The students love the level of interaction and it is great to see minds actively at work together. I've been a Josh Hunt fan for several years What most attracted me to Josh's vision was his approach to teaching. Rather than advocating the often pretentious style of lecturing "let me show you what I know" , Josh compels teachers to lead with questions, the type that "get people talking". Where Good Questions has been most valuable to me is in the days after I've completed my lesson preparation. I'll look at Josh's questions and see if, in his study of the same texts, he has come up with a type of question that I have missed or not previously considered.
In other words, I use Good Questions as sort of an "outside the box" resource to give me a second set of eyes on the topic as I am polishing my lesson. They have worked out great for our church.
We have found Josh Hunt's teaching helps to be most helpful, not only in providing us with additional insight into the Scripture study, but also encouraging class participation through the use of his study questions. As a minister of education and trainer for adult Sunday School teachers, I like these lessons because. I like Josh's lessons from the Bible because he asks good, open ended questions. It's pretty easy to teach something in a lecture mood.
It is quite another thing to come up with insightful, thought provoking questions that stimulate discussion in a classroom setting. His questions engage the class and take them to a deeper spiritual level. My teaching style is leading a class through directed discussion. Josh's questions whether it's the "ice breakers" or the "meatier" questions help spur class members to join in on that discussion. I have just recently renewed our subscription. Since we started using Good Questions about three years ago , it has become an extremely valuable tool for our teachers and leaders. Thanks for helping us accomplish our mission in teaching the Word!
The ideas from Good Questions always give me fresh, new ideas to assist in my Sunday School lesson preparation. Many of these ideas are things I would have never thought of. These ideas stimulate class interaction and discussion, which in turn, result in positive feedback and spiritual growth ini my class members. I provide the questions from Good Questions to all of my adult department teachers The number one comment I receive from them is: They encourage discussion and get the dialogue moving in my class. It sure make my job a little easier. Josh, I have been using your lessons in my preparation for teaching an adult Sunday school class for years.
I use a group study method of teaching, dividing the text into two to four sections and preparing questions for each section. The class is divided into the appropriate number of groups and challenged to answer the questions based on their assigned text and then report their conclusions to the remainder of the class.
I often use some of your questions along with some of my own to get the students involved in studying the Bible text to find answers, which is a skill all Christians need.
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I do look at other sources, including Lifeway's online sources. However, the final questions used are tailored to my perception of the needs of the class. I teach median to senior adults in a small Southern Baptist church in Wisconsin. These lessons always provide insight into the focal passage and really connect the learner through thought-provoking conversation. These lessons spark conversation about the passage we are studying.
And, when people are in dialogue they are learning. I am not a member of the clergy. I am a lay member who teaches an adult Sunday School class. Thanks for providing such a powerful resource. My husband and I find the questions very helpful. We use them every Sunday for small group discussions in our SS class of nearly 40 people.
By putting sheets of questions on the tables, it allows for 6 discussions to go on at one time. Everyone who wishes to participate gets a chance. These questions seem to make the lessons more applicable to our lives. What good is it to know the Bible and not think through as to what it means to us today? We see such a benefit to having the discussions. New people are more quickly brought into the group because they are interacting from their first visit.
Everyone is a participant instead of a spectator. It would be hard to go back to a lecture class in which there is only a minimal amount of interaction. I personally chose your literature to use in teachers meetings, to pass on occasionally to our Sunday School Director, and for use in other areas of our church. Your literature seems to target areas of growth and potential that I see in our area. Since I have only been at this location for a short time, I am eager to use and apply as much as I can to see our Sunday School grow because I believe that Sunday School is still the outreach arm or the church.
We hope to be able to send you some better figures six monthd later. As a pastor I spend a lot of time on sermon preparation and ministry. They are made up of couples and singles in their 30's. These questions have opened up a lot of discussion among the class. What I have found is that somewhere during the lesson there comes a "teachable" moment. Most often that moment occurs as different people answer the questions and the lights start coming on in their hearts.
