Jan 10
We study from the books of Moses (Genesis – Deuteronomy) regularly in our classes. I have taught many lessons from these, but never had I taught a systematic study focused solely on the Old Law until this last class i taught. Most teachers, and especially students, perceive that it will be too dry, boring, …
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Jan 14
The Bible class teacher called me about 6:00 in the evening. Bible study started at 7:00. He had a severe stomach ache and was not going to be able to make it to Wednesday night Bible study. He was our men’s class teacher and I volunteered to cover the class. To be fair, I could …
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Apr 16
This topic may make you a little uncomfortable, it certainly does me, after all my mom and mother-in-law both read my blog! But I decided to post anyways. I felt the same way when I was planning what our Wednesday night men’s class would study this last quarter. I have been teaching the class for 10 …
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Jan 22
When I was an education major at Freed-Hardeman University we learned the teaching technique of breaking a class into groups. I enjoyed this method of teaching then and have used it ever since in Bible classes. How I do it. I typically divide the class into groups of about 4-6 people. I ask them to …
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Jun 26
In a previous post I wrote about my 7 Bible class teaching aims. In this post I want to think about how to use questions effectively. I am still a learning and am not an expert on this topic. But here are some of my thoughts and I hope you can share yours to better …
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