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Please Don’t Try to be Profound
The first mistake of rookie preachers or Bible study leaders is trying to be profound. I remember my first study. I had convinced two J/V football players and a skateboarder from my freshman hall to...
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One Vital Behavior Determines the Success of Your Teaching Ministry
Have you attended a Bible study with a leader who had no people skills? Have you been to Bible conferences where the speakers refused to hobnob with the proletariat? Have you taken a Bible class where...
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It’s Worth It to Know Your People
I used to meet with a guy to study the Bible. He was a quick learner and teachable, and he became a good friend. In general, our Bible study was not extraordinary, but quite good nevertheless. I...
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One Very Good Reason to Read Your Bible
Tim Challies writes of “One Very Good Reason to Read Your Bible.” And he’s absolutely right. This is about the best reason I can think of. One of the great dangers in the Christian life is living first...
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5 Ways Loving Your Neighbor Will Change Your Bible Teaching
To help you teach the Bible more effectively, Mark Ward writes of the basic but crucial matter of loving the people you teach. Loving them will strengthen your teaching in at least 5 ways: Love will...
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Context Matters: Mary and Martha
Harry Thaker (2018), public domain Perhaps you’ve heard the account of Mary and Martha. One sister (Mary) sits at Jesus’s feet while the other (Martha) complains about a lack of help in the kitchen....
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Context Matters: The Love Chapter
Perhaps you’ve heard that love is patient and kind (1 Cor 13:4). That it does not envy or boast. I’m willing to wager you’ve either seen these words on a plaque or heard them at a wedding, or both. And...
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Context Matters: Perfect Love Casts Out Fear
M.T ElGassier (2018), public domain Perhaps you’ve heard that perfect love casts out fear. Maybe you’ve been told that Christians shouldn’t be scared of anything, no matter how large or small. Or...
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3 John: Speaking the Truth in Love to Challenging Leadership Situations
The Bible’s shortest book is easy to neglect but rewards a close look. This brief communication from “the elder” to “the beloved Gaius” (3 John 1) models for us both the heart and the practice of...
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1 Thessalonians: A Community of Faith, Love, and Hope
Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonian church is one of his earliest known writings, likely preceded only by Galatians. As he was still cutting his teeth on this business of writing letters to...
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