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2 episodes with charles jennings
2 episodes with charles jennings
2 episodes with charles jennings
2 episodes with charles jennings
2 episodes with charles jennings
Is a $400 wine really ten times better than a $40 one? Does the right glass really improve your wine and is it worth it when the size makes you look ridiculous? Why do wine labels matter and should the label's look be part of every wine review? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I'm chatting with Charles Jennings and Paul Keers, co-authors of the hilarious book I Bought It So I'll Drink It. You can find the wines we discussed at https://www.nataliemaclean.com/winepicks Giveaway Three of you are going to win a copy of their terrific book,, I Bought It So I'll Drink It. To qualify, all you have to do is email me at natalie@nataliemaclean.com and let me know that you've posted a review of the podcast. I'll choose three people randomly from those who contact me. Good luck! You can find the wines we discussed here. Highlights Why do we feel guilty about window shopping when it comes to wine? What's the worst wine gadget or gimmick Paul and Charles have encountered? How did a 1947 Sauterne create a bond between Paul and a French wine seller? What was their most triumphant wine deal discovery? Are there elements that expensive wine delivers, that bargain wines can't? Why are Charles and Paul suspicious of mixed cases of wine? Has the quality and perception of box wines changed? What's the strangest vessel Paul and Charles have drunk wine from? What was it like drinking wine at 10 Downing Street and Lambeth Palace? What was Queen Victoria's tipple like? Why does Charles love drinking on his own? Which current wine trends will we look back on as ridiculous? Which wines would Charles and Paul now pair with their favourite childhood foods? Who would Paul and Charles love to share a bottle of wine with? Why should wine critics write about wine labels in their reviews? Key Takeaways Charles and Paul believe there is a greater experience to be gained from drinking better wine, but that the return for your money plateaus quickly. If you go up from a £10 wine to a £30 wine, you will really notice the difference and have a tremendously greater experience. But then if you multiply that by 10 and go from £40 to £400, the difference in quality isn't that great. If I've got people around for dinner and I sit at the end of the table and everybody else has got normal wine glasses, I look like a complete plonker. And I'd love to sit there, “Oh, it's magnificent.” And they're going to think, what an idiot. So unfortunately, it doesn't get much use. It does enhance the taste of the Bordeaux, there's no doubt about it, but I'm so embarrassed sitting there drinking out of this thing the size of a melon that it really doesn't get much use. Charles and Paul mention wine labels because they think that they are ignored by most wine writers, and they're terribly important for two reasons. Firstly, because they're about the only marketing that most bottles of wine have, because we go into shops and that's all we can see, the labels. And second, if you're setting a table for dinner, you've invested in the table, in the dishware, the cutlery, the glasses to set up this beautiful thing. Why would you put a bottle of wine on the table - however it tastes - if it looks terrible? Wine critics should always say what the label looks like and whether it would look good on the table. About Charles Jennings & Paul Keers Charles Jennings and Paul Keers are award-winning writers based in London, England. Charles and Paul co-authored the wine blog Sediment, described by New Statesman writer and Guardian literary critic Nick Lezard as “the finest wine blog available to humanity.” The blog became the basis for their book, I Bought It So I'll Drink It. Book-Prize-winning novelist Julian Barnes called it “The funniest wine-book I've read in a long time. Not just laugh-aloud funny but snortingly, choke-on-your-cornflakes funny – up there with Kingsley Amis and Jay McInerney.” Their book won the prestigious André Simon Award. To learn more, visit https://www.nataliemaclean.com/341.
