Providing Life-Transforming Teaching

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Developing Life-Changing Bible Teaching
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If you got this phone call, what would you look
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Spiritual Transformation

• Spiritual transformation is Gods work of
  changing a believer into the likeness of Jesus by
  creating a new identity in Christ and by
  empowering a lifelong relationship of love,
  trust, and obedience to glorify God.

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Spiritual Transformation

• Spiritual transformation is Gods work of
  changing a believer into the likeness of Jesus by
  creating a new identity in Christ and by
  empowering a lifelong relationship of love,
  trust, and obedience to glorify God.

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Spiritual Transformation

• Spiritual transformation is Gods work of
  changing a believer into the likeness of Jesus by
  creating a new identity in Christ and by
  empowering a lifelong relationship of love,
  trust, and obedience to glorify God.

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Spiritual Transformation

• Spiritual transformation is Gods work of
  changing a believer into the likeness of Jesus by
  creating a new identity in Christ and by
  empowering a lifelong relationship of love,
  trust, and obedience to glorify God.

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Spiritual Transformation

• Spiritual transformation is Gods work of
  changing a believer into the likeness of Jesus by
  creating a new identity in Christ and by
  empowering a lifelong relationship of love,
  trust, and obedience to glorify God.

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Spiritual Transformation

• Spiritual transformation is Gods work of
  changing a believer into the likeness of Jesus by
  creating a new identity in Christ and by
  empowering a lifelong relationship of love,
  trust, and obedience to glorify God.

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Spiritual Transformation

• Spiritual transformation is Gods work of
  changing a believer into the likeness of Jesus by
  creating a new identity in Christ and by
  empowering a lifelong relationship of love,
  trust, and obedience to glorify God.

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Spiritual Transformation

• Spiritual transformation is Gods work of
  changing a believer into the likeness of Jesus by
  creating a new identity in Christ and by
  empowering a lifelong relationship of love,
  trust, and obedience to glorify God.

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Spiritual Transformation

• Spiritual transformation is Gods work of
  changing a believer into the likeness of Jesus by
  creating a new identity in Christ and by
  empowering a lifelong relationship of love,
  trust, and obedience to glorify God.

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Spiritual Transformation

• Spiritual transformation is Gods work of
  changing a believer into the likeness of Jesus by
  creating a new identity in Christ and by
  empowering a lifelong relationship of love,
  trust, and obedience to glorify God.

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• 39 You pore over the Scriptures because you think
  you have eternal life in them, yet they testify
  about Me. 40 And you are not willing to come to
  Me that you may have life.
• John 539-40 (HCSB)

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1. This morning we will be exploringCharacteristic
   s of life changing teachers,How to teach for
   transformation,Major learning approaches,How
   you can evaluate teaching,How to lead your
   Sunday School to teach for transformation.

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Teaching Interview Sheet

Pair up with someone at your table and answer
question 2.
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2. Who was the most life-changing teacher you
ever had?
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Whatever you have learned or received or heard
from me, or seen in me--put into practice. And
the God of peace will be with you.--
Philippians 49
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The heart of God is that believers be
transformed into the likeness of Christ.
22 But be doers of the word and not hearers only,
deceiving yourselves. 23 Because if anyone is a
hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a
man looking at his own face in a mirror 24 for
he looks at himself, goes away, and right away
forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But the one
who looks intently into the perfect law of
freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a
forgetful hearer but a doer who actsthis person
will be blessed in what he does. James 122-25
(HCSB)
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Deuteronomy 3112

• Gather the peoplemen, women, children, and
  foreigners living within your gatesso that they
  may listen and learn to fear the Lord your God
  and be careful to follow all the words of
  this law.

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think -- knowledge feel -- attitude do -- action
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Sense of commission from God
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Love for the students
Sense of commission from God
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Passion to communicate
Love for the students
Sense of commission from God
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Passion to communicate
Conviction of the messages power
Love for the students
Sense of commission from God
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Passion to communicate
Conviction of the messages power
High degree of preparation
Love for the students
Sense of commission from God
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Passion to communicate
Conviction of the messages power
High degree of preparation
Love for the students
Sense of commission from God
Dependence on the Holy Spirit
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Integrity with the message
Passion to communicate
Conviction of the messages power
High degree of preparation
Love for the students
Sense of commission from God
Dependence on the Holy Spirit
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Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching that you
have heard from me, in the faith and love that
are in Christ Jesus.2 Timothy 113
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Acknowledge AuthorityControlWhat authority,
power or rule guides the life of each
learner?What is your heart condition as you
approach Bible study?
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Search the TruthContent
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• What did God say in the Scriptures to the first
  readers or hearers?

