# Teaching Notes

## User profile
- **Spiritual stage:** Mature believer. Skip basic-Christianity content. Assume fluency in prayer, Bible study, the gospel, identity-in-Christ basics.
- **Goal:** Teaching / preaching prep. Every lesson should be "turn-around-able" — end with material the user could present.
- **Depth:** Balanced (framework + supporting Scripture).
- **Pace:** Longer deep-dive lessons. Favor depth and synthesis over micro-lessons. Fewer, richer lessons; each ends with a clear, memorable win.

## Preferences observed
- Wants to learn *from the book* with the Bible as the verifying authority. Cite chapter/verse, and cite the book chapter by name.

## Source map
- `./Source/4Chair/` — the book's 11 chapters + 3 appendices (the primary text).
- `./Source/4ChallengesofJesus_EBook.md` — short summary ebook, good for the master overview.
- `./Source/4Chair_SmallGroupGuide.md` — discussion questions, useful for application/teaching prompts.
- `./Source/PDF-DMM_2021.03.08_Update-dv4dqd.md` — Disciple-Making Movements material; supplementary, not canon for this book.

## Lesson design notes
- Because the goal is teaching/preaching, build lessons around **transferable mental models** a preacher can hold in their head and hand to a congregation: the 4-chair table, the 4 soils, the 4 fruit-levels, the 3 barriers.
- Each lesson should surface the *scriptural* backbone, not just Spader's framing.