How does using everyday metaphors make wine writing more relatable? How has the pressure to be an expert in everything turned simple pleasures into social competition? Does buying your own wine versus getting free samples make you a better wine writer? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I'm chatting with Charles Jennings and Paul Keers, co-authors of the hilarious book I Bought It So I'll Drink It. You can find the wines we discussed at https://www.nataliemaclean.com/winepicks Giveaway Three of you are going to win a copy of their terrific book,, I Bought It So I'll Drink It. To qualify, all you have to do is email me at natalie@nataliemaclean.com and let me know that you've posted a review of the podcast. I'll choose three people randomly from those who contact me. Good luck! You can find the wines we discussed here. Highlights How did Charles and Paul meet? What was the first bottle of wine they shared, and how did they realize they had the same approach to bad wine? What was it like to meet legendary wine critic Oz Clarke? When did Paul and Charles discover their love for writing? What were Charles and Paul's best and worst moments in their writing careers? How did their Sediment blog create a stir with the PR people in the wine industry? Where did the title “I Bought It So I'll Drink It” come from? Did buying their own wines give them a different perspective than other wine writers who are given promotional bottles? How did the collaborative approach to writing I Bought It So I'll Drink It work? Which writers have influenced Charles and Paul's writing? Is the tension between wine snobbery and enjoyment unique to wine? What was the most pretentious wine moment Paul and Charles witnessed? How did Charles and Paul develop their distinctive vocabularies for describing wines? Which overused wine descriptors do they find cringy? What's changed about wine criticism or writing since they published their book? Key Takeaways Charles and Paul explain that they drew their descriptions from real life. There's a tendency in wine writing to use metaphors that you wouldn't necessarily experience. I mean, I've got a cat, but I really wouldn't use the term cat's pee in describing any wine. I don't know what cat's pee actually tastes like. Whereas if I talk about wine smelling of ink, well, people know what ink smells like, and it seemed more appropriate to use ink as an analogy. The authors say that everybody has to be a bit of an expert about everything these days. It's not just a question of, “Oh, we've been to France, we've gone to Italy, we've made it to the United States,” or something like that. It's how you did it, and where you stayed, and what you did, and what tours you went on, and it's so full of itself. Then it becomes a transaction when talking with friends. As Charles and Paul think the fact that they did buy thei wine is quite fundamental to a difference between Sediment and other wine writing. They had to do the same thing, go out and buy it. Maybe that gave us a slightly different slant on wine buying and drinking as well. About Charles Jennings & Paul Keers Charles Jennings and Paul Keers are award-winning writers based in London, England. Charles and Paul co-authored the wine blog Sediment, described by New Statesman writer and Guardian literary critic Nick Lezard as “the finest wine blog available to humanity.” The blog became the basis for their book, I Bought It So I'll Drink It. Book-Prize-winning novelist Julian Barnes called it “The funniest wine-book I've read in a long time. Not just laugh-aloud funny but snortingly, choke-on-your-cornflakes funny – up there with Kingsley Amis and Jay McInerney.” Their book won the prestigious André Simon Award. To learn more, visit https://www.nataliemaclean.com/340.
Peter York is an author and broadcaster who came to fame writing the Sloane Ranger Handbook with Ann Barr. He was also the Style Editor of Harpers & Queen for 10 years and became a media commentator on English social trends and traits, regularly appearing on television. Peter wrote Peter York's Eighties (1996), this time co-authored with Charles Jennings, which was both a book and a BBC television series. This was followed by Dictators' Homes (2005), which explored the interior design favoured by dictators as a reflection of their despotic characters. Recently Peter wrote the book, The War Against the BBC, about how an Unprecedented Combination of Hostile Forces Is Destroying Britain's Greatest Cultural Institution... And Why People Should Care. He's also presented a sixty-minute live show, How to Become a Nicer Type of Person, on stage in Edinburgh and London and Peter York's Hipster Handbook on BBC Four. His latest book is called A Dead Cat on your Table, and is available from the 1st of October 2024. In it he's teamed up with renowned political cartoonist Martin Rowson, and in they dissect the divisive nature of today's Culture Wars and how distraction and outrage are weaponized to manipulate opinion; the dead cat tactic as it's known.Peter York is guest number 431 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he'd like to preserve and one he'd like to bury and never have to think about again .For some of Peter York's books, visit - https://www.waterstones.com/author/peter-york/139505Follow Peter York on Twitter: @PeterPeteryork .Follow My Time Capsule on Instagram: @mytimecapsulepodcast & Twitter & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people . Get bonus episodes and ad-free listening by becoming a team member with Acast+! Your support will help us to keep making My Time Capsule. Join our team now! https://plus.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Chair of iVentiv's upcoming Learning Futures conference talks AI, performance and L&D complacency. John Helmer speaks with Charles Jennings, managing director of Duntroon Consultants and a founding partner of the 70:20:10 Institute. Charles has over 40 years of experience in corporate learning and performance improvement and is widely known for advocating the 70:20:10 framework. The conversation delves into the future of workplace learning, exploring how L&D professionals can evolve their strategies to drive organizational success in a rapidly changing environment. Charles shares his thoughts on generative AI and its potential role in reshaping learning. He also discusses the importance of shifting focus from individual learning to team performance, emphasizing that teams are the “atomic units” of delivery in any organization. The episode further explores the current obsession with skills mapping and competency frameworks, with Charles offering a more holistic approach. He challenges the idea that skills development alone can drive organizational excellence and highlights the broader systemic factors that contribute to high performance. 