“I’ve been teaching the way I teach for too long to learn anything new now.” was a statement made by a Sunday school teacher recently.
Such an attitude in the church is not healthy, but perhaps more common than most of us realize. It is easy for people, even Christian workers to get into a “rut” [...]
Jan was a little boy in Holland. His family was very poor, and his mother worked every day to support the children. Jan was a very naughty little boy. He learned to steal things from the bakery and the grocery store. He played hookey from school time after time. He cheated in school and lied [...]
Creative teaching is something every Sunday school teacher can do. It is not, as some would suppose, reserved for a few especially talented teachers. Anyone can present creative lessons if they are willing to devote a little extra time and effort to planning and preparation. The ability to be creative can be achieved by constantly [...]
Jesus has given us the good news of the gospel with the expectation that we share it with all the peoples of our world. The proper use of Sunday is vital to the church’s undertaking of evangelization.
How crucial is Sunday to the charge of Jesus? Sunday embodies the day when just about most churches assemble [...]
The world is suffering a moral crisis of epic dimensions. Violence, crime and lawlessness are ‘out of hand’. Street crime has reached unacceptable levels along with drug and alcohol dependency.
Apparently religious activities have little or no effect in reducing the moral crisis as side by side with the awful statistics people are interested in religion. [...]
Many Christians will talk about the different ways to observe the Lord’s Day. There is no doubt however, as to whether people of faith should take seriously the significance of a special day of rest and worship. After all it is one of the Ten Commandments and therefore not just a ‘good idea’.
Sunday should be [...]
As a Sunday school teacher you have an amazing opportunity but also a great responsibility. It is not just a case of a willingness to help it involves praying, studying, hard work and personal dedication to a very special ministry.
It is advisable to ask a few questions from time to time to check everything is [...]
Place high emphasis on spiritual commitment and growth
I trust you are part of a church that is very evangelistic and places a great importance on outreach, witnessing and discipleship. Only when we have genuinely placed Jesus Christ as number one in our lives will we want to study more about Him, His Word and His [...]
How could we expect individuals to have a genuine thirst to discover more about God, His Word and His will if they are not genuinely committed to Him? But then, just like the young lover who reads and re-reads a letter from his sweetheart to discover everything imaginable about the object of their fondness, when [...]
Hebrews 13:8, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” From experience of going to Sunday School as a child, throughout my teenage years and now as a youth worker, little appears to have altered. We are at risk of interpreting the above verse to “Sunday School the same yesterday, today and forever.” [...]