filamleadership

Introduction:   Preparing to teach and teaching the bible is like preparing a sandwich and serve it.  You go through the basics of laying the bread, then spread, then meat, then vegetables, then the cheese.   Ok, so you put the cheese first after the meat.  Whatever the case maybe, you follow a system - so is preparing to teach the bible. What is your system? Looking at the "preparing the sandwich" methodology, can you outline in brief points your system in preparing to teach the bible? Why prepare at all? The Bible is God's Word It's easy to miss the context The Bible was written in a different setting Your audience leaves in a secular, non-spiritual generation You are there to transform lives, not inform Some suggestions when preparing to teach God's word:  Always look at the big idea Select or determine the passage in study Read, re-read your passage  until you can say it in a statement what the whole passage is all about Study t