Transform your teaching from ordinary instruction to life-changing learning with the same methods Jesus used to turn fishermen into world changers.

Teach Like Jesus by veteran educators David T. Lamb and Shannon T. Lamb unpacks Christ's experiential teaching approach that created disciples who turned the world upside down.

This book examines how Jesus taught with transformative impact by asking questions, telling stories, creating tension, provoking change, and providing experiences. Through utilizing listener-centered, engaging, and provocative methods, Jesus didn't just share information, he created encounters that changed hearts and minds.

What you'll find in Teach Like Jesus:



- Discover why Jesus' experiential teaching approach was so effective and how to apply it today.

- Explore practical examples of teaching like Jesus in contexts all over the world.

- Overcome internal and external obstacles to effective Bible teaching.

- Learn teaching principles modeled in every chapter through stories, questions, and experiences.



Whether you are in a ministry context, an educational setting, or training a team, this book offers insightful guidance for anyone eager to move beyond one-way communication and foster deeper learning and life transformation in your listeners.

Through Teach Like Jesus, you'll develop a deeper conviction to teach interactively, discover inspiration for creative and memorable lessons, and learn to recognize key experiential teaching moments. The book offers practical tools ready for immediate use in any teaching context.

Teach Like Jesus equips you to follow in the footsteps of Jesus our Teacher, creating learner-focused experiences that mirror his own transformative approach. How? Come and see. And then go and do likewise.



Shannon T. Lamb (DMin, Missio Seminary) is an assistant regional director in InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, where her primary responsibility is staff training. She also serves as a consultant for Liberia Fellowship of Evangelical Students and is an affiliate professor at Missio Seminary and Kairos University. She lives with her husband, David, near Philadelphia, and they have two adult sons.



David T. Lamb (DPhil, Oxford) is MacRae Professor of Old Testament and dean of the faculty at Kairos University. His love for teaching the Bible was developed while on staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in California and Pennsylvania. His books include God Behaving Badly, Prostitutes and Polygamists, and The Emotions of God. He lives with his wife, Shannon, near Philadelphia, and they have two adult sons.



1. Teaching Like Jesus



2. Questions More than Answers



3. Stories More than Statements



4. Provocation More than Predictability



5. Tension More than Resolution



6. Emotions More than Facts



7. Reflection More than Recommendations



8. Experiences More than Theories



9. Soul Work More than Performance



10. Go and Do Likewise!

Acknowledgments



Appendix A: Creating Creative Content



Appendix B: Embracing the Strengths of Online Teaching



Discussion Questions



For Further Reading