Lot’s wife belonged to a family with a great name and trust in God’s promises. She even had angels visit her home! God sent them to personally escort her from His coming wrath to His safety (Gen.19:1-22). Yet, she fell into eternal judgment because she looked back to her life in Sodom. She longed to preserve what she had and became a pillar of salt–a crystalline substance used for preservation (Gen. 19:26). Friends, Jesus is kind to warns us in Luke 17:32-33: “Remember Lot’s wife. Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it.”
Cornelius’ conversion account can teach us many things about the spread of the gospel to the Gentiles in the first century church. We see in this story that God’s salvation through Christ is for all the families of the earth. God shows no partiality but comes to redeem people from all nations. All this is true. But my focus today is on that small line in verse four. It makes me wonder: what if my service and prayers to God were like a memorial offering rising up as a pleasing aroma before His throne?
What does a complementarian household looks like? How does a husband’s godly leadership in the home lead to the flourishing of his wife and children? How is complementarity in the home is a gift to a wife? It’s an honor to chat about these questions with the hosts of Priscilla Talk, a 9Marks podcast. Click to LISTEN!
The Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) has launched a Women’s Teaching Lab! The course began in the fall of 2021 and will continue spring 2022. Its purpose is to equip women for their various teaching roles in the local church, with a focus on both small-group and large-group formats. Students, whether taking the course for credit or auditing, will have the opportunity for practice teaching and feedback. I have the joy of being an instructor for this course, along with the excellent faculty members of RTS Washington. If you are a woman in the D.C. area who teaches the Bible or aspires to do so, please do consider this equipping resource!
Below is a link to the RST website where you can find information on upcoming classes. Also provided is a link to a podcast episode where I chat with the faculty about the Women’s Teaching Lab!
I’ve been listening to Christine Hoover’s By Faith podcast for years, so it was a joy to join her as a guest. We talked about teaching the Bible and how teachers can be equipped to make progress as Paul encourages in 1 Timothy 4:11-12 . I’ve always admired Christine’s excellent interviewing skills. She asked some GREAT questions that got us down to the basics of preparing for a talk (see some of her questions below).
I also had a chance to share a little about my coming book: The Seed of the Woman! I had a blast chatting with Christine and hope that joy encourages you as you listen to our conversation today!
Some of Christine’s excellent questions!
Let's start with the heart. Teachers must approach their study and teaching with the right motivation and goal. What is that? How have you wrestled with that?
What about insecurity? How do you navigate insecurity and/or the idea of not having anything worthwhile to say?
Can you then take us through your process of studying? How do you study in preparation to teach?
How can we begin to formulate an outline or manuscript?
What process do you go through to finalize your talk? How do you know it's "done"?
What are some skills we should consider as important for the actual presentation of the talk?
Finally, how can we respond when there is 1) no feedback and we think we bombed 2) someone says they appreciated it and we recognize pride rising in our hearts?
