Choosing Your Lesson Material

The reason why this cartoon is funny is because there's more than a grain of truth in it.

How many times have you had a good story or joke or "hook" line, and then wondered how you could use it?

My advice -- put that in your journal or notebook, and let it simmer. Don't force material to come together. Let the Holy Spirit remind you of things at the right time.

Start with the Biblical text. Many, many theological errors and false teaching result from a well-intentioned teacher starting with a joke or story and scrambling to find even the flimsiest connection with a verse.

P.S. The picture came from a weekly Church Laughs list from Christianity Today. You can sign up to get these for free -- another good source of ideas and illustrations for your classes!

Copyright 2005 Robertson and Christianity Today International/BuildingChurchLeaders.com Used with permission.