Welcome to today's edition of Teaching Tip Thursday! Today's Tip: Consider the Context When we are preparing a class or discussing scripture with someone, always be mindful of these three important rules: Context Context Context That's pretty easy to remember, right? My spouse and I had three classes with two young mormon missionaries. We asked them how they could… Continue reading Bible Teaching Tips! (Tip #2)
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Bible Teaching Tips. (Tip #1)
Today's teaching tip is one I find helpful when teaching children and those who may not be very familiar with the Bible. Are you ready? Today's tip: Don't over-assume This year, the kids and I have started reading from the Bible text each day instead of just "Bible storybooks." I throw in a reading from a… Continue reading Bible Teaching Tips. (Tip #1)
What would you do without your Bible? (day 17 of the #encourage marathon)
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. ~ Romans 15.4, ESV Welcome to mile-marker 17 of our #encourage marathon. (If you missed yesterday's post, you can read it here.) Someone out there has a starving soul. It might even… Continue reading What would you do without your Bible? (day 17 of the #encourage marathon)
Overcome or Overcomer?
She raked slender fingers through her long hair, willing the movement to ease her tensed nerves. Her heart seemed to gravitate towards the floor. Why couldn't something go right for a change? No matter what she did, it all seemed to unravel in the end. Seized with sorrow, she sank to her knees and wept. Plagued with doubt. Overwhelmingly defeated. Dogged by despair.
3 Words You Need Every Single Day
Every single day we face some form of testing. Every day we are beset with a trial of some kind. Every day God is watching to see what we will do with the time we are given. How do you get through your time of trial? I have 3 words for you...
Progress Report – February 2016
Remember those goals/resolutions you created at the beginning of the year? You do? Wait... you don't? Where's your list of goals? "oh, right.... that list was in my head." "Goals? What goals?" "My New Year's Resolutions? Well... Uh..." That's where a lot of people are by this point in the year---all those great plans are often under a pile of papers or covered in dust. If you are on track with most of your goals for the year, congratulations! Keep up the good work! If you still have your list of goals and have fallen behind, there's no time like the present to rev them up again.
5 Benefits of Memorizing Scripture (and 4 ways to do it!)
There seems to be a trend to dismiss memorization as a worthless practice. It is not. When it comes to memorizing scripture, there are several reasons (at least 5) why you should rethink the choice to avoid it.
4 ways to study your Bible in 2016
Want to read the Bible every day, but aren't sure where to begin? In this post I have 4 suggested approaches. Read on!
Testing, 1, 2, 3… [Coffee Chat #9]
What do you use to see if someone is teaching truth or lies?
Have you read the most influential bestseller in history?
Drop thy phone, and come, read me...
Elihu's Corner 