00:00 - Start 03:16 - Is his a ‘restless intelligence?' 06:19 - Will Gen AI prevent or reinforce bad habits in L&D 09:39 - Implications of AI for L&D's role in the organisation 12:54 - The ‘skills obsession' of L&D 17:17 - Are skills mapping exercises a waste of money 21:08 - Are we getting any better at thinking systemically 25:52 - Performance support: what are we waiting for 35:26 - Teams and social media 39:56 - Introducing the iVentiv conference Charles is Chairing 45:27 - Who does he follow? 50:41 – End Sponsor link: https://iventiv.com/learninghack Follow Charles LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charles-jennings 70:20:10 Institute: https://702010institute.com/ Duntroon: http://www.duntroon.com/ Blog: https://charles-jennings.blogspot.com/ Contact John Helmer X: @johnhelmer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/ Website: https://learninghackpodcast.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LearningHack
Last week on The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Ross G and Owen explored how the 70:20:10 model is being applied by three L&D Practitioners: Ceri Sharples, Cath Addis, and Carl Akintola-Davis. Today, we wanted to follow up on some of the challenges posed during that discussion with The 70:20:10 Institute's Charles Jennings. What does it really mean to 'integrate learning into the workflow', and how does 70:20:10 move us towards a performance focus? We discuss: · Where the numbers ‘70', ‘20' and ‘10' come from · How a focus on ‘learning' tends to lead to a ‘10+' approach · Examples of interventions that have focused on supporting performance, rather than formal learning. For more on the origins of 70:20:10, see this blog post from Charles. See also The Center for Creative Leadership's chapter ‘Learning Through Experience'. Mind Tools offers a summary of Informal Learning, by Jay Cross. Joseph Stiglitz book is Creating a Learning Culture. Find out more about Dr Edwards Deming. For more from Charles and his team, see 702010institute.com. The case study Charles wrote with Brian Murphy from Citi bank was: ‘From Courses to Campaigns: Citi's Journey to a Culture of Continuous Learning'. For more from us, including access to our back catalogue of podcasts, visit mindtools.com/business. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work. Or become a member to support our show! Visit mindtools.com and use the offer code PODCAST15 for 15% off an individual subscription. This offer is for new subscribers only and can't be used with any other offer. In ‘What I Learned This Week', Owen recommended (again) Lenny's Newsletter, in particular a recent edition on pricing for AI features. Ross discussed a post from Ben Evans on how users are interacting with ChatGPT. Charles recommended the podcast The Infinite Monkey Cage. Connect with our speakers If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with us on LinkedIn: · Ross Garner · Owen Ferguson · Charles Jennings
Depending how you count it, 70:20:10 is almost 40 years old. The model provides a high-level outline of how we learn at work: 10% through formal learning, 20% through working with others, 70% through doing the work. The numbers get criticised, but this insight is widely accepted: Most of what we learn does not come from formal training. But how then should L&D practitioners apply the model to the work that they do? Is it still a useful concept after all this time? In the first of this two-part series, Ross Garner and Owen explore these questions with three practitioners: Ceri Sharples, Learning and Development manager at Somerset Bridge Group; Cath Addis, L&D manager at Ascential; and return guest Carl Akintola-Davis, Head of Leadership Development at Phoenix Group. We discuss: · The history and criticisms of 70:20:10 · How useful the concept is for discussing workplace learning with stakeholders · How to think about the ‘70', the ‘20', and the ‘10' when designing learning programs. For more on the origins of 70:20:10, see this blog post from Charles Jennings of The 702010 Institute, who is joining us next week on the show. Carl's acronym for workplace learning was ‘Performance RECIPES: Reflection, Experimentation, Connection, Information, Practice, Environment and Support'. In ‘What I Learned This Week', Owen discussed a new paper from Nature, which didn't really impress him: Bloom, N., Han, R., & Liang, J. (2024). Hybrid working from home improves retention without damaging performance. Nature, 1-6. Ross learned the unfortunate fate of 440 squirrels. For more from us, including access to our back catalogue of podcasts, visit mindtools.com/business. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work. Connect with our speakers If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with us on LinkedIn: · Ross Garner · Owen Ferguson · Ceri Sharples · Cath Addis · Carl Akintola-Davis
We sit down with Charles Jennings, managing director at Duntroon Consultants and a renowned expert in learning and development, to explore the complex relationship between skills development and organizational performance. Charles discusses the nuances of building high-performing teams and organizations, challenging the conventional wisdom prioritizing skill accumulation and collaborative team dynamics. We also talk about the role of AI in reshaping learning strategies and the potential pitfalls if not aligned with a performance-centric mindset.Key Points:Charles emphasizes the limitation of focusing solely on skills acquisition, arguing for a more holistic approach that integrates skills within the broader context of team dynamics and organizational objectives.The dialogue underscores the need for shifting from a traditional learning-centric approach to a performance-oriented mindset, advocating for learning strategies that directly contribute to tangible organizational improvements.Charles predicts challenges in effectively integrating AI into learning and development, stressing the need for a paradigm shift in operational models beyond conventional content-centric methodologies.
Larry and Dick recap State Cross Country, football playoffs and girls volleyball. Plus hear from new Spencer boys basketball coach, Charles Jennings and more this week.....
