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the power of modern language. But the   But  the  message   itself  was  what  was    While we appreciate             Language teacher which involves much
      Bible as great literature is quite unique in   most important. Similarly, the opening                                 hard  work  and  risk  factors.  He  also
      the  sense  that  while  there  is  a   verse of Psalm 42 shows that even when        the beauty of God's             shares  his  experiences  to  show  how
      tremendous growth in technology, great   the Bible uses a simile or metaphor in its                                   language teaching served as a powerful
      changes in customs and languages, the   poetry  (referred  to  as  emblematic        Word, let us enhance             tool  for  Kingdom  work  and  witness.
      vocabulary at present, contains a host of   parallelism),  it  is  still  evident  that  the   our study of it as we   Ms.Zothan-puii's  article,  “Identifying
      words that simply did not exist when the   message is paramount and the poetry is                                     and  using  the  hidden  skills  in  a  child”
      Bible was being written, neither has the   merely the vehicle. As another example   seek to know God and              encourages the teachers not to overlook
      human  condition  changed.  As  great   of the Bible as literature, Biblical comm-                                    any kind of skills hidden in a child.
      literature  that  stands  the  test  of  time,   entators  refer  to  Psalm  8  as  a  med-   apply His Word in our
      the Bible is not handicapped by its lack of   itative  poem  and  this  observation            lives.                    May the Lord enable us to be unique
      modern  terminology.  The  unchanging   suggests  that  David  almost  certainly                                      in  our  communication  and  to  use  our
      Truth  expounded  in  the  pages  of  the   sang this psalm while playing the lute or   Dr.  Rennet  Samson  serves  as  an  eye   skills to fulfill His purpose in proclaiming
      Bible has made it the best seller of all   harp. The first and last phrases of this   opener to the Christian teachers on how   the  Truth  through  our  classroom
      times to be used by any age group, in any   poem are identical—they form a frame   to seek God's wisdom to proclaim the   Teachings.
      part of the world, in any language, at any   for  profound  ideas  concerning  God's   truth  in  classroom  teaching.  To  add
      time.                              essential being and His work on earth.         flavour,  “Point  Particle  Existing  in
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      poetic  works.  Job,  Psalms,  Proverbs,   Dr. Evangeline in her article, “And He   “Language Teaching as Tent-making in a
      Ecclesiastes  and  the  Song  of  Solomon   saw that it was very good…!” expresses   closed  country”  emphasises  on  the      Caroline Michael
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