Although much has been written about P-12 teaching from a biblical perspective, this study focuses on Christs relationships with a diverse group of individuals: wealthy and poor, women and men, unschooled and well-educated, loud and quiet, influential and powerless, those whom Jesus knew well and those who were strangers to him, those of his own faith and culture as well as those outside of it. These individuals are remarkably similar to the students we teach in our public and private school classrooms today.
Each interaction between Jesus and an individual focuses on what we can learn from...