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Discover the TruthConcept
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• What abiding biblical truth(s) is the Holy Spirit
  teaching to you in your life situation from the
  Scripture?

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Personalize the TruthContext
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• Based on the abiding biblical truth(s), what is
  God teaching you about thinking, feeling, and
  living today?

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Struggle with the Truth Conflict
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• What conflict or crisis of belief is God
  bringing about in your heart and life to
  challenge what you think and value and how you
  live?What life questions, problems, issues, or
  struggles compel you to seek answers and promises
  in the Bible?

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Believe the TruthConviction
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• What new truth is God leading you to receive and
  integrate into your life?How is the Holy Spirit
  leading you to repent or to change your mind,
  your values, or the way you live?

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Obey the TruthConduct
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• To what extent will you love, trust, and obey the
  Lord in what you think and value and the way you
  live?

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Do you.

• prefer reading things with lots of illustrations?
• enjoy doing jigsaw puzzles and mazes?
• find it difficult to sit still for long periods
  of time?
• frequently listen to the radio or a CD?
• enjoy taking care of plants?
• prefer spending an evening with other people than
  home alone?

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Approaches to Learning

• Using the Approaches to Learning sheet determine
  your preferred learning approaches. Check the
  statements in each category that apply to you.

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Relational
Drawn to activities that allow you to cooperate
and interact with others.

• highly social people
• make friends easily
• very good talkers
• keen observers of others

• Barnabas

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Musical.
Drawn to activities that incorporate natural
responses to music.

• enjoy music
• sensitive to rhythm and pitch
• comfortable with music, singing, and movement
• learn new songs quickly
• easy to express themselves through composing,
  playing, or performing.

• David

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Enjoy logic and problem-solving.
Logical

• see patterns in the world
• can reason through difficult situations
• rely heavily on analogies
• like working with abstractions
• may be gifted at mathematics
• enjoy games and puzzles

• Paul

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Enjoy the beauty of Gods creation
Natural

• drawn to activities that allow investigation and
  exploration of Gods world
• skilled at identifying elements of the natural
  world
• relate well to stories in the Bible that allude
  to elements in nature
• have a fascination for plants and animals
• have a high sensitivity for the stewardship of
  Gods world.

• David

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Physical
Approach learning from a physical standpoint.

• very active
• have good coordination
• when they tell a story they also play it out
• inclined to learn through mission projects or
  other helping activities
• like to use their physical abilities and skills
  in sports and drama

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• Ezekiel

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Reflective
Understand who they are and how they feel.

• may desire to work alone
• often choose activities that allow for
  self-expression
• comfortable with extended periods of solitude
• may internalize concepts by personalizing them

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• Mary

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Visual
Can see in their imaginations as well as in the
concrete world.

• visual understanding includes space and distance
  concepts
• enjoy creating their own pictures and visual
  representations of what they are learning
• enjoy visual arts, videos, television, and film
  as means of learning

• John

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Verbal
Learn best through words -- reading, writing,
speaking, and listening.

• like the sounds of words and may have a large
  vocabulary
• like to talk and play word games
• enjoy stories, poems, debates, speeches, and
  essays

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• Solomon

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How To Know What Kind of Teaching is Taking Place

1. Get to know your teachers.
2. Pray for your teachers.
3. Engage your teachers in conversation.

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How To Know What Kind of Teaching is Taking Place

1. Arrive early on Sunday morning to observe what
   takes place as members arrive.
2. Observe how teachers use their teaching
   curriculum materials.

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How To Know What Kind of Teaching is Taking Place

• 6. Observe how learners are engaged in the Bible
  study.
• 7. Assess whether the leaders relate to members
  beyond the group meeting time.

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How to Impact Teaching
3. Help teachers get off to a good start. 6.
Discuss with teachers what they see taking place
in the lives of their members as a result of
Sunday Schools teaching and ministry. 12. Help
teachers understand their pupils
characteristics, interests, needs, the ways they
learn, and effective ways to teach. 13. Provide
leaders with what they need to teach
effectively.
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Watch how one teacher influenced a life.
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The strongest influence you can have on Sunday
School leaders is being transformed yourself.