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Unconditional Gospel

There’s something special about Lutheran ministers of the gospel educating people.

Teaching With Apologetic Awareness

Not long ago, a recently confirmed member stopped me in the narthex after a service. “Pastor, I’m going to invite my friend

Ten Years In: Reflections on Teaching Grown-Ups (Part 2)

First, our mid-2020 church-planting workshops will always be special to me.

Ten Years In: Reflections on Teaching Grown-Ups (Part 1)

First, I carry a laminated SETPI diagram in my work bag to glance at when I’m outlining Bible studies months away.

So Much to Learn: Notes From Another Young Pastor on Teaching Grown-Ups (Part 2)

Recently, my congregation spent a couple of months working through the first few chapters of Genesis.

So Much to Learn: Notes From Another Young Pastor on Teaching Grown-Ups (Part 1)

While AI might be a bit controversial, it can nevertheless also be a helpful tool.

So Much to Learn: Notes From a Young Pastor on Teaching Grown-Ups

There’s something both humbling and hopeful about walking into a Bible study room filled with adults.

Working With Adult Learners

Knowles advanced the idea that adults bring a unique set of characteristics to the classroom, and by designing a lesson...

What the teachers in your congregation wish you’d do in Bible study

Feedback is invaluable. This holds true especially in Bible study settings...

Planning Your Bible Study Courses for a Whole Year

How do we plan out our Bible study courses over an entire academic year, for example?

Setting Specific Goals Across a Bible Study Curriculum

How often do the pastors in WELS write their own Bible studies instead of using preexisting materials?

What do students consider to be qualities of successful teachers?

In one of the first lessons of their first courses at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, the students are asked...

Sometimes I Wonder . . .

I sometimes wonder how valuable premarriage counseling is. That’s probably not how the editors want this article to start.

Teaching Tips & Curriculum Connections

Last month, we gained insight into some of the practical aspects of teaching Bible information class in a cross-cultural setting. Here are two related classroom tips that the teacher of a cross-cultural class may find useful.

Bible Information Class for Cross-Cultural

If there is a topic I’m experienced at talking about and teaching, it is Baptism. Specifically, infant baptism. I know the verses. I know the arguments.