The instruction in this book is restricted almost entirely to the evangelistic work of the minister and the bible instructor. Our pastor preached through the entire old testament that year, one book of the bible each sunday. Evangelism begins where you live, anywhere there are people. What if sharing your faith meant just being yourself. This concise work tackles the what, who, why, and how of evangelism. Creative bible teaching offers a fivestep process by which christian educators can construct a bridge across time, geography, and culture to help students of all ages connect with gods word. Hook, book, look and took remain excellent handles for structuring, developing, delivering and evaluating a bible lesson.
The ordinary persons guide to teaching students the bible. Out of the introduction, raise a common need in the hearers so that it begins to address. Evangelism, with the help of this study guide, they will not only be strengthened in their conviction that now is the time to accomplish the gospel commission of the church, but each one, individually, will also be aroused, as a member of the body of christ, to take a more. The look or application time is to guide the group to grapple with a how the passage applies to their daily lives. Creative bible teaching lawrence richards this book introduced me to a helpful outline in creating and guiding bible studies. Hook, book, look and took remain excellent handles for structuring, lawrence o. These four simple words were first introduced to me during my seminary days through a required reading book by lawrence richards, entitled creative bible teaching lawrence o. They are not based any sales ranking or statistics, or in any particular order, but are books that i have read on the subject of personal witnessing and narrowed down to my top ten personal evangelism books.
When possible spend time in prayer for each member of your group. Cindy morgan talks new book, album, cults, and evangelism. Discuss ways you might show kindness to the people around you each day during lent. Rick warrens the purpose driven church grand rapids. It is a pattern that normally should be followed in most bible teaching situations. In this post, i am going to talk about the book part of building a lesson. Wright offers a more thorough look into what is going on in scripture.
By saying blessed are the poor, for they shall see god luke is telling us if you want to find jesus, go look for him among the poor and suffering, and there you shall see him. Richard lawrence in his book, creative bible teaching came up with an easy template for building a lesson. But biblically, no evangelism has taken place unless the gospel has been proclaimed or spread. The most common mistake preachers make by frank thomas. Phonics is far superior to the look say method of learning to read. Try to work through at least one question from each of the sections hook, book, look, took in order to move from observation to application. Each calltoaction entry stands alone but can easily be connected to other chapters, all of them finishing the sentence that begins with the. Those tricky oo sounds often, the oo sound is long, as in words like school, room, boot, moon, and goose. The hook, look, book, took model is a pretty failsafe method that will engage young people and show them a god who is relevant, interesting and interested. This is similar to what david cook calls the big or dominant question.
Hook as the name suggests, the hook refers to any activity that teachers can use to grab children. The sabbath school lesson for friday says, further thought. In this short section of the book on page 25, there is a question that is raised, and i think it is a good question to ask, what about prayer and the role it plays in building community within a sunday school class. Every so often a book makes itself a must read simply because of the sheer number of people being influenced by it. The look helping the listeners to dig deeper into the bible and what it means. Rainer green valley baptist church birmingham, al 35226 wth the exception of m. How to turn a conversation to spiritual things 19 3.
I tend to use the hook, book, look, took structure, and i think. Vent n serve demo and lori teaches hook, look, book, took. It is equally as effective in evangelistic bible studies as it is for studies with. Breaking down the process of creative bible teaching into four parts simplifies lesson planning. How to help children understand the good news 47 7. May 25, 2016 the complete evangelism guidebook by scott dawson, ed. Many christians would be greatly relieved if i would stop at this point and say that church practice is at variance with the words and commandments of christ. We could not find intergenerational educational material that covered every book in the ot and we wanted these classes to be interactive learning sessions, so we wrote our own curriculum, using the hook, book, look, took format.
These eight were noah, his wife, their three sons and their sons three wives. Hook, book, look, took is a great tool for teachers. Ill create other top ten evangelism book lists in different subsections of evangelism. It contrasts the roman and celtic forms of evangelism as they grew throughout northern europe. But i have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. These tips all flow from the classic hook, look, book, took teaching technique that has been around for a century and is expounded upon in detail in the kidology handbook. The deceived who try and convince us that ellen white changed also have agree that god lied to her and his remnant for many decades. The hook should be of enough value for it to be a reason for a. This book is one of the most in depth looks at what evangelism. Hook use something from the young peoples world that they already relate to. This book reveals what it is and how to get rid of it. Ceyh6342 communication and evangelism for youth audiences page 1 ceyh6342. Ceyh6342 communication and evangelism for youth audiences. Using the metaphor of catching fish, he taught them to catch men.
