Bible Promises for Teachers gathers inspiring devotions with uplifting passages from the HCSB translation, offering timeless guidance and wisdom for teachers. It's an exceptional resource for teachers seeking wisdom as they shape their students, or a great gift idea from a child's parent at the beginning or end of the school year. The content is arranged by topic, providing easy access to biblical truths and God's direction for everything that happens inside and outside the classroom. On every page, teachers will know that the Lord is the ultimate instructor, the one who understands their heart and their desire to honor him and serve others in this noble profession.

Teaching is a work of heart that takes energy and inspiration. God's promises provide strength and encouragement to meet classroom challenges and make an impact on the next generation. Bible Promises for Teachers is beautifully designed around a topically organized collection of God's promises which provide encouragement, hope, guidance, and assurance. Explore hundreds of encouraging Scripture passages on topics such as acceptance, courage, eternity, fear, forgiveness, grief, hope, joy, patience, relationships, stress, trust, wisdom, and much more. Alphabetically arranged themes make it easy to access God's wonderful promises and truths.

Bible teachers have an ideal model for evaluating their pedagogy: the Master Teacher Jesus Read through the Gospels, and you quickly reach the conclusion that Jesus was a dynamic, remarkably effective teacher; never boring, always stimulating; never obtuse, always clear; never pompous or distant, always personal and lovingly concerned," writes Roy Zuck Zuck explores Jesus' involvement of students in the learning process, his modeling of truth, his method of responding to questions, his use of rhetorical technique, visuals, and illustrations, and his attitude toward those who sat under his instruction. Zuck covers the Rabbi's overall style and its impact on disciples, the general public, and those who rejected him.

Why does Bible study flourish in some churches and small groups and not in others? In this updated edition of a trusted classic, two Christian education specialists provide readers with the knowledge and methods needed to effectively communicate the message of the Bible. The book offers concrete guidance for mastering a biblical text, interpreting it, and applying its relevance to life. Its methods, which have been field-tested for twenty-five years, help pastors, teachers, and ministry students improve their classroom skills. Readers will learn how to develop the "big idea" of a passage and allow the text itself to suggest creative teaching methods. This new edition has been updated throughout and explores the changed landscape of Bible study over the past two decades. Readable and interdisciplinary in approach, this book will help a new generation of Bible students teach in a purposeful and unified way.

A gift book of thanks for the heart of a Teacher

Profound reflections on the cross that help you to meditate on and marvel at the sacrificial love of Jesus. This book can be used as a devotional, especially during Lent and Easter. These profound reflections on the cross from David Mathis, author of The Christmas We Didn’t Expect, will help you to meditate on and marvel at Jesus’ life, sacrificial death, and spectacular resurrection-enabling you to treasure anew who Jesus is and what he has done. Many of us are so familiar with the Easter story that it becomes easy to miss subtle details and difficult to really enjoy its meaning. This book will help you to pause and marvel at Jesus, whose now-glorified wounds are a sign of his unfailing love and the decisive victory that he has won: “He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5) This book can be used as a devotional. The chapters on Holy Week make it especially helpful during the Lent season and at Easter.

A refreshing truth-over-technique call to small group leaders and Sunday school teachers to stay focused on continually reintroducing people to Jesus whose life and death changes everything.