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Developing Agendas for Small Group Meetings

Many units in the discipleship curriculum include materials about why small groups are so important to the Christian life. Humans were created by a God who uses a plural name, Elohim, but singular...

Consensus Decision-Making

There are only a few basic ways to make decisions in a group. It could even be said that there are only three, though each has a number of forms and subcategories: (1) One leader makes the...

Asking Discussion Questions

An essential task in leading a small group is to ask questions that get the group involved in discussion. People have been asking questions about themselves and the meaning of existence for...

There are innumerable books, essays, articles, courses, sermons, and blogs on the subject of dealing with difficult people. They range from how to handle difficult people in your family or at work to...

Understanding Group Dynamics

No human being could begin to peer into the inner workings of what we call the Trinity or Triune God. We can barely grasp the concept that there is one God in three personalities. However, it seems...

Use of Audio Visual Materials

There are many types of audio and visual materials available to speakers today, from the blackboard to DVDs. In between, there’s everything from whiteboards with colored markers and overhead...

Leading a Seminar: Learning Styles

For many of us, the idea of different ways of learning is relatively new. And any time someone introduces new approaches to teaching Biblical truths, some people will be uncomfortable, and some will...

Teaching Techniques

The very fi rst teaching experience took place at the Garden of Eden. Here’s Adam, fresh from the dirt, perfumed by the natural oils found on the ground, facing his teacher. I can imagine in his...

Step 12: A New Way of Life

This unit introduces Step 12, the final step in the process. The assignments are broken down into four weekly sections. You can give fewer assignments during that week if the mentee needs more time,...

Step 11: Keep in Touch

This unit introduces Step 11. The assignments are broken down into four weekly segments. You can give fewer assignments during that week if the mentee needs more time, or give more assignments if the...

Step 10: Keep the List Short

This unit introduces Step Ten. The assignments are broken down into four week-long sections. You can give fewer assignments during that week if the mentee needs more time, or give more assignments if...

Step 9: Making the Past Right

This unit introduces Step Nine. The assignments are broken down into four week-long sections. You can give fewer assignments during that week if the mentee needs more time, or give more assignments if...

Step 8: Softening the Heart

This unit introduces Step Eight. The assignments are broken down into four week-long sections. You can give fewer assignments during that week if the mentee needs more time, or give more...

Step 4: Just the Facts

This unit introduces Step Four. The assignments are broken down into four week-long sections. You can give fewer assignments during that week if the mentee needs more time, or give more assignments if...

Step 3: Discovering the Real God

This unit introduces Step Three. The assignments are broken down into four week-long sections. You can give fewer assignments during that week if the mentee needs more time, or give more assignments...

Step 2: There’s hope out there, and I want it

This unit introduces Step Two. The assignments are broken down into four week-long sections. You can give fewer assignments during that week if the mentee needs more time, or give more assignments if...

Step 1: Powerlessness and Unmanageability

This unit introduces Step One. The assignments are broken down into four week-long sections. You can give fewer assignments during that week if the mentee needs more time, or give more assignments if...

Recovery Ministry Introduction

Anyone leading a recovery ministry must be a recovering addict with solid sobriety while continuing to work rigorously at the 12 Steps as a model for those being led. Paul said in 1 Corinthians...

Part 5: Preparing Notes

The mind has a way of forgetting things when you need them and recalling things at just the wrong moments, like forgetting your sermon flow and remembering that you’re scared of public speaking just...

Part 4: Choosing Illustrations

Illustrations are pictures in books that show what the book tells. They add force to its message. In a sermon, they serve the same goal but the medium has changed. Instead of ink and paper, you have...