Evidence proves that the look say method is not sufficient to properly teach students how to read. Examples of mental outlines hook, book, look, tookme we god you we, etc. Hinton tells the story of 14yearold ponyboy curtis and his struggle with right and wrong in a society in which he is. Such props include variations on the wordless book, commercial products. In my own denomination, we are reaching nonchristians only half as effectively as we were 50 years ago we measure membership to annual baptisms. Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every crea ture mark 16. Chromey reveals how every great lesson will feature an engaging introduction, an indepth study of the. Activities for teaching hooks are fun for participants of all ages.
Growth through evangelism training sunday school leaders. Three thoughts and several resources for addressing. You look at the people around you and think, like jesus, if you only knew. Doing talks using the hook, look, book, took approach. This book is one of the most in depth looks at what evangelism really is. Evangelism linebacker derwin gray talks about how he became a better preacher by admiring nfl recordholder jerry rice. No one in their right mind would dare make such a claim. Every effort has been made to ensure the content provided in this book is accurate and helpful for our readers at publishing time. I have come up with a rule that works in most situations. The worker simply states later on that he would like to leave something for the person to look at for a few days. The deception of leroy froom and his book evangelism. Richards, creative bible teaching, moody press, if bible study is to be lifechanging, let me urge you to plan for an invitation, or the took.
Using a classic movie musical, and relying upon the popular method of lawrence richards, dr. The four elements of a lifechanging lesson sunday school. Treatment of these matters ought to receive special attention in a further book on evangelism and so are not covered. Jesus often went into other peoples homes during his own ministry, and. For that reason, its not written fairly and justly on buddhism. Although the noun evangelism is not found in the bible, evangelist appears three times and has the same root in greek as gospel which means good news. Fifteen reasons our churches are less evangelistic today. Proceeds from this book will go to sandy hook promise, the nonprofit organization doing the brave work of the newtown families against gun violence. Have children cut out grocery coupons to give to a local. In the middle of all of this encouraging, beautiful stuff that we want to emulate and pursue, you get this word of warning and a threat. Ive entitled this message, evangelism the right way. This work is another toolbox resource, including dozens of short chapters on how to evangelize particular groups of people e.
Frank thomas believes great preaching starts with strong sermon structure. The most common mistake preachers make by frank thomas, preaching coach dr. Reading the bible through the jesus lens in joshua from biblical book to biblical hook charts adapted from dr. If you are familiar with protestant churches, especially evangelical circles, you have seen or heard them use verses from the book of john during their salvation invitations. Following his best seller, the logic of evangelism, this book takes further professor. Our lesson today is in the lesson quarterly on the book of luke. Then a pastor trained me in personal evangelism using evangelism explosion and it made all the difference how often i. The book, an explanation of the text that guides the learner to grasp with the truth of scripture.
By almost any metric, the churches in our nation are much less evangelistic today than they were in the recent past. This newly revised edition makes learning about gods word more accessible for. There is a reason that 98% of christians in the western church dont do evangelism. Students may have different ideas for implementing what they have learned and thats good. You look under the couch, and under the cushions or you check the closet or you check all. Many believers search their hearts in condemnation, looking for the arrival of some feeling of benevolence that will propel them into bold evangelism. Saturday, i took a facebook poll on my page you can see it here. Its easy to remember and contains all the elements for a great bible lesson. The call to discipleship the book of luke amazing facts.
I was encouraged to see that all those who responded to this unscientific poll was addressing the sandy hook massacre in. Ceyh6342 communication and evangelism for youth audiences page 3 jackson, allen. Ever since the look say method, or whole word instruction, took the place of phonics, the number of illiterate graduates has grown higher and higher. Talks, godspots, devotions, upfronts whatever you call it, youth leaders often feel nervous about doing christian input well on your main youth group night. Learn the hook, book, look and took along with developing a lesson plan with lesson aims with subject and cognitive verbs on what you want the students to know, subject and affective verbs on what you want them to feel, both with a measurable out comes and you will have a home run every time. Blog l nad digital evangelism l columbia, md digital evangelism. Richards, creative bible teaching, moody press, 1976. Jan 15, 2008 the hook establishes, in the first minute or two of the talk, why the listener ought to keep listening. The book what the bible has to say about this situation. This will set the stage for the rest of your lesson and allow their interestsneeds to surface.
For years i struggled to share my faith and was frustrated with the lack of results. It is an easy, memorable way of understanding how a lesson is put together or putting together a lesson yourself. White productions, also guidance on literature evangelism. The hook, look, book, took model is a pretty failsafe approach that will engage young people and. The book evangelism does have many writings of ellen white in it, but the titles and subtitles for. The sermon that launched the church sermon by brian bill. Ibss enable you to rejoice as seekers take small steps toward god. My question for youafter i thoroughly enjoyed your booki read it from cover to cover. While there are a number of suggestions, patterns and models to follow, i keep coming back to a simple outline i first learned some forty years ago. Larry richards created the teaching scheme hook, look, book, took and published it in 1970.
