10 Keys to Asking Great Questions
The best Bible teachers aren’t just those who tell students great truths. They’re also those who challenge them with great questions. Questions that make kids think about a Bible passage…Read more
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Becoming Godly: Four Lessons from a Ship
How can we—or the kids we parent and teach—grow in godliness? Let’s learn from four surprisingly simple rules for steering a ship. How growth in holiness happens is a topic…Read more
Let’s Learn the Bible’s Victory Chant
Sports teams have them. Soldiers sometimes sing them. And it turns out that Christians, too, have a victory chant—one that’s worth learning. The Bible introduces the chant, fittingly, right after…Read more
Is That Really a Good Idea?
Trendy is not always smart. Here are three ways gospel teachers can dodge trendy mistakes and always be in classic style. In 1963, publisher and inventor Hugo Gernsback used a…Read more
Why Bother (Yet Again) with the Easter Story?
Chances are you’ve heard about the resurrection before—several times. Why rehash it all again this year? You and I will go to church Easter morning for songs and a sermon…Read more
Why Did Jesus Ride a Donkey on Palm Sunday?
The answer—straight from the Bible—may show you something about Jesus you never noticed before. If you attended Sunday school as a kid, you probably know the Jesus of Palm Sunday.…Read more
Failure in Prayer: Can there be Anything Good to Say about That?
So. Just last week I wrote about an encouraging example of how praying with the Sunday school kids I teach pays off. I felt pretty good about myself. I was…Read more
Pray with Those Kids: A Reminder
If this doesn’t make you want to pray with a kid, I don’t know what will. It happened to me at church on Sunday. A 10-year-old girl who's a former…Read more