The Purpose of Bible Teaching
Matthew 28:16-20
Theme and Purpose
- Lecture Introduction
- Title: "The Biblical Basis of Teaching"
- Quote by Josiah Royce on truth
- Challenges in Teaching the Word of God
- Lack of change and Christlikeness in believers
- Objective of the Course
- Provide an assessment base for teaching
- Motivate attendees to reproduce the process in others
Scriptural Foundation
- Approach to Scripture
- Listen as if hearing for the first time
- Matthew 28:16-20
- The Great: Commission: Christ’s men and mandate
- Characteristics of discipleship: Learner, follower, servant, and marked person
- Acts 2:42-47
- Portrait of a New Testament church
- Marks of a New Testament church: Instruction, worship, expression, fellowship
Implementing Teaching
- Ephesians 4:11-13
- Different types of gifts: Sustaining and supportive
- Purpose of gifts: Unity, maturity, and conformity
- Key term: Equipping
- Concepts: Adjust, restore, and fully furnish for a given purpose
Multiplication and Discipleship
- 2 Timothy 2:2
- Paul's Great Commission: Four generations of discipleship
- Diagram of the discipleship process: Paul -> Timothy -> Faithful men -> Others
- Importance of spiritual multiplication over addition
Practical Applications
- Mark 4:1-20, 24-25
- The parable of the sower: Different types of soil
- Interpretation: Conditions of the heart at any given time
- Application: Consider carefully what you hear and respond obediently
- James 4:17
- Knowing what is good and failing to do it as sin
Final Thoughts
- Emphasis on the importance of application in teaching
- Encouragement to reflect on personal teaching and discipleship practices
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About the Contributors
Howard G. Hendricks
Dr. Howard G. Hendricks, known simply as “Prof,” directly or indirectly touched millions of lives in the evangelical community and beyond. For more than sixty years Prof served on the faculty of Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS), where he taught more than ten thousand students. He served as the chairman of the Center for Christian Leadership for over twenty years. He also ministered in person in more than eighty countries. Through speaking engagements, radio, tapes, films, the sixteen books he authored and coauthored, countless journal and popular-market articles, his service on numerous boards, and his work as a chaplain to the Dallas Cowboys (1976–1984), his reach was and is worldwide.
His legacy, in partnership with Jeanne, his wife of more than sixty-five years, includes four children and six grandchildren. Holding large audiences enthralled at venues such as Billy Graham’s conference center or Promise Keepers’ stadium rallies, Prof would confide, “It’s wonderful to be here with you, but I have a group of delicious students waiting for me back at the seminary.”
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