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- PDF of Official Teacher’s Quarterly Choose “Teacher’s Edition” just below the middle of the page.
- Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About Rather than lecturing, Sabbath School teachers need to guide the discussion by giving class members something to talk about. Read the comments too. Good guide lines to follow.
- Many teachers find inspiration for teaching from the comments of students around the world, as found on our blog. Check it out!
- Other Resources below
Inside Story: Waldensians in Poland
Inside Story for Friday 29th of March 2024 By Andrew McChesney Ryszard Jankowski couldn’t get the police to leave him alone. Every time he set up a stand to sell Ellen White’s The Great Controversy and other books in a Baltic resort town in Poland, the police showed up and demanded that he remove the … Continue reading –>
Friday: Further Thought – Wait on the Lord
Daily Lesson for Friday 29th of March 2024 Read Ellen G. White, “Growing Up Into Christ,” pp. 67–75, in Steps to Christ. The Psalms utter fervent appeals to wait on the Lord. “Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him” (Psalms 37:7, NKJV). When waiting strikes us as burdensome, uncertain, and lonely, we should … Continue reading –>
Thursday: Joy Comes in the Morning
Daily Lesson for Thursday 28th of March 2024 Read Psalms 5:3, Psalms 30:5, Psalms 49:14, Psalms 59:16, Psalms 92:2, Psalms 119:147, 2 Peter 1:19, and Revelation 22:16. What time of day is symbolically portrayed as the time of divine redemption and why? In the Psalms, morning is typically the time when God’s redemption is anticipated. … Continue reading –>
Wednesday: Waiting in God’s Sabbath Rest
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 27th of March 2024 Read Psalms 92:1-15. What two aspects of the Sabbath day are highlighted in this song for the Sabbath day? The praise of God for the great works of His hands (Psalms 92:4-5) and the Eden-like portrayal of the righteous (Psalms 92:12-14) clearly point to Creation, the first … Continue reading –>
Tuesday: Bringing in the Sheaves
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 26th of March 2024 Read Psalms 126:1-6. What gives strength and hope to God’s people? What is being said here, in this context, that we can apply to our own lives today? The Lord’s miraculous deliverances in the past are an inexhaustible source of inspiration for God’s people and their source … Continue reading –>
Monday: Peace of a Weaned Child
Daily Lesson for Monday 25th of March 2024 Read Psalms 131:1-3. What does this psalm teach us about our relationship with God? God’s people live in a world that afflicts the faithful, a world full of temptations and hardship for almost everyone. A refreshed conviction that he is a child of God and dependent on … Continue reading –>
Sunday: The Call of Waiting
Daily Lesson for Sunday 24th of March 2024 Read Psalms 27:14; Psalms 37:7,9,34; Psalms 39:7; Psalms 40:1; Psalms 69:6; Galatians 5:5; and Romans 8:18-25. What do these texts implore God’s people to do? Perhaps one of the greatest stresses in life is the stress of waiting. No matter who we are, where we live, what … Continue reading –>
Sabbath: Wait on the Lord
Daily Lesson for Saturday 23rd of March 2024 Read for This Week’s Study Psalms 27:14, Romans 8:18-25, Psalms 131:1-3, Matthew 18:3, Psalms 126:1-6, Psalms 92:1-15, Mark 16:1-8, 2 Peter 1:19. Memory Text: “Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord!” (Psalms 27:14, NKJV). … Continue reading –>
Inside Story: No Hair, but a Hat: Part 8
Inside Story for Friday 22nd of March 2024 By Andrew McChesney Sekule learned of two other Sabbath-keepers in the military: a lieutenant preparing for baptism and an older man born in a Seventh-day Adventist home. The Bosnian War was raging, and the lieutenant tried to convince Sekule that desperate times called for desperate measures. “This … Continue reading –>
Friday: Further Thought – Worship That Never Ends
Daily Lesson for Friday 22nd of March 2024 Read Ellen G. White, “How to Pray,” pp. 39–42, in A Call to Stand Apart. Central to worship is the need for repentance, true repentance: “Repentance includes sorrow for sin and a turning away from it. We shall not renounce sin unless we see its sinfulness; until … Continue reading –>
More Teacher Resources:
- GoBible.org Weekly teaching outlines posted by Bruce Cameron. (Also found at SabbathSchoolLessons.com
- Sabbath School Teaching Outlines available from the GC Sabbath School Department. (Click on the correct year and lesson.)
- Dr Ken Hart’s Sabbath School Class Often lively lesson discussion in a small group, composed of persons from various backgrounds, several weeks ahead of the time the lesson is scheduled to be studied in church. You may watch the class online, listen to it and download a PDF handout with a list of discussion questions. Podcast available.
- Sabbath School App in the iPhone and Android Apps Store includes the Teacher’s Edition. Download the app, click on the app, go to “More” (top right), go to Settings (bottom) and enable Teachers’ Content.
Discussion and Teachers’ Helps
Learn from a professional teacher how to teach to change lives.
- You can learn to teach! Sabbath Schools are not intended to be catechizing classes. And that means that going through the lesson, question by question, and taking answers to the questions is not teaching. If you do not know how to do better than that, you can learn from good teachers. Watching how Derek Morris conducts the Hope Sabbath School (usually visible above) should help give you an idea of how a good class is run.
- One of the best books on the subject is Howard Hendricks’s Teaching to Change Lives.
Learn how to make the Bible relevant and teach more effectively.
- After reading and learning from Howard Hendricks’s Teaching to Change Lives, take a look at one or two of the other books mentioned here.
- The book Creative Bible Teaching also focuses on good teaching methods, but this one is specifically aimed at those teaching from the Bible.
- Also check out the Sabbath School Teacher Training Courses Online – training for teachers of various age groups.
Bruce Wilkerson was a student of Dr Hendricks and includes a lot of anecdotes in his book, The Seven Laws of the Learner.
- You can subscribe to Weekly Teachers’ Helps (the same posts as you see on this page above) via email by subscribing to the blog RSS feed: Choose the “Teachers’ Aids Only” towards the bottom of the page
- Contemporary Comments Weekly commentary by email is often tied to a current American or world event. These may be used as an introduction to the current week’s study.