Quotes about Teaching

A disciple...can never imitate his guide's steps. You have your own way of living your life, of dealing with problems, and of winning. Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.

What is a master? I would say that he is not someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to do his best to discover a knowledge he already has in his soul.

Jesus almost never talked in terms of explaining. He was always using enigmatic stories and difficult metaphors. He was always pulling people into some kind of participation.

Art can teach without at all ceasing to be art.

The end of writing is to instruct; the end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing.

It's no longer enough to teach our children Bible stories; they need doctrine and apologetics.

It is a mistake to suggest that the difference between the Old and the New Testament is that the Old Testament taught that salvation came by keeping the law whereas in the New Testament it comes by grace. That is precisely the distortion of the Scriptures that Paul was combating.

It is important to understand that Paul is not just using Abraham as an illustration of the gospel or of his teaching about justification by grace through faith. No, Abraham is the beginning of the gospel.

The greatest service you can provide to the people in your care is to make the Bible accessible to them.

The best Bible teaching is not that which dazzles people with the profound intellect of their teacher, but that which puts its truth squarely in their hands.

To write all things in a book is to leave a sword in the hands of a child.

In case a dogma is not based on divine authority, it is wrong to call it by that name, and it should not have a place in the faith of the church.