{"id":32252,"date":"2026-04-27T03:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=32252"},"modified":"2026-04-25T21:43:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T03:43:01","slug":"the-true-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2026\/04\/the-true-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"The true teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be sure that you don&#8217;t believe that you are the &#8220;true teacher.&#8221; That is a serious mistake&#8230; Be careful you do not get in the way. The major role of a teacher is to prepare the way that people will have a spiritual experience with the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gene R. Cook, Teaching No Greater Call, p. 41, 1999.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think this quote relates to many interactions in life, not just gospel teaching. Parenting, interactions with others, online presence&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I&#8217;m in a teaching moment, my preparation matters, but only if I use it to point to Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be sure that you don&#8217;t believe that you are the &#8220;true teacher.&#8221; That is a serious mistake&#8230; Be careful you do not get in the way. The major role of a teacher is to prepare the way that people will have a spiritual experience with the Lord. Gene R. Cook, Teaching No Greater Call, p. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2026\/04\/the-true-teacher\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The true teacher<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jesus-christ","category-life-according-to-angela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32252"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32297,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32252\/revisions\/32297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}