Show #1990 Links from this broadcast: Charles Jennings https://truthinhistory.org Cinti Ruling https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-devastating-ruling-for-the-trans-cult-matt-walsh-breaks-down-federal-courts-quashing-of-aclu-in-tn-trans-case Trannies rule the world https://usafacts.org/articles/what-percentage-of-the-us-population-is-transgender/ Newsome Bathroom Bill https://75millionunited.com/articles/newsom-signs-law-requiring-gender-neutral-bathrooms-in-california-k-12-schools Gender stats https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/11/census-bureau-survey-explores-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity.html Isaiah 9: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=isaiah+9&version=KJV Isaiah 61: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=isaiah+61&version=KJV Galatians 6: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=gal+6&version=KJV percentage […]
Artificial intelligence is becoming more sophisticated, and the U.S. is a leader in the technology. Policymakers will need an innovative approach to managing the tech, and safety should be top of mind for government officials, according to Charles Jennings. He’s a Portland-based former AI executive and the author of the book, “Artificial Intelligence: Rise of the Lightspeed Learners.” He joins us with details of what U.S. leaders can learn from history and why Oregonians should be urgently learning more about AI.
Charles Jennings ran software companies for decades. The last one developed AI-powered facial recognition technology. But now he argues the most sophisticated artificial intelligence systems are too powerful to be left in private hands. On today's POLITICO Tech, Jennings tells Steven Overly why the government should take over.
This podcast was recorded on the SAP Training and Change forum with Charles Jennings, known to many as a long-time promoter of the 70:20:10 model. Charles introduced the model briefly and its focus on learning through practice, experience or collaboration and discussed its adoption and implementation. This is not a fixed set of rules, but rather a framework. Patterns in adopting the model are due more to organizational culture than in national or industry sector cultures. For example values of openness, high psychological safety, or willingness to change favour adoption of the model. He also shared some tips for practitioners. For example, he suggested creating collaborative experiences such as around peer learning and networking, focusing on learning resources, not training and how to use performance outcomes for measurement of impact such as time-to-performance or actual task completion rather than just measuring ‘learning outputs'. We also talked about digital aspects like electronic performance support, or the the influence of Artificial Intelligence. More, as always, in the Education NewsCast.
This podcast was recorded on the SAP Training and Change forum with Charles Jennings, known to many as a long-time promoter of the 70:20:10 model. Charles introduced the model briefly and its focus on learning through practice, experience or collaboration and discussed its adoption and implementation. This is not a fixed set of rules, but rather a framework. Patterns in adopting the model are due more to organizational culture than in national or industry sector cultures. For example values of openness, high psychological safety, or willingness to change favour adoption of the model. He also shared some tips for practitioners. For example, he suggested creating collaborative experiences such as around peer learning and networking, focusing on learning resources, not training and how to use performance outcomes for measurement of impact such as time-to-performance or actual task completion rather than just measuring ‘learning outputs'. We also talked about digital aspects like electronic performance support, or the the influence of Artificial Intelligence. More, as always, in the Education NewsCast.
Is HR going to be affected by the rise of AI as other industries have been? The latest episode of our podcast discusses the increasing role of AI in the world of work and the future of learning in this context. Our host Chris and LACE Executive Director, David Pacifico speak to Brian Murphy, Senior Director Employee Skilling at Microsoft and Charles Jennings, Managing Director at Duntroon Consultants. Listen now to learn how your organisations can embrace this technology while being mindful of its potential risks and impact on the workforce.
We had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Charles Jennings, an accomplished scientist and leader in the field of neuroscience. As the Executive Director of the Program for Interdisciplinary Neuroscience and the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Disease, Dr. Jennings oversees a vast network of researchers and clinicians who are dedicated to advancing our understanding of the brain and developing new treatments for neurological disorders. Dr. Jennings' work is especially noteworthy for its collaborative approach. As a “connectome” here in Boston, he bridges the gap between different research teams, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and cooperation. He oversees the “Neurotechnology Studios” which is a prime example of this collaborative approach, providing state-of-the-art equipment and technical support to researchers across a wide range of fields. During this episode, Dr. Jennings shared fascinating insights into his career path and the challenges he has faced along the way. He spoke about the importance of mentorship and the role that his own mentors played in shaping his scientific outlook. He also discussed his experiences as the founding editor-in-chief of Nature Neuroscience and offered his thoughts on what makes a successful journal. In addition, we discussed some of the trends and issues that are currently shaping the field of scientific publishing, including the rise of sub-journals, the impact of open access, and the challenges posed by excessive article processing charges. Dr. Jennings provided a thoughtful and nuanced perspective on these topics, drawing on his extensive experience in the field to offer valuable insights and suggestions for the future.
