Quotes about Teaching

For even sheep do not vomit up their grass and show to the shepherds how much they have eaten; but when they have internally digested the pasture, they produce externally wool and milk. Do you also show not your theorems to the uninstructed, but show the acts which come from their digestion.

Preaching a series allows you to go into greater depth in the text, and spending several weeks on one theme allows the teaching to be absorbed more thoroughly.

I deal with more practical issues of the Bible.

Guys that preach verse-by-verse through books of the Bible - that is just cheating. It's cheating because that would be easy, first of all. That isn't how you grow people. No one in the Scripture modeled that.

I have never changed my message. I preach the Bible, and I preach it with authority.

Congregations shaped by the Scriptures generally have preachers who are shaped by the Scriptures.

Because we are continually growing in the Lord, preachers and lay people alike must be open to the Lord's correction.

My mother, with a Master's in English Literature, taught me to appreciate language and that words matter.

The best kind of parent you can be is to lead by example.

I would far rather convey grace than explain it.

Beware of the tendency to preach about Christianity, and try to preach Christ.

One of these grand defects, as I humbly conceive, is this, that children are habituated to learning without understanding.