Urantology

One of the most important things in human living is to find out what Jesus believed, to discover his ideals, and to strive for the achievement of his exalted life purpose. Of all human knowledge, that which is of greatest value is to know the religious life of Jesus and how he lived it [2090:4].

With that in mind, we are honored to have knowledge of the series of great discourses and sermons given by Jesus.

Preparing for Marriage and Family - Annotated Bibliography for Parents
Julia K. Fenderson.

I. Introduction	Urantian Teachings: Taught by two parents in the home. Continual process, integral part of family life, vary methods and materials fill needs of differing ability and interest levels of children. First Priority: Need for Parents' Guide and Parents' Training Courses. Next Needs: Supplementary materials for pre-school children (ages 2-5) using multi-media (music, art, to help build concepts and vocabulary).
II. The Essential Experiences of Parenthood	"[Parenthood] entails the supreme responsibility of human existence." "[New mores are emerging among which is] the new role of religion--the teaching that parental experience is essential, the idea of procreating cosmic citizens, . . . giving sons to the Father."
III. The Family and Home	"[Jesus] exalted family life as the highest human duty." "The family is man's greatest purely human achievement." "The home is the crowning glory of the whole long and arduous evolutionary struggle."
IV. The Unique Role of the Earthly Father	"[The child] is wholly dependent on the earthly father for his first ideas of the heavenly Father." (NOTE: The great significance of Jesus' bestowal life here, in which more than half the time was served as an earthly father to eight brothers and sisters, "almost a score of years." P. 1389:5 By comparison, four years were spent with the apostles, and the remaining fourteen were the childhood years.)
V. How Children Learn	Bloom's studies and others indicate that crucial years are from birth to age five, and growth of 50% of intelligence by age five and 80% by age eight. Types of motivation for learning used throughout universe career.
VI. Discipline (from "disciple", meaning to teach)	Start discipline early (Jesus' method) Help develop self-control in children (first in self) Family council Work - Jesus advocated keeping busy. Children have small duties early.
VII. Religious Training	Province of the home and duty of parents. Importance of home life on a neighboring planet.

With the theme of teaching as a relationship between student and teacher - and with the guidance of the God Within and the Spirit of Truth, let us examine Jesus' life. We can glean six teaching techniques from Jesus as the Master Teacher.

If we want to go out in the world and teach others about the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man - guess what? We have to be family.

If you don't know where to begin your teaching career, start here, a simple step to remember: Be what you teach.