Link from Today’s Show: Truth in History: http://truthinhistory.org/ Truth in History Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@truthinhistory Matthew 10: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+10&version=KJV Matthew 15: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+15&version=KJV Dave Daubenmire, a veteran 35 year high school football coach, was spurred to action when […]
L&D Mastermind & Rob Moors Consulting - streamed LIVE on LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube, on April 28th, 2022. Wanting to have a greater impact on your organisation? Frustrated that L&D doesn't seem to be valued as highly as it should be? Take a listen for hints and tips galore, as well as an expert panel ready to answer your questions. Watch the video for more information. L&D Question Time - Moving from Order-Takers to Wave-Makers: Hosts: Rob Moors & James Hudson, Special Panel Guest: Satnam Sagoo - Associate Chief People Officer at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust David James - Chief Learning Officer at Looop Jo Wright - CEO at Coaching Culture Charles Jennings - Co-Founder at the 70:20:10 / Tulser Institute If you'd like to know more about Satnam and her work: https://www.linkedin.com/in/satnamsagoo/ If you'd like to listen to David's James' 'Learning & Development Podcast': https://www.looop.co/podcast If you'd like to know more about Jo Wright's Coaching Culture Framework: https://pdf.coachingculture.com/coaching-culture-framework/... but, I'd recommend signing up to the Coaching Culture community for the framework and other free resources If you'd like to look into Charles Jennings' Performance-Based Learning programmes: https://tulser.com/pbl-program/
This is the fourth episode of our FRST Challenge Breakdown Mini Series! Hello Smart Firefighting Community! Welcome to another episode of covering real world innovations via interviews with fire service and technology industry experts that empower YOU to develop your very own Smart Firefighting strategy! In this episode: - What is the value of 3D tracking for law enforcement? - How can the FRST Challenge support innovation for all first responders? - How can entrepreneurs bring new technology into public safety? Join our SFF Community! Head to www.smartfirefighting.com to discover how SFF accelerates innovation for emergency responders, to find out when our next event is or review our curated resources! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn
'Quite often I've dropped the project altogether and gone onto something else, in a different medium. Turning my back on the rejected thing.'Quite often I've dropped the project altogether and gone onto something else, in a different medium. Turning my back on the rejected thing, pretending that I never meant to invest that much in it. But would it be better to stick with the project?
Dr. Charles Jennings is the Director of the The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies at John Jay College. Jennings is also an Associate Prof. in John Jay's Department of Security, Fire, and Emergency Management. During this Podcast he discusses the lack of coordination and comprehensive lessons learned from disasters both natural and manmade as well as the recent Marshall Fire in Colorado. He offers some basic solutions and tells us about what is being done legislatively to improve the situation.The Regenhard Center Website: https://christianregenhardcenter.org/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/radiofreegalisteo?fan_landing=true)
This week's podcast guest is Charles Jennings, Partner at the 70:20:10 Institute. Charles is a big believer in getting the learning context right by better embedding learning into work, often called informal learning, experiential learning, or real learning. While the 70:20:10 model was designed to promote this approach, many organisations adopting the model are still falling short of the mark. Charles and I dig into this in more detail throughout the episode, with many insights, both from the academic literature and practical case studies from organisations. In this episode, we discuss:How to re-think our traditional conceptions of learning, and better embed up-skilling into daily work and social interactionsFocusing on performance analysis over skills or learning analysis, and how organisations can achieve this with examples from a couple of companiesThe relevance of the 70:20:10 model for learning today and getting L&D teams back on track, thinking about performance and impact instead of viewing learning itself as the end goalSupport for this podcast comes from Medallia. You can learn more by visiting https://www.medallia.com/employee-experience/. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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More than 60 people were injured and at least 19 people have died after a space heater sparked an enourmous fire in a high-rise apartment building in the Bronx. Charles Jennings, associate professor of Security, Fire and Emergency Management, and director at the Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies (RaCERS) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY), and Jake Offenhartz, reporter for Gothamist and WNYC, talk about what happened and answer listener questions about fire safety best practices. They discuss details on who owns the building and what fire safety elements may have been missing and say what can be done on a city policy and individual level to keep New Yorkers safe in similar high-rise buildings.
