Teacher’s Resources

 

These free Reformed teaching resources are designed for theological education, church leadership training, Sunday school classes, and small-group study. Some are complete courses with textbooks, Teacher’s Guides, and Student Guides; others are standalone studies that may be used independently. Most include lesson plans, exercises, quizzes, lecture notes, or other aids to make teaching easier and more effective.

Complete courses

Christian leadership

A practical course in biblical Christian leadership covering the principles and skills needed for responsible ministry leadership. The Teacher’s Guide organizes the 21 chapters of the textbook into eight two-hour lessons, with corresponding material for students.

Textbook: Christian Leadership: Principles and Practice
Teacher's Guide: Christian Leadership
Student Guide: Word, PDF

Doctrine of salvation

An introductory Reformed course on the doctrine of salvation, covering the doctrines of grace in a form suitable for theological students, church classes, and small groups.

Textbook: Unlocking Grace

Teacher’s Guide: How to Teach the Doctrines of Grace

Student Guide:  Word, PDF

Justification by faith

A focused course on the biblical and Reformed doctrine of justification by faith, designed to help students understand the basis, means, and implications of our acceptance before God through Christ.

Textbook: Joyfully Justified

Teacher’s Guide: Justification by Faith

Student Guide:  Word, PDF

Additional resource: Condensed eight-page version for home groups — Word, PDF

Systematic theology

A broad course in Reformed systematic theology that helps students see how the major doctrines of Scripture relate to one another in a coherent biblical system. The course uses Louis Berkhof’s Systematic Theology as its principal textbook.

Textbook: Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology 

Teacher’s Guide: Systematic Theology

Student Notes: Lecture notes with blanks and exercises to help students follow the course — Word, PDF

 

Standalone study guides

Who is the Holy Spirit? Faith, Phobias, and Fantasies

A Reformed study of the person and work of the Holy Spirit, including his ministry in believers, spiritual gifts, the filling of the Spirit, and areas of disagreement between Reformed and Pentecostal theology.  Teacher's Guide

Am I Good Enough?

A six-lesson home-group study in grace written especially with Roman Catholic participants in mind. Without attacking Catholicism directly, it leads students to see that human merit cannot save and that salvation is by grace alone through Christ alone. Teacher's Guide

The Practice of Biblical Church Government

An interactive study of the biblical principles of church government. It asks whether church government is merely a matter of culture or preference and presents biblical government as primarily moral and only secondarily administrative.

Teacher’s Guide: Word, PDF

Student Guide: Word, PDF

Sacraments

A brief introductory study of the Reformed and Presbyterian doctrine of the sacraments, designed for interactive teaching and small-group use.

Teacher’s Guide: Word, PDF

Student Guide: Word, PDF

Sunday School Teacher Training

Effective Christian teaching requires more than knowledge of the Bible. This practical guide helps teachers plan lessons, engage students, communicate biblical truth clearly, and lead students toward maturity in Christ. Teacher’s Guide