Tag: bible study
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Teach the Word: Bible Instruction Class in Suburbia
This month’s Teach the Word article is by Pastor Tim Priewe. He serves as an associate pastor at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Appleton, WI, with a specific focus on worship and evangelism. He is a 2019 graduate of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. The city of Appleton, I suppose, does not meet the technical definition of a suburb:…
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Teach the Word: Some Basics for Bible Information Class
This month’s article of Teach the Word explores some of the helpful hints and pieces of advice to consider when writing and teaching a basic Christian instruction course.
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Teach the Word: Help Them Learn and Retain
Dr. Sue Holtz is the author of our feature article this month. For several years, Dr. Holtz served as the Director of Technology Integration and Support at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. She received her doctorate in Leadership for the Advancement of Learning and Service from Cardinal Stritch University in 2004. The topic of her dissertation was…
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364 Days of Devotion
[This blog post is derived from an email correspondence between the writer of this post and Pastor Frederic Berger of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Plymouth, Nebraska.] “What if everyone in our church family could be thinking about Jesus every single day? How awesome would that be!” That “what if” burned in the hearts of…
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Five More Great Fall Reads From NPH
Colors continue to change, and the temperature keeps dropping. There’s a crispness in the air—perfect for staying indoors with a mug of hot cider and a page-turning paperback. If you’re looking for your next favorite read, here are a few more Northwestern Publishing House suggestions: Our Worth to Him “My prayer for you, dear reader,…
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4 More Ways to Get People Talking in Your Bible Study … This Week!
It’s hard to get people to be involved in Bible study sometimes! In our last issue of Teach the Word, we saw four ways for getting dialogue flowing in your Bible study. Here are four more tips to help get people more actively involved. . . 1. Give them choices—Give your groups or pairs options from which…
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How to Best Design a Bible Study
Hook. Book. Look. Took. (H-B-L-T). No doubt more than a few readers will recognize those rhyming words as the lesson design format they were taught during their seminary education courses long ago. Recent graduates will recognize the same. That’s because H-B-L-T remains a primary framework for adult Bible study as taught at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary.…
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Assessment: How Do You Know That They Know?
What do you think of when you hear the term “classroom assessment”? Do images of quizzes and tests fill your mind? Without a doubt, written response quizzes and tests can give you a window into the depth of a student’s understanding, but the introduction of these quizzes and tests might raise an eyebrow or two…