Tempalah mata bajakmu menjadi pedang dan pisau-pisau pemangkasmu menjadi tombak; baiklah orang yang tidak berdaya berkata: "Aku ini pahlawan!" (Yoel 3:10) Renungan: George Frederick Handel adalah seorang komponis yang berhasil menciptakan lagu "Halleluyah" atau lebih tepatnya opera "The Messiah." Lagu ini adalah masterpiece Handel. Seorang penulis biografi Handel mengatakan bahwa karya tersebut akan tetap menjadi karya terbesar dalam sejarah penggubahan lagu atau musik, bahkan mungkin untuk selamanya. Handel sebenarnya sudah mulai terkenal sejak usia 8 tahun. Saat itu ia sudah mahir bermain organ dan pernah tampil di depan Pangeran Frederick III dari Berlin. Namun nama besar bukanlah jaminan. Suatu ketika Handel kehabisan uang, nyaris bangkrut dan penonton tidak lagi antusias menonton konsernya. Ia pun terkena stroke hingga tangan kanannya lumpuh. Walaupun akhirnya sembuh, namun Handel memutuskan untuk pensiun dari dunia musik yang telah membesarkan namanya. Empat bulan setelah konser perpisahannya, seorang bernama Charles Jennings memberikan sebuah buku berdasarkan kehidupan Yesus kepada Handel. Tak disangka, buku itu mengubah hidup Handel. Ia pun menulis karya-karyanya lagi. Kreatifitasnya kini mengalir terus menerus selama 21 hari tanpa henti dan ia berhasil menyelesaikan Messiah setebal 260 halaman, dengan bobot karya yang tak tertandingi. Kita tahu bahwa Handel pernah mengalami kegagalan, namun itu bukan penghalang untuk bangkit kembali dan meraih kesuksesan. Hal ini seperti yang dikatakan oleh Nabi Yoel yaitu, "Tempalah mata bajakmu menjadi pedang dan pisau-pisau pemangkasmu menjadi tombak; baiklah orang yang tidak berdaya berkata: "Aku ini pahlawan!" Gagal bukanlah aib, namun yang paling penting adalah bagaimana kita bisa bangkit lagi, berani memulai lagi dan siap menanggung risiko. Bukan mustahil saat ada dalam kegagalan lalu kita bangkit kembali, maka kebangkitan kita ini akan menghasilkan karya masterpiece. Bagaimanapun, terpuruk tidaklah buruk, berani bangkit akan melejit. Sebagaimana sebuah ungkapan yang berkata, "Orang bijaksana tidak pernah duduk meratapi kegagalannya, namun dengan gembira hati mencari jalan keluar bagaimana memulihkan kembali kerugian yang dideritanya. Tuhan Yesus memberkati. Doa: Tuhan Yesus, jangan biarkan kegagalan yang aku alami saat ini mematahkan semangatku untuk kembali berusaha. Aku percaya saat aku memulai lagi bersama-Mu, maka aku akan mendapatkan hasil yang terbaik dari yang sebelumnya. Amin. (Dod).
My guest this week is Charles Jennings. LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/charlesjennings Twitter: twitter.com/charlesjennings 70:20:10 Institute: 702010institute.com Tulser: tulser.com Charles is best known as co-founder of the 70:20:10 Institute; working with organisations to implement cultures that recognise and nuture learning on the job; flipping the traditional training room from being one of knowledge dumping, to a more reflective space. Impact on performance is crucial to Charles; emphasised through the roles that the institute has recommended to support this way of working – very different to the traditional L&D department. Charles has also walked-the-walk; spending 7 years as the Chief Learning Officer at Thomson Reuters… so it will be great to understand his experience of theory Vs reality, as I welcome Charles to the show.
John Talks to Charles Jennings, who is Partner, Strategy and Performance of Tulser / 70:20:10 Institute. Recognised as one of the world's leading experts on building and implementing learning and organisational performance strategies, Charles has led projects for multinational corporations, government agencies, not-for-profits, and other organisations for more than 40 years. He has also held several academic posts. They discuss the influence of knowledge management, the conspiracy of convenience that hampers learning evaluation – and the 6-digit number that has played a significant role in his career, 70:20:10. 02:45 What was his reaction to the success of 70:20:10? 11:17 How has 70:20:10 changed workplace learning? 15:41 How did he come to be in learning technologies? 23:29 Influence of knowledge management on his career 24:45 Aims and thinking behind Tulser 28:31 The Conspiracy of Convenience 36:56 Learning in the post-pandemic future Mentioned in the discussion: The Conspiracy of Convenience: http://charles-jennings.blogspot.com/2010/04/five-barriers-to-effective-learning-in.html The Principle of Identical Elements, Thorndike and Woodworth (1901): https://research-methodology.net/the-principle-of-identical-elements/ [Book] Transforming Performance Measurement by Dean R Spitzer: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Transforming_Performance_Measurement.html?id=fyX7Frm5DeEC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y Contact Charles Twitter: @charlesjennings LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlesjennings Blog: charles-jennings.blogspot.com/ Website: http://www.duntroon.com/ Contact John Helmer Twitter: @johnhelmer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/ Website: http://johnhelmerconsulting.com/ Download the new white paper from Learning Pool written by John Helmer & Ben Betts – 'Data & learning: A new common-sense approach' https://learningpool.com/data-learning-a-new-common-sense-approach/
Live from Vibestreet Episode 027 featuring Josh Echols, Micah Lewis, Charles Jennings, and Will Black https://www.vibestreet.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vibestreetstudios/
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Charles Jennings – Partner at Tulser and the 70:20:10 Institute, joined Lee in our latest podcast.Charles is recognised as one of the world's leading experts on building and implementing learning and organisational performance strategies. He has led learning and performance improvement projects for multinational corporations, government agencies, not-for-profits, and other organisations for more than 40 years. Charles has worked with the 70:20:10 model for 20 years or so. This performance-centric approach is based on observations and research that suggest high performing organisations and individuals develop most of their capability through learning within the workflow – in other words, learning from working rather than learning to work.In this episode, Lee and Charles share their views on the importance of performance consulting and the role it plays in organisations and people development. They discuss the challenges they understand learning professionals are faced with regularly and share their key pieces of advice in response to these challenges.
