunity for imparting Bible information is in the hands of the class teacher, as opposed to the pulpit preacher. The pulpit work has other advantages over classroom teaching. But all of this is in- tended to show the serious responsibility resting upon the shoulders of the teacher. As previously established, the possession of knowledge does not insure teaching capability.
Teaching requires one to explain material in a comprehensible fashion.
But another very important part of the challenge is the rule of relevance. This is one of the keys in creating the desire to learn. When students are told why they are learning, the teacher is inducing rather than vainly trying to force learning. Failure to perceive this as belonging to the teacher's role is why some Bible classes are about as interesting as sitting through an oral reading of a local phone directory. The Bible is far more than an accu- mulation of immaterial facts.