Quotes About Teaching

Give something to your child if you think he must give it later to those when they need it badly.

Only a fool gives lectures on drowning during a drought.

Our parents teach us to speak and the world teaches us to be silent.

Some people teach you to love, others teach you to live but the good ones teach you both.

Teaching a learned person is like teaching an eagle to fly.

Just because a person has been a Christian for many years does not mean that he is spiritually mature. Rather, due to his lack of initiative and negligence, he may need "someone to teach [him] the elementary truths of God's word all over again.

Sinners will oppose any teaching that exalts the sovereignty of God over the freedom of men. So

doctrine consists of a set of ideas or propositions on a topic, so a biblical doctrine is the biblical teaching on a subject. Theology refers to the study of the Bible or the systematic formulation of doctrines from the Bible. A biblical doctrine is always binding, and a system of theology is authoritative to the extent that it reflects the teachings of the Bible.

The Bible never teaches that man is responsible for his sins because he is free. Man is responsible for his sins not because he is free to do otherwise; this verse says that he is not free. Whether man is responsible has to do with whether God decides to hold him accountable; it has nothing to do with whether man is free. Man is responsible because God has decided to judge him for his sins.

Each parable contains one main idea. Once we have discovered it, it should govern our interpretation and application of the parable.

Since to love God means to obey biblical teaching, and to obey biblical teaching, one must first know about it, it follows that theological knowledge is the prerequisite of walking in love. This destroys the anti-intellectual notion that a person can love God without studying theology, or that loving God is superior to knowing about him.

You must confess your sins, and return to God through Jesus Christ. Then, you can approach him in unwavering faith, and ask him to grant you his wisdom and to teach you his ways. This is the only hope for you, and the only hope for mankind.

John 17:15 encourages Christians to invade the lives of non-Christians, and to engage these spiritual enemies by preaching and teaching the word of God, and to be salt and light to them through our holy speech and conduct (Matthew 5:13-16).

The "Sincere Offer" of the Gospel The doctrine in question has been called "the free offer," "the well-meant offer," and "the sincere offer" of the gospel. It is a false teaching that makes God into a schizophrenic fool. It is unbiblical and irrational, and it must be opposed.

If God has revealed something, then we should learn it and believe it.

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

To speak plainly, God kills these people because they are sinners and they deserve to die, and the time is ripe to punish them. Is not this the scriptural teaching?

every sermon must be biblical in its contents – it must completely agree with the Bible, and every biblical passage must be interpreted in context.

Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free" (John 8:31-32). Satan attempts to keep us in bondage to his lies, but we can be set free through the truth that God has revealed to us.

Without a knowledge of sound theology, it is easy for a person to be "tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming" (Ephesians 4:14).

Let us never become weary of basic doctrines, especially this chief of doctrines, that God is God.

we need to emphasize doctrinal teaching in the church, in the family, and in our individual lives. We should emphasize not subjective experience or emotionalism, but depth and scope in our understanding of Scripture.

Ministers are required to emphasize doctrines.

It is no secret that Christians lack scriptural discernment in most areas of their lives; yet, they continue to resist any doctrinal teaching that will help them remedy the situation. They refuse to hear "what the Spirit [is saying] to the churches" (Revelation 2:7).