Floor 11 brings us to the lounge where we are getting social - dress code: informal. This week, Charles Jennings of the 70:20:10 Institute is chatting with us about the importance of social learning and what we have to gain from one another in corporate learning efforts. Do a bit of social learning yourself and join us to learn how to apply this in your L&D strategy!
This episode is part of the Learning Uncut Emergent series where we talk about rapidly changing business models, and how Learning and Development can support organisations to adapt. Exploring how learning professionals can emerge from disruption as relevant and effective. Our circumstances may dictate our environment but our professional attitude significantly influences our credibility and response to those changes. For some in L&D , this may be a time to speak up, to say no or to experiment or introduce a new idea. This podcast explores the practical steps we can take to dust off and strengthen that healthy dose of confidence and courage we need to tackle uncertainty. Host: Laura Overton Guests: Rachel Hutchinson Director of Learning and Development , Hilti Sarah Lindsell - Global chief learning strategist at PwC Resources: Coaching Ourselves Fireside Chat: Rachel Hutchinson and Charles Jennings https://bit.ly/3gz8hqw Covid 19 L&D research Fosway https://bit.ly/3guIFec More Episodes & Info: More episodes: https://learninguncut.libsyn.com About the Learning Uncut podcast: https://michelleockers.com/learninguncut/ Curated Learning Uncut Emergent collection: https://padlet.com/michelleockers/Emergent
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(English below) Das 70 20 10 Lernmodell wurde vor fast 20 Jahren zuerst von Charles Jennings bei Reuters in der Praxis angewandt. Bis heute wird es häufig zitiert. Learning&Development Professionals haben sich zu lange vor allem mit den 10% des formellen Lernens wie beispielsweise Training beschäftigt. Die Corona-Krise hat den Fokus wieder verstärkt auf die 70 und 20% gelenkt - den informellen Lernbereich. Viele fragen sich nun: Wie kann das 70 20 10 Modell in die Praxis umgesetzt werden? Sind Mentoring und Coaching ein formelles oder informelles Beispiel für die Regel? In diesem Interview tauchen Charles Jennings und Jennifer Withelm, Personalentwicklungsexpertin aus München, in die Materie tief ein. Der Talk mit Video: https://youtu.be/IXFGLTNPb-U Das Buch "70 20 10 towards 100% peformance" *: https://amzn.to/2AGfeH1 Almost 20 years ago the 70 20 10 model was first used in practice by Charles Jennings at Reuters and is still frequently quoted today. For far too long, L&D Professionals have been mainly focused with the 10%-area, formal learning methods like trainings. The Corona crisis now has shifted the focus back to the 70 and 20% once again - the areas of informal learning. But for many companies the change is difficult to grasp. How can the 70 20 10 model be applied in real life? Are mentoring and coaching formal or informal examples? In this interview, Charles Jennings and Jennifer Withelm, people development expert from Munich, dive deep into the subject. The talk including video: https://youtu.be/IXFGLTNPb-U The book "70 20 10 towards 100% peformance" *: https://amzn.to/2AGfeH1 Jennifer Withelm online: https://lerneningeil.de Charles Jennings online: https://tulser.com/ * Es handelt sich um einen Affiliate Link. Beim Kauf des Produkts über diesen Link erhalte ich als Blogbetreiberin eine minimale Provision, über die ich mich sehr freuen würde. Es fallen keine Zusatzkosten für Dich an. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lerneningeil/message
Charles Jennings speaks with Catherine O'Flynn about regionalism, the utility of suburbs where 'calm starts to shade into very slight boredom', and what he might have done in a different life. The post Charles Jennings, part 2 appeared first on The Royal Literary Fund.
Charles Jennings speaks with Catherine O’Flynn about the lost era of career magazine journalism, how his early career consisted of being 'roped in' to everything from writing books and plays to TV work, and the pros and cons of writing to spec. The post Charles Jennings, part 1 appeared first on The Royal Literary Fund.
