As I looked over my blog entries I realized that Paul’s life and teaching influenced me in a number of ways. I guess that’s not surprising considering that he wrote more New Testament books (letters) than anyone else and he’s featured prominently in the first historical record of the [...] Continue Reading…
High school Bible teaching is a difficult job. Hopefully this series makes that job a bit easier.
3 Goals for High School Bible Teachers
7 Reasons to Expose High School Students to Biblical Controversy
6 Pitfalls of High School Bible Teaching
9 Tips for Navigating the Pitfalls of High School Bible Teaching
19 Icebreakers [...] Continue Reading…
We’ve already considered high school Bible class assignments which target the mind and heart. Unfortunately, I’ve had a much more difficult time coming up with assignments which target the hands—ways to encourage students to put into practice what they’ve learned. How can we really get students to do something [...] Continue Reading…
The last post listed 15 high school Bible assignments for the mind so this post will focus on Bible assignments for the heart. We not only want students to know biblical content, we want them to feel it—to engage with it on an emotional and volitional level. Here are [...] Continue Reading…
In the last post, I listed 19 icebreakers for high school Bible class. But icebreakers only take five or ten minutes so what are we going to do for the rest of the class period?
Since the Bible aims to affect our head (intellect), heart (emotion/will), and hands (behavior/actions), I’ve separated [...] Continue Reading…
While I’ve written three homeschool Bible courses, I’ve spent more time writing Bible courses for the traditional high school classroom so I’ve posted a few thoughts about traditional high school Bible teaching here and here.
In this post, I want to give a list of ways that a high school [...] Continue Reading…
Here’s a list of some of my favorite books. Most of these books are short and sweet so high school students should be able to read through them with ease. But before spending your hard-earned cash, why not check your local library to see if you can borrow these [...] Continue Reading…
Translation challenges occur throughout the Bible, but numbers in the Old Testament present us with a special challenge. In Exodus 12:37 the ESV says that Israel consisted of about 600,000 men. Since we’re not given the number of women and children, there’s no way to be certain about the [...] Continue Reading…
Where do you expect to find God? What earthly location would God visit? The prophet Isaiah gives a surprising answer to that question.
The first 39 chapters of the book of Isaiah focus on the theme of divine judgment, but chapter 40 begins with these words: “Comfort, comfort my people, [...] Continue Reading…
Since we’ve already identified 6 pitfalls of high school Bible teaching, this post will focus on how we can navigate those pitfalls. Here’s a list of nine navigation tips for avoiding the pitfalls of high school Bible teaching.
1. Emphasize primary biblical teachings. In other words, enable students to grasp [...] Continue Reading…