March 11, 2024
March 17 Application | ‘Eye Contact’
It’s creepy if a stranger looks directly at your face. In some situations, though, the best way to communicate is eyeball to eyeball. . . .
Teaching
Teaching equips Bible teachers and ministry leaders to communicate Scripture clearly and help people grow in faith. Explore practical, Bible-based guidance on lesson planning, facilitation, discussion questions, and making meaningful application for different ages and settings. You’ll find resources for teaching in classes, small groups, youth and children’s environments, and church-wide studies—along with help for handling difficult topics, staying faithful to the text, and creating a learning culture rooted in grace and truth. Whether you teach weekly or occasionally, these articles help strengthen your teaching ministry.
March 11, 2024
March 17 | Discovery Questions
These Discovery Questions are for use with this week’s Lookout Bible Lesson, "Selfless Liberty" (1 Corinthians 8:9-13; 9:19-23; 10:23-33), by Mark Scott.
March 4, 2024
March 10 Lesson | Servant Leadership
The divisions in the church at Corinth were mostly caused by pride, which ran counter to servant leadership. . . .
March 4, 2024
March 10 | Discovery Questions
These Discovery Questions are for use with this week’s Lookout Bible Lesson, "Servant Leadership" (1 Corinthians 3:5-15; 4:1-5), by Mark Scott.
February 26, 2024
March 3 Lesson | Unity
To say that the church in Roman Corinth had trouble with unity would be a gross understatement. They were divided over leaders, the nature of the gospel, the use of Christian freedom . . .
February 26, 2024
March 3 Application | ‘Unity and You’
Are we willing to make Christian unity a personal goal? Practically speaking, how can we encourage the unity of God’s people? . . .
February 26, 2024
March 3 | Discovery Questions
These Discovery Questions are for use with this week’s Lookout Bible Lesson, "Unity" (1 Corinthians 1:10-17; 12:12-20), by Mark Scott.
February 19, 2024
Feb. 25 Lesson | Seeing and Believing
People in Jesus’ day saw the miracles, heard him teach, and watched him interact with people high and low. Still, many of them refused to believe. But for the Jesus followers of John 20, seeing was believing. . . .
February 19, 2024
Feb. 25 Application | ‘Thomas’s Twin’
Thomas is known for his wavering faith, but he wasn’t alone in his skepticism. At first, the other apostles considered the initial reports of Jesus’ resurrection nonsense until they saw him with their own eyes . . .
February 19, 2024
Feb. 25 | Discovery Questions
These Discovery Questions are for use with this week’s Lookout Bible Lesson, “Seeing and Believing” (John 20:19-31), by Mark Scott.
February 12, 2024
Feb. 18 Lesson | The Unbelief of the Pharisees
The secular proverb, “There are none so blind as those who will not see,” is certainly true. That proverb would describe many of the Pharisees of Jesus’ day. . . .
February 12, 2024
Feb. 18 Application | ‘Blind Spots’
How could they miss it? How could the Pharisees interact so closely with Jesus but fail to recognize him as God’s Son? His miracles weren’t done in a corner. . . .
February 12, 2024
Feb. 18 | Discovery Questions
These Discovery Questions are for use with this week’s Lookout Bible Lesson, “The Unbelief of the Pharisees” (John 9:1-7, 13-16, 24-38), by Mark Scott.
February 5, 2024
Feb. 11 Lesson | Signs and Wonders
The Bible has a love/hate relationship with signs or miracles. On the one hand they can engender faith (John 10:25). On the other hand they can derail faith in the miracle worker (John 6:26). . . .
February 5, 2024
Feb. 11 Application | ‘Previews of Coming Attractions’
My friend Mark Scott, who writes the Bible study column for Christian Standard each week, introduced me to an intriguing thought. He views Jesus’ miracles as previews of coming attractions—signs of things to come. . . .
February 5, 2024
Feb. 11 | Discovery Questions
These Discovery Questions are for use with this week’s Lookout Bible Lesson, “Signs and Wonders” (John 4:43-54; 5:1-14), by Mark Scott.
January 29, 2024
Feb. 4 Lesson | The Disciples Believe
After Jesus’ baptism, he stayed near where John the Baptist was preaching and baptizing. At this point he gave a “preliminary” call to Andrew, Peter, Philip, and Nathanael. . . .
January 29, 2024
Feb. 4 Application | ‘The First Thing’
After Andrew met Jesus, the first thing he did was tell someone else about the Lord. Unfortunately, for many Christians that’s the last thing we do. How can we put disciple making at the top of our priority list?
January 29, 2024
Feb. 4 | Discovery Questions
These Discovery Questions are for use with this week’s Lookout Bible Lesson, “The Disciples Believe” (John 1:35, 40-50; 2:1-11), by Mark Scott.
January 22, 2024
Jan. 28 Lesson | I AM the Vine
As Jesus continued his Upper Room Discourse in John 15, he moved beyond metaphor by claiming to be the true vine of Israel. Then he connected the dots between the vine and himself, the gardener and his Father, and the branches and the disciples. . . .
