TRUST Pages
Books designed for small group leaders or Sunday School Class teachers.
By Dr. Bill Smallman
in a manner that is easy to understand and practical for daily living.
To facilitate your teaching!
Is this for me?
These teaching materials can be adapted to a wide variety of situations, so if you have struggled to find useful resources in the past, most likely this series wil be just the thing you are looking for!
ABF TEACHERS of adults or teens, men
or women
• Lay persons with little or no formal Bible training.
• Dependent on the quarterly already provided for them
• Limited online or library study resources they know how to use
• Minimal training in classroom presentation and management. They have observed many teachers and try to function the ways their favorites did.
• Include the big picture, historical context, reasons this text was written
SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDY LEADERS
• Trained for ministry, formally or informally
• Taught or well-read in Apologetics and Evangelism
• Accustomed to informal teaching/discussion format, interactive
• Accustomed to including persons ignorant of, or opposed to, the Bible
• Seeking additional resource material to supplement his/her teaching materials
BIBLE STUDY LEADERS - Prison Ministry
• Lay persons with limited formal Bible training.
• On their own for developing Bible studies
• Limited online or library study resources they know how to use
• Possibly former inmates with more zeal than knowledge
• Wanting stories of real people as illustrations of spiritual principles
READER FOR PERSONAL DEVOTIONS
• Supplementing personal Bible reading with cogent explanatory material
• Seeking a balance of facts and applications
• Welcoming study questions for application in one’s life today
• Welcoming ideas of HOW to use and apply the notes in their devotions
FOR HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH GROUPS
• Methodology must include interaction and application to maintain interest.
• Blend these studies into materials prepared for youth.
• Don’t avoid difficult passages. Face issues and answer their questions.knowledge
• Wanting stories of real people as illustrations of spiritual principles
LAY PASTORS, AMERICAN OR OTHERWISE
• Limited training for ministry
• Limited Bible knowledge and doctrinal orientation
(This series is now being translated into Chinese for pastors of house churches. Some of the books have been given to urban pastors noted for zeal without knowledge.
What Jesus Said About… The Sabbath
Why do WE worship on SUNDAY instead of Saturday? Does it really matter? How did that come about? So hang on tight as we balance Scripture
What Jesus Said About… Following Jesus
We all readily identify ourselves as “Christians,” or followers of Jesus, but what did HE say that means for us? Once again, we look at
Christmas 2024: THE ULTIMATE QUEST
Every Christmas I hunt for some particular detail of the Christmas Story in the four Gospels to explore and apply in our class discussions. While
What Jesus Said About… This ROCK
Today we look into one of the more familiar and difficult of the sayings of Jesus. Jesus asks us, “Who am I?” and wants to hear the
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