Category Archives: Christian Education ~ Ideas and Advice

Is Sunday School Going Extinct? or…

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Neil

Is Sunday School going extinct? …or are some churches merely suffering from their own ineptness, uninspired leadership, and the accumulated effect of bad habits? (Now you know where I come out on the issue!) According to a recent Barna Research … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Better Children’s Sermons

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Neil

Note: This article has been updated at www.sundaysoftware.com/articles/chsermon.htm ——————————————– You can buy books with children’s sermons in them. Most are ho-hum or antiquated.  Most also don’t discuss “how” to deliver the children’s sermon. And that may be the most important thing … Continue reading →

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The Jubilee Solution to Your Church’s Rut

Posted on April 20, 2008 by Neil

All systems tend to run out of steam. In physics, this law of thermodynamics is called “entropy.”  Happens in human systems too. In physics, all that’s required is some additional amount of energy to maintain the same output (“work”). But … Continue reading →

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