In larger than life letters on the front of James E. Talmage's tombstone it states, "Knowledge Is Power." However, I believe there is a difference between someone who has knowledge and someone who has learned. Learning occurs so that someone may know something. Learning can happen in almost every aspect of life. It is a wise person, who can learn from anyone.
Example: my wife and I were attending a gospel doctrine class together quite regularly. She enjoyed the teacher and his leassons, all the while I was not accepting the way he taught the pricniples and doctrines he was focusing on for the particular lesson block. I had extensive gospel training in how to teach effectively and he had to be the most boring, surface teacher I had ever met. So, in order for me to get anything out of the lesson, I started flipping pages, reading quotes and cross references, and having a mini lesson to myself durring his class sessions.
One day my ever-so-cunning wife leaned over and whispered, "Marc, who's teaching the lesson today?" I flippantly pointed to HIM and said, "He is, of course." "Are you sure?" came the rebuttal. Then came the rebuke. "If HE is the teacher, then what have you learned from him today?" I sat and wondered the same thing. Then I learned. I took time to pay attention to his stories, to his principles, to his lesson plan in general, and before I knew it, I was raising my hand offering opinions, comments, etc. I got involved. That's when I realized you really can learn from anybody. When you apply yourself to what is being taught, then learning is taking place.
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