Part 1: Effective Teaching; 1 The Changing Landscape of Bible Study; 2 The Church's Unfinished Task; 3 The Tasks of the Effective Teacher; 4 The Teacher; Part 2: The Methods of Effective Bible Teaching; 5 Discovering Unity in Biblical Passages; 6 Thematic Unity in Biblical Passages; 7 Bridging the Gap; 8 Principles of Biblical Interpretation; 9 Understanding the Methods of Inductive and Directed Bible Studies; 10 Leading Inductive Bible Studies; Part 3: The Bible We Teach Page; 11 What Kind of Book Is the Bible?

12 Types of Writing in the Bible13 Teaching the Stories of the Bible; 14 Teaching the Poetry of the Bible; 15 Teaching Other Genres of the Bible; Notes; Subject Index; Author Index; Back Cover.