Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.
--Jude 3
One of the most important things a church can do is raise up Bible teachers. There are so many different formats in a church for teaching the Bible. There is the Sunday school format. This is usually more of an inductive approach, meaning the teacher should use a lot of questions to bring the group along. There is the sermon format. This is a longer study with one person doing the speaking. There is the small group format. This may be like a sermon, it may be like a Sunday school class, it may be teaching the Bible with the help of a solid, Christian book.
Then there is the Christian devotional. It is good to be able to teach a Scripture passage in ten to fifteen minutes. These are the kinds of lessons that you might use to open up a meeting with, share with your family, or, as we do at MVBC, encourage the body of Christ on Sunday evenings.
This Wednesday night, after our Equipping Matters classes, I'll be leading a brief session on how to teach a Bible devotional. I'm excited to do it because I see the Lord raising up more and more men with a love for the Word and a desire to teach it clearly and passionately.
I'm going to target my discussion toward men who will be leading a Sunday evening devotional--but all teachers are welcome to come and listen and, Lord willing, learn and grow.
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