Article by Dennis Bennett Don't you just love it when you know someone who can take all the information you have and make something useful with it? This is the strength of the Common Sense Learner. He is able to take all the facts gathered so accurately and sequentially by the Analytic Learner and put them to [...]
Article by Dennis Bennett The Why Your pastor went to seminary. During that time he learned the Bible, biblical languages, theology, church history, and how to preach. In other words, he was trained. When your church is preparing to select new elders and deacons, they are taught the basics of what the church is, how [...]
Article by Dennis Bennett Of the four learning styles, the dynamic learner (DL) is the most disliked by teachers. Why? Because teachers do not understand them, or know how to work with them. I hope, after you have read this, you will have a much better appreciation for these misunderstood learners, and know more about how to [...]
Article by Dennis Bennett We have looked at four ways people process information. Now, how in the world will you teach four different groups in one lesson? This is not as hard as you think. Look at this diagram. Every week your lesson will contain four parts. (If you need more details on each of these, re-read [...]
Article by Dennis Bennett It never ceases to amaze me that anywhere in the world you say "Christian Education" people automatically think Sunday school. Is this the only Christian education the church does? If it is, then we are in big trouble. Let me explain. In teaching the Christian Education (CE) courses in South Africa for eight years, the student's [...]
Article by Dennis Bennett We have looked at all four learning styles. Did you find where you fit? Even more, have you learned to appreciate that not everyone learns in the same way you learn? This time I want to go a step further and explain how learning styles fit in different cultural settings, and next time [...]
Article by Dennis Bennett Many manuscripts are submitted to CEP for publication consideration. I like to read the Bible studies, but I don't start with the written sections, rather, I start with examining the questions. I am convinced if the questions are not written well; the rest is just commentary and not Bible study. Every question contains [...]
Devotional by Stephen Estock June 17, 2013 In the summer before her 12th birthday, my daughter joined a swim team for the first time. It was a new beginning. Though she knew the basics, she had never learned all of the different strokes, so the first day of practice was very difficult. After 15 minutes, she wanted [...]
Devotional by Stephen Estock November 25, 2013 “I wanna be a billionaire...Buy all of the thing I never had... I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine smiling next to Oprah and the Queen.” (“Billionaire,” Travie McCoy with Bruno Mars, 2009) The song continues by saying if I had a billion dollars, everyday would be [...]
Devotional by Stephen Estock September 16, 2013 On Sunday, I was told that a friend had died, and the news made me cry. She had been a great neighbor for 11 years, watching our kids grow as they climbed trees and slid down the hill in her back yard. I cried for the loss, but more [...]
