Comments on: Lazy Bible Study: Pastors and the Tool Shed

By: Josh Mann

Josh Mann — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:54:42 +0000

I’m glad to hear you are keeping the tools sharp!

By: JohnDave Medina

JohnDave Medina — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:31:39 +0000

Great post! I am not a pastor but I occasionally preach for my church. I have found that as I use the tools I have (language knowledge, commentaries, dictionaries, etc.), I am able to better understand the ideas communicated in a verse or passage. This makes communicating the message of the text to my hearers much more effective. Thanks for the reminder and the challenge.

By: Josh Mann

Josh Mann — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:57:56 +0000

Yes, pastors have a lot of demands on their time. But I have a fundamental disagreement with you. I wholeheartedly believe the hard work and time that it takes to study and prepare biblical teaching is part and parcel of ‘ministry and serving [the] congregation.’ I think too often the ‘ready to go’ resources promote laziness. (I recognize there are exceptions, but I think we often times misunderstand what a ‘pastor’ is called to do from a biblical perspective).

By: gmc4jesus

gmc4jesus — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:06:28 +0000

Pastors have a lot of demands on their time and need resources that are ready to go for sermons, Bible studies, etc. I wrote Getting To Know Jesus for small group study as a turnkey Bible study of every event in the life of Christ. Each lesson contains the Bible text, lesson commentary and discussion questions. Getting To Know Jesus covers every event in Jesus’ life as Lord, Savior and role model. I’ve done the work of preparation so you can focus on ministry and serving your congregation.

By: Steve Rives

Steve Rives — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:44:38 +0000

Amen

By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:51:45 +0000

Well said, Josh.

By: Josh Mann

Josh Mann — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:17:35 +0000

I agree. There are many inexpensive (or free) ways to dig deeper (like this site!). I suppose my main concern here is for those who teach the Bible, that they are to be working diligently in the study of the Scriptures.

By: Kristie

Kristie — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:59:37 +0000

you don’t always need to spend money to find the best Bible tools. Many websites, such as biblestudytools.com offer tools like commentaries, concordances, lexicons, and apocrypha for free.

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Lazy « Participatory Bible Study Blog — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:31:08 +0000

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