Teacher Resources

Teacher Resources
This page is meant to give you as a teacher additional resources to assist you in your lesson preparation and also to keep you updated on what is coming up in Bible Study.
 
 
Bible Study Leader Meetings: Wednesdays @ 7:00pm in Room 264.
Our next meeting will be on Wednesday January 11th. May your Christmas and New Year be filled with the Wonder of Christ!
 
 
 
Bibles
English Standard Version available online at no charge. If you have purchased this Bible you can enter your code to have access to the extensive features of the study Bible online; including study notes, introductions, maps, charts, cross-referencing, essays, and also a feature allowing your own personal notes and highlighting.
 
Holman Christian Standard Bible is available online at no charge and comes complete with study notes, book introductions, commentary, dictionary and word studies.
 
 
Download free Bible translations, tools, commentaries and even prayer journal. Some additional features are available for a charge, but many, many are free.  This electronic Bible features tools that allow you to keep personal notes and highlight text.  This is different from the other in that it is saved as an application to your computer.
 
 
Blogs
 
This blog has regular posting that will help you with staying focused with your God given blessing as a Bible Study teacher. Learn how to keep class interesting, and create an environment that will foster a close-knit group who loves each other and loves to serve together. You have a mission to make disciples who will make disciples. Your small group is your opportunity to do that for the glory of God!
 
Commentary
 
Search out what those who have gone before us have to say about our faith – St. Augustine, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon and many, many, MANY more. This website is full of great classical reading including the well known church fathers, teachers, preachers, theologians. You can download complete works right from the web.
 

Curriculims

 

On these pages you will find the lesson plans for the 2010-2011 year.  Just select the curriculum that you use to see what is coming up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Supplementary Material

Josh Hunt - Good Questions Have Groups Talking

The following links to Josh Hunt’s website. Josh is a “Sunday School guru” who has prepared additional discussion questions and answers for you to use in you lessons. These questions will help you get some good discussion rolling.  He has prepared questions and illustrations that complement the Lifeway series - Bible Studies for Life, Explore the Bible and Masterwork.

These sites require a user name and password, please e-mail dave@mrbc.us to request a username and password if you do not have one. This is only available to MRBC teachers. If you are from another church you can subscribe to this service on Josh Hunt’s website.

 

 

 

  

Threads Media is produced by Lifeway and designed for young adults but can be helpful for any age group looking for insights.  On this website you can find articles that will go deeper into issues of life application of the Bible, leadership of small groups, blogs/forums for lessons in the Life Series and even iMixes (compilations of songs) that go along with your lessons.

 

Provides supplemental teaching ideas for the adult, student and children curriculums produced by Lifeway.  This includes BibleStudies for Life for adults and students, Explore the Bible for adults and Bible Teaching for Kids for preschoolers and children grades 1-6.