I mean,” we say, “but I just can’t put it into words.” Despite the difficulty of clothing thought in words, the preacher [or, in our case, the teacher] has to do it. Unless ideas are expressed in words, we cannot understand, evaluate, or communicate them.2 Great teachers do not teach more; they tend to teach less with more focus. They teach one “big idea” that they attempt to drive home throughout the lesson. They avoid a shotgun approach to teaching in favor of aiming with rifle accuracy. The greatest
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