Josh's lessons have been a big help in my ministry. I encourage you to give it a try I believe you'll like it. I just want to write you and let you know how much I enjoy using The Good Questions. I teach a class of 40 adults, ages 40 to 60, each Sunday. Because I teach most of the time I need your lessons that correspond to the Lifeway Explore the Bible series not only for lesson preparation but just to get the conversation going.
I am not a lecture teacher but one who insists that the people participate and you know something, with the questions that a part of your lessons, I have never had any trouble getting people to take part in the discussions. Your lessons also provide us with valuable insight to the section of the Bible we are studying. I would be lost without these lessons so continue on and I thank the Lord for you. I use your lesson help almost every week.
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The questions are great for getting discussion started in my class. Thanks for the help. I like these lessons because they are practical, relevant, and bring the Scriptures to life in our home Bible studies. I have found them helpful. I have taught Sunday School in a "lecture" format and found people with eyes glassed over struggling to pay attention I have found that a class full of discussion and engaging conversation about the scripture is one that most everyone seems to enjoy more than a lecture or a second sermon on Sunday morning.
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Because of this, I like your format for a Sunday School class This helps us to do exactly what scripture says When we hear each others experiences of faith and how God's word has helped us, it encourages us along our way. I tend to use many of your questions, my own and some from other Sunday School literature to help me put together my final lesson. I do believe that all of your bullet points listed below apply at one level or another. Thanks for the great lessons. I have been teaching adult Sunday School classes now for about 25 years and from my vantage point, the learning culture of our day has changed dramatically.
Christian adults spend far too little time reading scripture as a practice, perhaps as a result of the amazing pace our society has chosen to adopt, perhaps because we have "automated" every process. However, Christian adults have not lost their interest in understanding Biblical truth and how to apply it to their lives. How to change this? The price of vaccines has escalated and some poor countries are struggling to prevent children from catching certain life-threatening diseases, says Medecins Sans Frontieres. Will thinking computers be the end of humans? About 37, tourists are expected to visit Antarctica this season.
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Learn more about food waste. News Review 18 December Deer poacher gets Bambi sentence. Today I want to For a better experience please enable Javascript in your browser. I believe my presentation would be a lot less interesting without your help. I have started an outreach Bible study in our gym during the Sunday School hour. I have trained 10 people to be table leaders for three weeks and we are now ready for outreach.
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Thank you very much for your ministry. How to Live the Christian Life. Discipleship as a Sport. The Gospel of Jesus. I try to make teachers sound brilliant by providing great quotes from your favorite authors in every lesson. If Max Lucado ever wrote anything about this week's passage, I will likely find it. If you are not crazy happy with Good Questions, we will gladly refund your money. Here is my personal email: I served for 11 years as a Minister of Education. In this role, I lead a group. Each week I wrote up a lesson that consisted of 20 or so questions that I would use in class to teach my group.
The group grew and we needed to divide. Big surprise—I really struggled to find teachers. One of the guys I talked to about teaching made a suggestion. He said if I would continue to prepare my lesson as I was doing, he would take a class. He took the class, I continued writing lessons and all was well. For it to work, the teacher needs to have reasonable biblical background, spiritual maturity, and good people skills.
Before long other teachers heard about the lessons, and I started distributing them to the whole church. People liked the lessons. Teachers like them because they saved them time. Students liked them because the classes were not boring lectures any more. The classic teacher-types were only mildly interested. They liked to study and read and dig it all out for themselves. But a lot of others really liked them. And, here is the most important thing. I never struggled again to get adult teachers.
I can read 20 questions. I can lead a Bible Discussion Group. The church did well. In the 11 years I served as Minister of Education, it nearly tripled in size, going from one service and one Sunday School to four services and four Sunday Schools. Of course, the lessons were not the only reason.
I served under three good pastors. There were other contributing factors.
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