What people are saying about How to Teach a Great Lesson Every Week:

"The author is a master at Sunday School class lesson composition, and now he shows us all, step-by-step, exactly how to do it."

John Mark Jones
Church of God pastor
Atlanta, Georgia

"It was phenomenal to see the command Mr. Peterson had of online sites which he provided. They went on page after page! This is of invaluable worth to any student/teacher of the Bible. These sources are multi-faceted and show a complete range of topics. (My husband - a theological scholar himself - was not fully aware of all these resources.)

The author lays out extremely logically and thoroughly how to prepare and present weekly Bible lessons. You will find the process is well-detailed, has scholarly integrity, and always aware of life's reality. From this endeavor, there will be a depth of spiritual blessings resulting for both the giver and the receiver, the teacher and the student.

Something so significant about this work is the promise made by the author up front (from the title). It is truly what you get -- exceptional weekly Bible lessons -- PLUS, you really DO have time left for your own life!"

Carolyn Mitchell
High School English instructor
Houston, TX

I thought the book was well thought-out. I can see this being an extremely valuable resource, especially for teachers just beginning their ministry and not knowing how to get started. All in all it was very practical. Thanks for letting me in on it.

Mark Harrison
Associate Pastor of Education
Spring Baptist Church
Spring, TX

The following is the foreword to the book.

Foreword

You felt the Call of God on your life to become a Bible study teacher or preacher. You know He Called you, and you gladly accepted the task.

There can be no question about it. You are doing what you are supposed to do. Amen?

But something happened about five, or six, or ten lessons into the classes. All the hyper neato stuff that you were going to use has run out. All those dynamic illustrations are gone now, only good for the occasional once a year use. It isn’t like when you used to get asked to teach as a guest speaker. You don’t get to re-warm very many messages as a regular speaker to the same group. Whether your call is that of a pastor, a missionary, or a Bible study teacher, you know this: You are going to have to have something fresh from God every week, on time, with fervor, and elegantly delivered to your people, or watch your call and your people slowly dwindle away to something and someone more flamboyant.

I know, I know what you’re thinking. It’s a shame isn’t it? Somehow, you will have to keep their attention. Also, if you don’t keep their attention, they are going to frivolously “fickle” out on you. The thought going through your head may sound something like, “Why, they ought to serve God just because they’re supposed to, Bless God!” Then you barge on ahead without a second look back.

Bad move, God-Called teacher. Your Call is not their Call. Your fervor is not where they are. They have problems. Their kids are moving out on them into some bad situation. Their corporation is getting ready to downsize and a job they’ve held for 20 years could go out the door in favor of hiring some college graduate who will work for half the pay. Somebody is suing them. They are trying to work two jobs and somehow have managed to drag themselves out of bed to come hear you talk early, early, early on that morning. They have more problems than it would be profitable to continue listing here. The big question is, do we care? We surely better care! If we don’t care any more than that, they will move on down the road (if at all), and who could blame them?

So, what are you going to do? You are going to teach them God’s Word, and then let God Do the Work in their lives! It is the Work He Does, after all.

You say, “But I’ve got a right to be disillusioned. I slave for 7 to 10 hours a week on a lesson that nobody comes to hear. I have given up my Saturdays while they are out playing, and this is the thanks I get.”

Friend, they can read that from your demeanor as surely as if you told them “I don’t like you very much.” No, you didn’t say that, maybe you didn’t even feel that, but that’s what they heard. That’s why they are walking out the door. If they aren’t walking out the door, nobody new is coming in the door.

It’s the tried and true road to stagnation, boredom, disillusionment, and telling the Pastor “I quit” one fateful day when you think you’ve had enough.

How are you going to lose the mood of resentment or disappointment that others can perceive? Better than that, how are you going to teach a lesson they both want to hear and need to hear every week?

You are going to do it by getting your life back so that you don’t feel like life is passing you by while everyone else is having a ball. You are going to do it by giving your parishioners solid Truth from a Solid Book, the Bible. You will do it diligently, scholarly, devotionally, thoroughly, and have people asking you for your notes.

You are going to do it in 30 minutes a session. You may even be finished by Wednesdays, so that you can pursue other interests, teach a great lesson every week, (and get to keep your life).

What you will see are step-by-step instructions that show you how to use exposition of the Word, how to follow an overall theme, how to build on that theme, how to pull your Scripture together into a coherent message that Glorifies God and one that people actually want to hear!

Are you interested yet?

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