Biblical Integration

This course is a wonderful tool to use in combination with other biblical tools as well along your Christain journey to be a disciple of Christ.

I strongly recommend everyone take this course because it helps us to understand and co-relate biblical principles with teaching.

I will look for other classes to take. I thought the lectures and materials were excellent.

This course is very informative and I highly recommend this course.

I thoroughly appreciated attending this course because it helped me understand the importance of biblical integration and the importance of the role I play as a Christian educator. I feel more empowered to be the salt and light in my classroom with my students and to be more bold about discussing God's word, praying with my students and having them spend time in the Word with given assignments.

Instructor is fantastic.

Course is well-structured and easy to follow. The text I used, "The Whole Truth" had many examples for different subjects.

I appreciate the fact that the instructor explains the information in a manner that is easily understood. I haven't been to college in 30+ years, and was a bit anxious. However, I found myself actually enjoying the lectures and am coming away from the course with a wealth of information that is applicable to teaching in a Christian school.

Very well done. Real world examples that were tied in helped further my understanding.

Excellent courses, amazed by the clarity and wisdom presented throughout the lessons.

Taking this course helped me to rethink the importance of Christian Education and Biblical Integration to the students, the family, the Church, to our nation and to the world. If we do not teach the next generation God's Word and truth, who will?

The course was well put together. I gained knowledge of how the Christian classroom should run on a daily basis. I have always showed concern for my students and did my best to model a Christian lifestyle, but when I listened to the instructor talk about biblical integration, I felt that I wasn't doing all that I could to properly prepare my students for a spiritual life after graduation. I will definitely use the advise and suggestions given to be a better teacher to my students and a better staff member to my organization. I really appreciated this lesson.

Amazing course! Thank you for helping me understand how to integrate the Bible into my lessons and what counts as integration and what does not.

I really enjoyed the lectures in the course. I feel like I learned a lot and was reminded of some good things I already knew. I think Dr. Black is a great speaker who has amazing empathy, compassion, and encourages a necessary "call to arms" for Christian admin and educators alike.

This was an excellent course. It was very edifying but it was also a great tool for understanding how biblical integration is done and how to implement it in the lessons we teach. The resources and examples of the lesson plans are really helpful, specifically when you are new to biblical integration.  

I appreciate the structure of the modules with the overview, lecture (particularly having the transcript available to follow along and make notes, journal questions, and then the assessment. Dr. Black's delivery was excellent. I often felt not only informed but also encouraged after hearing her presentation of each unit - the amount of time she took to "teach" was just right, and I also enjoyed her sharing her personal experiences of attending the Delaware County Christian School. Often very endearing.

Great course to introduce new teachers to the differences between secular and biblically focused education. Thanks!

Although much of what was taught I already knew, I still appreciate the effort into making sure teachers think about how to integrate the Bible into our classrooms on a daily basis.

Good material. Good speaker. It challenges us to improve our teaching methods, and reminds us to include God and christian principles into our curriculum.

Even as a Bible teacher who discusses the Word of God as an academic textbook, this course was incredibly helpful. It served as an encouragement to help continue improving and to develop greater intentionality when it comes to Biblical Integration.

I found this course very helpful in sharpening my understanding of what a Christian philosophy of education is, as well as how to integrate the Bible into my units and lessons.

I did enjoy this course, although I feel the quizzes were often on things implied in the lesson and not actually taught. It stimulated my thinking and was challenging, but some questions I had no idea where the information was coming from.

The structure of the course made it easy to know what is expected. Quizzes sometimes didn't take much understanding of course material but more a knowledge of how to take tests.  

Great food for thought and practice!  

I’m disappointed in the course. The first seven lessons are more Systematic Theology 101 than the nuances of biblical integration. The course documents and lectures are not structured well and the delivery could be improved. Much of the rhetoric promotes fear and positions Christian educators as under attack or condemning the secular world. This approach might have some veracity to it but it avoids the nuance of reality and does not take a mature approach of redeeming what is around us for the Kingdom.  

This course has encouraged me to go further and deeper in the Word of God, so I could be more effective in my course.

I am truly grateful for the privilege of taking this course. It has opened my eyes to my main purpose as an educator. I will be working on ensuring biblical integration is the main focus of my lessons from now on.

Some questions were worded in a confusing way. The George Knight book was incredibly helpful to me! I really enjoyed how accessible it was for such a deep topic.

I want to thank Dr. Black and the entire media crew of ODB university for making this program go well and to thank God for helping us get through it. God blessings!

Dr. Black is well-versed in every lesson throughout these courses. She made the course interesting by using real world examples from her career and/or family. Thank you!

I really enjoyed this course and would like to take more courses from Dr. Black.

I think the lectures had good information, but Dr. Black often went off on tangents that didn't support the ideas presented in that topic. They were just nice anecdotes that didn't seem to follow a plan. I would appreciate more structure.

I loved this course. I am not currently teaching in a Christian school so I would have loved to hear a little on how I could integrate biblical values and principles into my lessons anyway.

Great information to share with others

Lesson 9 was not really clear.

I think I got more out of the Christian Philosophy of Education course. This follow up was ok but I think my school has hit on this topic quite a bit and so it wasn't new material. The last few lessons seemed to resonate with me more, while the first lessons just seemed like topics I've discussed and heard lectures on often.

I dreaded taking this course as I have not been a student for many years, and I was terrified. What I learned was I really enjoyed being in the student role again. It gave me a better understanding of what my students may be feeling. It also helped me to better understand how I can grow as a teacher. When I took these courses the first time in college, I was a mere 18–19-year-old student. Now as a 40+ year old I have so much more perspective and have a greater understanding of how my philosophy of education and how including biblically integrated lessons impact my teaching. Thank you for creating this tool to help improve us educators.

I love the set up of this course. I like that each lesson was set up the same way. I love to be able to look at the transcripts in addition to the lectures, as I am a visual learner rather than an auditory one. The lectures were interesting and just the right length.

I have really enjoyed this course and would highly recommend it.

Thank you for making this course available. The layout, design, and structure made covering biblical integration achievable, inspiring, and even refreshing.

I thought the courses were inspiring, fair, and well planned!

I have learned so much from Dr. Black and the book "Truth Weaving." I came into our Christmas break burnt out, but the lessons and readings have helped me refocus on what the true purpose of Christian education is: "to enable [my students] to develop a biblical vision of life that will guide them to think and act for God's glory and their own abundant living." (from "Truth Weaving" by D. P. Johnson) I cannot wait to begin planning out biblically integrated lessons and encouraging my students to seek the truth found in God's Word, even in math class!

This is a great place to begin in thinking about how Scripture informs our curricular goals as educators.

Interesting review of concepts.

Great course. I am going to try to implement the guiding questions we learned in lesson 11 and integrate more biblical strategies.

Excellent, thank-you!

Thank you so much! I've learned so much about biblical integration and Christian philosophy of education. I can't wait to put it to use in course.

I really enjoyed this course and feel I learned a lot.

I understand the necessity of taking this course for ACSI certification. It is helpful to have each teacher who has that certification to have had consistent teaching on this subject. I just feel as if I am not quite equipped from the lectures or the reading to do this well. I realize this will take time to develop. I think it would be more helpful to walk us through the actual planning of a unit or lesson that is biblically integrated so we at least have an idea of where to begin.

This course was different than I thought it would be. It dealt a lot with the philosophy behind biblical integration. It was very valuable.