When Ryan asked about saved sermons and teaching material, Don brought up his notes on the Book of Daniel. Before sharing them more widely, he wanted to add an introduction explaining what readers were looking at.

The notes had guided a class. Don explained that there had been much more discussion as they worked through the material together. The pages did not contain everything he had said while teaching.

It was just sort of a guideline for the class.
Don Nichols

That distinction mattered to him. He wanted readers to understand the notes in the setting where they had been used, with a teacher talking through them and a class discussing them.

This brief memory offers a look at Don's teaching life and the care he takes with sharing it. The Daniel material was still being discussed as a project to prepare; this story does not reproduce the lessons themselves.