http://chrisfinchum.wol.org/blog/chrisfinchum/voodooeconomics?http://chrisfinchum.wol.org/blog/chrisfinchum/voodooeconomics?Paul bubar used to say, he thought it a sin when anyone would be using the bible and made it boring. He was a mentor that inspired me to always use stories and illustrations when speaking. Think about the vastness of the bible and how exciting and wonderful the book is! Jesus used parables of common well-known and everyday things to illustrate spiritual truths (woman at the well, and water)(wanting to gather jerusalem under his wing like a mother hen) How easy was it to picture both of those truths with just a sentence? Another mentor, shared of a teacher at his Bible College that told the class not to let the audience "fall out the window" of your illustrations, by only remembering the story. Ravi Zacharis(sp)is one of my favorites for using illustrations yet having so much "meat" in his messages that I can go back and get something additonal out of them 3,4,5 times. Somtimes it pays to use a number of illustrations/stories/examples to make one good point. But making sure that the point is what the illustrations bring you back to each time.steve bowenMon, 28 Sep 2009 12:11:02 -0700http://chrisfinchum.wol.org/blog/chrisfinchum/voodooeconomics?http://chrisfinchum.wol.org/blog/chrisfinchum/voodooeconomics?Anyone.... Anyone....something O O economics. He called it VooDoo economics.... Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around - you could miss it. - Ferris Bueller. tonyFri, 25 Sep 2009 05:58:29 -0700http://chrisfinchum.wol.org/blog/chrisfinchum/voodooeconomics?http://chrisfinchum.wol.org/blog/chrisfinchum/voodooeconomics?The temptation is to swing to both extremes I think. If you have an exciting idea for an illustration, sometimes it can be tempting to build around that instead of have a strategy for content. The other extreme is when you arent prepared you really on the material or just teach the content with no illustration or application. I always want to be improving on my teaching, it will never be exactly where I would like, and you can always improve. Reading books, learning from other teachers and finding your style, that best suits your personality, etc. are ways to improve.Kevin RadfordThu, 24 Sep 2009 15:50:40 -0700http://chrisfinchum.wol.org/blog/chrisfinchum/voodooeconomics?