This will be different for every church or ministry, but its time to take a critical look at our programs. By studying jesus methods of evangelism we can conclude that true evangelism uses all the. Mar 04, 20 using a classic movie musical, and relying upon the popular method of lawrence richards, dr. Get the class attention focused on the lesson at hand with a relevant and interesting introduction. Evangelism by the book will both motivate and equip you to become effective in evangelism and discipleship. Gospel literally means good news and is the story of gods redemptive. Christians have used many different approaches to spread christianity via the practice of. But i became free to enjoy evangelism when i shifted from hunting to fishing. It takes time, effort, and money to attract an audience, so once you have people actively engaging with. Thus, every human is a direct descendent of this small remnant. New light cannot contradict old light or the old light was a lie from god. Jul 19, 2015 teaching preteens can be intimidating.
Excellent books on evangelism and growing churches. Show it to your children and ask them what it means to them. The church has taken the bait hook, line, and sinker. Wright is brilliant and i look forward to reading his latest book. I think many of us here would not feel comfortable or believing in the modern effectiveness of evangelism tactics of previous generations, i. By pam sterling 35 years ago, my first mentor taught me a simple formula for structuring my teaching that ive used ever since in designing curriculum, crafting signature speeches, developing presentations, and writing blog posts. My wife, a professor of christian education for many years, used the text book. The hook, a brief introduction designed to grab the learners attention.
The book of genesis declares that the eight humans who disembarked from noahs ark after the flood waters receded were all that remained of the human race. This is a term we use as part of our christian jargon. As i studied the sermon that launched the church i saw each of these elements. The four words that compose the outline are hook, book, look, took. The larger the group, the harder it can be to gain and keep their attention. The hook book look took method focuses on four main aspects of any group study. These tips all flow from the classic hook, look, book, took teaching technique that has been around for a century and is. The celtic way of evangelism by george hunter iii looks at the remarkably effective history of evangelism, discipleship and church planting in the time of st. Hookfocuses on needs of students students think i need this, raises a real question bookobservation and interpretation of scripture, makes the word determine us lookshows students the truth of the bible in their own lives tookfruitresponse of the lesson specific. There are people already in local churches that look and sound saved but. The voluminous counsel inregard to lay evangelism, set forth so fully in other 8 e. Ive written a book, take someone with you to heaven, which anyone can. Two buddhist monks had independently exposed the slander, deceits and lies on buddhism in this book from buddha to jesus.
And at the root of all the many reasons is the root reason. They shall shine like the stars throughout all eternity. A unique look at missions with amy peterson december 14, 2017. The hook can include, but not limited to, singing, doing. The hook, look, book, took model is a pretty failsafe approach that will engage young people and show them a god who is relevant, interesting and interested in them. Sep 17, 2008 the gospel and personal evangelism crossway, 2007 by mark dever, pastor of capitol hill baptist church, represents a passionate plea from one of the leading calvinists in the southern baptist convention. And she is the author of a book, dangerous territory. Greens evangelism in the early church,l the subjects of evangelism and church growth in the book of acts have been unaccountably neglected in recent years. I rejoice greatly in the lord that at last you have renewed your concern for me. The bible says that those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. When i read the question i immediately thought about our friend and colleague david francis. Knowing how to share the gospel creates boldness that leads to obedience. What are biblical principles for effective evangelism.
When i studied methods of bible teaching, richards book was hot off the press. Indeed you have been concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. It should be brief too and should not last more than 5 minutes. Great book on personal evangelism by arron chambers. Morgan took some time out of her schedule to answer a few questions for breathecast on both projects. These students saw a christian book or two on the coffee table and a bible verse on the wall.
But occasionally, it has a shorter sound, as in book, took, look, cook, foot, and cookie. A great look at the biblical mandate to train the saints for the work of evangelism. You must first grab the students attention in order to introduce the lesson and lead them to want to be involved in the material. How do you know which pronunciation of oo to use when you see it in words. In addition, youll find great book recommendations that may be of interest to you based on your search and purchase history, as well as the most wished for and most gifted books. Ever since the lord jesus christ commanded us to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature, we. Evangelism and discipleship materials for small groups good soil. Jul 19, 20 sorry the sound is not great, but i think the training content is so good, that if you watch in a quiet place and take notes youll be soooo glad. In the took section you want each student to take away one practical idea for implementing the truth during the upcoming week. Dever seeks to inspire his readers to evangelize more often and more faithfully, and he hopes to promote a culture of evangelism within our.