K.I.S.S. ...

Keep It Simple Stupid... that's the kiss technique. Sometimes we want to muddy up the water of a crystal clear message. Jesus made the complex simple. He came from Heaven to Earth to make an All powerful, Everywhere at one time God... known to us. That's taking the complex and making it simple on steroids. He became like us, so that we could know Him. That's Awesome!

Ed Young Jr. once said, "if you really study the teaching ministry of Christ, you see that Christ did not speak in classical Greek. He spoke in Aramaic, the street language of the day. Isn’t that something? The Son of God had a choice, classical Greek or Aramaic, and he chose Aramaic. And if you continue to study his teaching and his Aramaic, a lot of the words he used had a rhythm and a rhyme to them."

Imagine that!

In other words... Jesus used the K.I.S.S. technique. He was a Master at this in His earthly ministry. May we learn from the greatest teacher ever and keep it simple. This is something I am learning as a church leader and communicator... simple teaches more.

There was a time I equated being a teacher to how much you know. I had a Seminary Professor open my eyes by telling me teaching was different from knowing. You can know everything and not be able to teach nothing. He taught me to take what I know and teach it well. He said, you will continue gaining knowledge, it's a life long process. This is a principle I am starting to really understand.

I want to encourage all Pastors and Teachers to use the "K.I.S.S. Principle"... it truly changes lives.