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Your Teaching Tone

Imagine you are preparing to teach your students a lesson that includes the following passage: And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;...

Training the Mind to Pay Attention

A friend alerted me to this interesting article: “Age of Distraction: Why It’s Crucial for Students to Learn to Focus.” Though it’s written from a secular perspective, consider this observation...

Sparing Children from the Follies of Their Gene...

Here is some very wise and timely advice from John Piper: It is a wonderful thing that, if you believe and teach the straightforward truths of the Bible, you will...

A Crucial Teachable Moment

Parents and teachers often talk about “teachable moments.” A specific situation or circumstance arises that provides an opportunity to really drive home a particular truth and heart application in the...

Start Filling the Mind with Truth

In his seminar, ”Teaching Children to Know and Love God by Knowing and Loving Theology,” Dr. Bruce Ware explains the importance of understanding the “progression of truth” as we teach...

An Inside Look at Application - Faithful to All...

When teaching Sunday school, there are two main pillars to the class time: teaching and application. Application is an essential step to apply truths from the Bible lesson to a...