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Repetition is the mother of learning

Good teachers know that the fundamental law of learning is repetition. Someone once told me that people have to hear something sixteen times before they really believe it. That seems extreme, yet I do know that repetition is essential in communication if you want people to understand and buy into what you’re saying. William H. […]

Only you can reduce health care costs

Imagine you visited a country where 99% of the people smoked. Most people started smoking in their early teen years and quite a few started smoking before that. There was smoking everywhere—restaurants, offices, parks, homes. People smoked constantly. The average was around 3 packs a day. Call this imaginary country “Smokeland.” Would it surprise you […]

The key to turning goals into reality

Clark Hull spent 10,000 hours observing and measuring the behavior of lab rats. (Have you thanked God for your job lately?) He learned that rats could be trained to make their way through a maze to reach a goal. He designed electric sensors inside the maze that carefully monitored the rats’ speed and learned that […]

“So what?” teaching

Good application comes from good doctrine. Don’t be intimidated by this. The fact is, there’s nothing more practical than clear-headed thinking about theology. We all have a theology, a set of beliefs about God; they might as well be the right beliefs. The book of Ephesians is a great example of combining solid doctrine with […]

Avoid 5 white poisons

Here is how Rick Warren, Daniel Amen and Mark Hyman describe what they call the white menaces:[1] One of the biggest threats to our health is the dramatic increase of sugar in all forms in our diet in the last hundred years. Hunter-gatherer populations consumed about 22 teaspoons of sugar a year; now the average […]

Why (some) goals don’t work

Generally speaking, people make goals that are too general. We make goals to improve our health, or to make more money, or to be more spiritual. These goals rarely have any effect. Here are some examples of better goals: To lose 10 pounds by January 1 To have a quiet time at least five days […]

How I lost 40 pounds: the colorful diet

I stated earlier that half of Americans said that figuring out what a healthy diet consists of is more complicated than doing your taxes.[1] I felt that way for a long time. But, as I read carefully, I realized that nearly all the experts agree on a handful of things. Basically, they all agree we […]

90% of the growth was coming from one class

The differences really are staggering. I dare you to do a study of the classes in your church to see who is growing and who is not. I did such a study once and discovered 90% of the growth of the church was coming out of one class. One class! The church was growing by […]

Jesus’ teaching was kid friendly

The first century Palestine was a dangerous place to be a child. “Only about half of the children born lived beyond the age of eight, in part because of widespread infanticide, with famine and illness also being factors.”[1] Life was cheap back in the day. There was a classic line recorded in a letter from […]

Vision casting

A new book I am pleased to be a contributor. Casting a consistent vision is vital if the Sunday school is to excel. Gideon’s strategy as pastor and vision-caster is to communicate a consistent, solid message about the purpose of Sunday school to the members and leaders. Inola does not chase fads or make constant, […]