Teaching With the End in Mind
At about 22 years, I started teaching a Bible study class for ninth-grade boys. Our class met behind a screen at the back of the church auditorium. I loved teaching the Bible to the guys and would often get lost in all the details of a passage. The guys seemed to listen to me, but […]
Connecting Members to Content in the COVID-19 Pandemic
As our church members feel isolated, fearful, anxious, and uncertain, they need the truth of God’s Word. This brings us to our first component of the online education framework called “The Community of Inquiry,” which is the need to connect members to content. During this chaotic time, church leaders must help members engage with Bible […]
Teaching the Gospels, Part One: Finding Jesus in the Gospels
“Teach the Gospels!” That’s a journey worth the travel, an adventure worth the price. In the Gospels we meet Jesus in person, hear his voice, see him die and rise again, and learn his ways. Teaching the Gospels can be a dynamic and life-changing experience, an encounter with the living Lord. But it’s not a […]
Other Activities For Adult Learners
We have all been there. Another Bible study to teach, and the same basic lesson outline. It usually goes something like this: Opening illustration, read the passage, a few basic discussion questions, application, prayer. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this lesson outline, but using it week in and week out can become a bit […]
Growing as a Bible Teacher
In 2 Timothy 2:15, Paul encouraged his apprentice Timothy in “rightly handling the word of truth” (ESV). Teaching the Bible is an incredibly important endeavor. The Bible is the word of God, completely true, and has the potential, in the power of the Holy Spirit, to transform that lives of those we teach. That is […]