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title: Melissa Kruger on Asking Better Questions
canonical: "https://wordfirst.org/podcasts/help-me-teach-the-bible/melissa-kruger-asking-better-questions/"
pubDate: "2019-10-24T00:04:00.000Z"
updatedDate: "2020-05-19T15:21:43.000Z"
description: Nancy Guthrie interviews Melissa Kruger about what kinds of questions not to ask in a small group Bible study and how to come up with better questions.
categories: [Help Me Teach the Bible]
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One way to teach is to lecture. Certainly it’s more controllable. But does it provide the best way for those we’re teaching to learn?

Creating interaction, some back-and-forth on the text and its implications, with those we’re teaching creates a more fruitful learning environment. But to teach this way, we have to develop our skills in asking good questions as well as avoiding unhelpful or frustrating questions.

In this episode I talked to Melissa Kruger, director of women’s content at The Gospel Coalition, about what kinds of questions help people to learn, especially in a small-group Bible studies.