Need Resource Recommendations for Teaching Adult BIble Study

Ralph Wood
Ralph Wood Member Posts: 159 ✭✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

My approach to preparing my weekly Bible Study lessons for my adult Sunday School class is to start at the 10,000 foot level and gradually work my way down to the details. I have recently begun creating my layout for class prep with commentary tabs in the following general categories (tabs from left to right).

  • Bible book outlines
  • High Level Commentaries - Provide overview at the book / chapter level
  • Pericope Level Commentaries - Provide commentary at the pericope level
  • Verse level commentaries - Provide verse-by-verse commentary

I've tried to create collections / parallel book sets that fall into these categories so that I can easily select  resources at each of these levels (as opposed to having 12-15 tabs in my layout).

We (our class members) are not Bible scholars but rather folk who desire to learn more about scripture and better apply it to our lives.  Our Sunday morning class centers around answering 7 to 10 questions that I email to each class member early in the week.  In an ideal world, the preparation of our class members would be such that we simply walk through the questions on Sunday morning and share our individual answers and let it lead to productive discussion.  The goal is to minimize teacher monologue and maximize input from everyone.  I remind the class often that our discussion should be based on our personal Bible study and not 'off the cuff' opinions and/or speculation.  (They hear me often say, "discussion based on opinions and speculation is simply trading ignorance.")  In my lesson notes, I add supplemental information that helps introduce each section of scripture and each question... but again, my hope is that the class together 'teaches' the lesson.

So.... I would love to get commentary recommendations from other Logos users for each of the three levels I listed above that would help me better prepare my lesson.  I have a pretty extensive library but am always looking for more resources. BTW, we do not use dated literature for our weekly lessons but rather books or commentaries for 10-14 week studies.  For example, we are currently using Tim Keller's "Romans 1-7 For You." Sometimes we will use a topical book such as "Messiah in the Feasts of Israel" by Sam Nadler.

To clarify, I am looking for commentary resources for my lesson prep -- not resources to use as our class studies.

Thanks in advance for your time.

Ralph

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