Our Story

In 2015, I started teaching a Sunday School class.   I get more nervous teaching than preaching.  When you are teaching, people can ask questions.  Every week I would send out a lesson covering the chapters of Bible that we were covering the next Sunday morning. 

“The lessons always included a set of bullets with direct references to the passage or passage of scripture to which the text of that bullet referred. I would then follow-up with a series of questions (usually 10-20).“

The lessons always included a set of bullets with direct references to the passage or passages of scripture to which the text of that bullet referred.    I would then follow-up with a series of questions (usually 10-20).  The questions were all answered in the text of the bullets.    We only really needed to cover the questions if the participants had prepared adequately.

I did have some guidance from our minister about the material to be covered.    He even had a vision of how to combine certain things like the material presented the Synoptic Gospel accounts, the letters and history of the early church, and the grouping of the Psalms based on themes.    I did not have to “wing it” completely, but I still had to prepare the lessons.

Every week I would include my mother in sending out the lessons.  She does not use a computer, but my mother is excellent using copyright marks and proofreading.  She has a master’s degree from David Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN (Go Bisons!) and taught school for decades.  Her husband does use a computer and would print each lesson out for her to proofread.  Then, when I went to visit, I would edit each lesson and put them online as an archive.

“…my mother is excellent using copyright marks and proofreading…”

At the end of three years of teaching, I realized I had done pretty much the whole Bible in lesson form.  As we told people about it, the email distribution list grew, and we got more questions about where to find the material.  Often these questions would come from people at other churches.

One day an elder at our church decided he would print all this material.  He downloaded all the lessons, discovered it was over 600 pages, then decided that was too much to print.    This incident led me to the realization, that although the material is free online, most people will want a printed copy, and it would be much cheaper for them to buy a workbook than to copy to print one.

“Much more than any other publisher, they understood what the Bible Workbook lessons represented.”

In desperation, I reached out to several self-publishing outfits.    They were all eager to publish this material.   I went with Westbow Press, a division of Thomas Hill and Zondervan.  Much more than any other publisher, they understood what the Bible Workbook lessons represented. 

There were actually over 650 pages of material. This was far more than would fit in one volume. On their recommendation, I split it up.   The material is now divided into three volumes of roughly 50 lessons and 200 pages each.

“I never set out to have a Bible Workbook series. Still, I am not willing to call this Series an accident.”

I never set out to have a Bible Workbook series. Still, I am not willing to call this Series an accident. The lessons certainly were not an accident.  I believe God knew exactly what He was doing, as usual.  Enjoy!