The final lesson in Teaching 101 is all about making the presentation portion of your lesson as polished as it can be. Are you using a PowerPoint? Have you placed bookmarks in your Bible for quick access? What are some other ways you might want

Lesson Nine: Practice and Presentation

Aug 17th, 2023 9m

Preparation is key for honing your lesson. You will want to practice your lesson to find any faulty points or weak illustrations and to get the timing down. Listen as Derek gives a number of best practices for preparing your lesson. This is the

Lesson Eight: Land the Plane and Action Steps

Aug 17th, 2023 8m 24s

Our final lesson in Section Two of Teaching 101 focuses on landing the plane. It can be difficult to know the exact moment when a lesson should end and how to wrap things up. Think through what needs to be expressed at the end of your lesson. W

Lesson Seven: Explanation, Illustration, Application, Questions, and Class Involvement

Aug 17th, 2023 11m 13s

In our next step of "The Process," Derek Ewalt walks through Pastor Steve Gaines' three-step teaching method. We'll also discover the importance of asking questions in our teaching and appealing to the learning styles of different adults.

Lesson Six: Developing the Big Idea and an Outline

Aug 17th, 2023 11m 59s

In this lesson, Derek encourages us to find the "central idea of the text" (CIT). We'll look at Greg Scharf's "The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching" to find a few guidelines for settling on that central idea. Then, we'll see how outlines can

Lesson Five: Background Study, Context, and Tools

Aug 17th, 2023 12m 52s

The next step in "The Process" calls us to be learners before teachers. If we are going to be teaching others about what the Bible is saying, we need to do everything we can to fully understand what is going on in a text. Once you have the cont

Lesson Four: Deciding on a Topic

Aug 17th, 2023 10m 35s

The next step in "The Process" is discovering the subject matter of your lesson. Here, Derek will share some of his own recommendations for finding that text, as well as those of Pastor Steve Gaines.

Lesson Three: Prayer

Aug 17th, 2023 10m 36s

Lesson Three is the beginning of our second section of Teaching 101, "The Process." As you move closer toward beginning your time as a teacher of God's Word, the first place you should go for inspiration and guidance is the Lord Himself. Throug

Lesson Two: Who Am I Called to Teach?

Aug 17th, 2023 9m 31s

Now that we've answered the question of whether or not we are called to teach, Derek Ewalt walks us through how we can better understand the audience or demographic God may be pushing us toward. Are you meant to be teaching children, senior cit

Lesson One: Am I Called to Teach?

Aug 17th, 2023 16m 47s

Join Derek Ewalt, Bellevue's Pastor for Men and Teaching, as he begins a series of lessons on what it means to be a teacher at Bellevue. Initially, we will focus on "The Promise." This entails learning what the Bible says about those who teach

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