I have been following the development of this teaching for a number of years, and have slowly implemented each part as it was developed by Paul Gibbs. So I don't write this review as just a review of the book, but as a review of actually using the principles for the past long while, and now teaching the principles of a book at a recent men's retreat.
If you are an avid studier of the Bible you might be familiar with the first two parts of Haverim. And I would guess that if you have sat under any Biblical teaching the majority of it was concerning itself with the first part of Haverim, and some of the second if you are lucky. The third and fourth part though will most likely be completely new to you, life changing, and community changing.
I like sermons, I do learn something from them. I like classes from good instructors about the Bible, I do learn something from them as well. But, to be honest, as I look back the amount of knowledge I retain from those types of lesson's...well, that is limited. I view this as good way of learning, but not a great way of learning.
Doing Haverim with a group of people will simply redefine how you learn, what you learn, who teaches you, how much of it you remember, and, more importantly, how much of it you apply. Why? Simple, you are not being taught, you are teaching yourself. You are not being told by someone who knows, you are being told by The One who knows. You are not learning for the sake of knowledge, you are leaning for the sake of becoming a new person, and helping others to do the same.
Teachers
Now, for those of us who teach the Bible. Haverim is nothing short of revolutionary. It will simply make your teaching a hundred times more effective, and easier. Yes, both of those. This is due to the fact that while teaching Haverim you are less concerned about being a professor who has all the answers, and more concerned about being a guide who helps asks the right questions.
I have taught the Bible for over 15 years. And at this men's retreat was the first time I came away from a solid weekend of "teaching" feeling more refreshed than when I started. If you have taught the Bible you know that after teaching you feel like you have "emptied" yourself. With Haverim, you will walk away feeling stronger. Why? Because you won't spend 5 hours preparing a lesson only to have people forget what you taught them a month later, you won't have to beg people to ask questions, study, or come up with their own thoughts. Haverim is an engaging way for you to guide people to the answers, and at the same time those people will be teaching each other, and you. As a bonus, you can actually do Haverim with drastically less preparation time, and those who lead it can do it without a masters degree in theology, a basic understanding of the truth and some discernment is all that is required.
The result I personally witnessed at the end of the men's retreat was that 15 men had gained some amazing knowledge about the passages we covered, and they learned it in such a way as I don't think they will be forgetting it soon. And, I didn't teach them anything. Sounds odd uh? But I set the weekend up that way on purpose, I wanted to train leaders to do Haverim, so I intentionally brought nothing to the table. And yet, they still learned, and learned a lot. In fact, much more than I could have brought to the table and tried to speak to them. Why? Because they discovered it on their own, taught each other, learned from Him who had the answers. In this I was able to show them that no matter their level of "teaching ability" they could go home and begin Haverim immediately, and they agreed.
Looking for another way to do a normal Bible study, this book is not for you. Looking for a way to revolutionize the way you approach teaching and learning and connecting with Christians and non-Christians, you will love this book.
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