Tag: bible study
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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…
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Andragogical Concepts That Will Benefit Your Adult Learning Community, Part 2
Ed: Points 1-3 from Mark Luetzow can be found in the last edition of Teach the Word. 4. Adult learning happens best in a safe space. It is critical for adult learning that participants sense that they are in a safe space. Learners benefit from a manageable amount of stress and applicable risk, but their…
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Adult Education: Lessons Learned
A veteran of almost 20 years of ministry entered the classroom with a preconceived idea of what higher-level adult education (andragogy) would look like: linear and clean, organized and detailed. There were going to be tables and chairs facing one direction. At the head of the classroom there would be a podium at which the…
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Teach the Word: Having an Aim for Your Lesson
In a previous issue of Teach the Word we emphasized that the purpose of a Bible study is not simply to make spiritual smarty-pants out of God’s people so they can answer all the questions in Bible Trivial Pursuit. But since our students must first know God’s Word before they will be empowered to act,…