Other uses for the Spider Graph
Try the following Spider Graph exercises:
1. There are 27 books in the New Testament, but to try to do a spider graph to evaluate your own knowledge of the NT is very daunting. What you can do is to divide the NT up into its different components - eg Pauline epistles, Johannine epistles, Pastorals, Gospels, etc.
If you were doing say the Gospels, you could plot a spider graph with 5 spokes (mark 0-10 on each spoke). At the end of each spoke, write the name of a gospel: eg Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Thomas. How much do you know about each of them? What concrete plans will you take to find out more? (OK, I included a non-canonical gospel inside to stir the waters and to help you think about its relationship to the 4 canonical gospels). O incidentally, if you do enough spider graphs of bible books, you might reduce the 90% rating that the church below has given itself to a much lower percentage!!!)
2. What are the qualities necessary for a pastor who is serving in urban Singapore/urban Indonesia/urban Thailand/urban Myanmar/urban India/urban Philippines (pick one)? On a scale of 1-10, how do Singaporean seminaries prepare them for their ministries? What can seminaries do to prepare them better?
3. What are the perils of the Internet for children growing up in networked global cities? On a scale of 1-10, rate your perception of the danger involved? What strategies can you deploy to help children deal with these dangers?
1. There are 27 books in the New Testament, but to try to do a spider graph to evaluate your own knowledge of the NT is very daunting. What you can do is to divide the NT up into its different components - eg Pauline epistles, Johannine epistles, Pastorals, Gospels, etc.
If you were doing say the Gospels, you could plot a spider graph with 5 spokes (mark 0-10 on each spoke). At the end of each spoke, write the name of a gospel: eg Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Thomas. How much do you know about each of them? What concrete plans will you take to find out more? (OK, I included a non-canonical gospel inside to stir the waters and to help you think about its relationship to the 4 canonical gospels). O incidentally, if you do enough spider graphs of bible books, you might reduce the 90% rating that the church below has given itself to a much lower percentage!!!)
2. What are the qualities necessary for a pastor who is serving in urban Singapore/urban Indonesia/urban Thailand/urban Myanmar/urban India/urban Philippines (pick one)? On a scale of 1-10, how do Singaporean seminaries prepare them for their ministries? What can seminaries do to prepare them better?
3. What are the perils of the Internet for children growing up in networked global cities? On a scale of 1-10, rate your perception of the danger involved? What strategies can you deploy to help children deal with these dangers?
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