Summary When have you learned the most at work? I bet it wasn’t sitting in a training course. In this week’s podcast we look at the four best ways to learn at work. Transcript Hello and welcome to episode 78 of the Leadership Today podcast where each week we tackle one of today’s biggest leadership challenges. This week we look at the four best ways to learn at work. When have you learned the most at work? Was it sitting in a training course? Probably not. We usually learn best through stretching assignments where we are placed outside our comfort zone, with a supportive leader and team around us. We often try to add learning to work. However it is far better to learn through our work. Charles Jennings has long championed this approach to learning. He believes we should focus on extracting learning from the work we do, rather than adding learning on top of our work. We should therefore focus more on performance metrics rather than learning metrics. Our performance is the key measure of our learning. We have learned something new when we can demonstrate it, not when we can restate it. And that learning should flow through to our performance on the job. Charles outlines four drivers of learning. Let’s step through each of those in turn, along with some practical examples. The first driver of learning is exposure to rich and challenging experiences. As leaders we need to delegate important and challenging work to our people. From a development perspective, we can’t wait until we’re 100% confident that someone can deliver before we delegate. People learn through opportunities to be stretched. Delegation is not about short-term efficiency. Whenever you delegate, there is always going to be a short-term drop in performance. The key is to provide support and encouragement to help people push through the discomfort of learning. The second driver of learning Charles Jennings identifies is the opportunity to practice. To learn, we need some freedom to experiment and try things out. We recently shifted a face-to-face leadership program to an online format. The facilitation team had varying levels of experience and comfort in delivering online. Most, including me, had never delivered a multiple day program in this way. So part of the learning process was to practice and experiment with the platform. We encouraged people to use the platform to catch up with family and friends - to just play with the technology in a real setting. That meant the occasional drop out and technical issue, but it’s much better to have those in a practice session than during the real thing. No amount of online how-to videos could have equated to the learning of actually practicing using the platform. The third driver of learning is participation in rich conversations and networks. It is really important to have people to share ideas and feedback with. I have always sought to be part of small groups of people for the purposes of learning. As a leader I encourage you to connect people together from across the organisation to form learning groups. Such peer learning opportunities are really powerful as people have the chance to coach and learn from each other with a focus on real work. The fourth driver is spaces for reflection. In order to maximise our learning we need time to reflect while we are working, and time away from the work to reflect as well. Let’s be honest - no one is going to mandate or schedule that reflection time for you. You need to set aside time yourself to reflect. But you can encourage your team members to spend time reflecting. It’s great to ask people about what they can do now that they couldn’t do a month ago. That will encourage people to reflect back on just how much they have learned. Without reflection, we often miss the opportunity to consolidate what we have learned. These past few months have been a massive opportunity to learn through our work. With millions of people thrown into working remotely, we’ve all had to learn on the run. That might have included figuring out how to unmute ourselves on Zoom, or how to structure our days when working from home, or working out how to lead people remotely. To make the most of this globally enforced learning opportunity, it’s important to continue to stretch ourselves, to practice, to discuss what we’re learning with others, and to take the time to reflect on what we have learned. And, as leaders, we need to encourage and support out people to do the same. That way we will emerge with even greater capability and capacity as individuals and organisations. Reference Charles Jennings - The Four Ways Adults Learn : Learning Technologies 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0ItF1s9O9Y
This episode is part of the Learning Uncut Disruption series. This pop-up daily series aims to equip learning professionals with practical guidance and tips to get started or scale up with practices needed as part of their organisational response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Charles Jennings and Vivian Heijnen discuss how learning can be supported in the workplace. The pressing need is for learning professionals to think, act and work closely with business stakeholders to help them solve business problems. This has always been the need – it’s just more critical now. They give steps, illustrated with real examples, to use a standard methodology to uncover key organisational challenges and design with learning in the workplace as a start point. Another critical role for learning professionals is to identify learning that is happening in the workplace (aka improved processes, faster innovation cycles) and transfer that to relevant others. Host: Michelle Ockers Guest: Charles Jennings and Vivian Heijnen Resources: 702010 Institute –https://702010institute.com/ New Roles for L&D: The Reality of 702010 (read more about the Performance Detective and Performance Architect roles in particular) - https://bit.ly/2QxwGSz The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande - http://atulgawande.com/book/the-checklist-manifesto/ More Episodes & Info: More episodes: https://learninguncut.libsyn.com About the Learning Uncut podcast: https://michelleockers.com/learninguncut/
Charles Jennings is the author of the new book, Artificial Intelligence: Rise of the Lightspeed Learners. He is a serial entrepreneur, writer, and speaker who has been starting and running growth organizations for over 40 years. He was founder or CEO of three successful Internet companies launched in the 1990s; a co-founder of TRUSTe; and has written several books on technology, including the seminal work, The Hundredth Window (2000), translated into five languages. From 2014-2017, Jennings served as CEO of an AI company set up to transfer technology from Caltech/JPL to the commercial market. He’s a recipient of the prestigious lifetime achievement award of the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, and was also the subject of a major feature story, on his work in emergency alerting software, in Wired magazine (December 2005 issue). More information about the guest can be found at http://lightspeedlearners.com/
What does it look like to turn the traditional approach to Learning and Development on its head? Cotton Group University has taken a deliberately different approach. They focus on enabling performance, using their learning programs as a toolkit. Beth Hall talks us through the nuts and bolts of how this happens and gives us an overview of their learning culture. Hosts: Karen Moloney & Michelle Ockers Producer: Amanda Ashby Guest: Beth Hall Resources: Cotton On Group website – https://cottonongroup.com.au/ Summary of Beth Hall’s presentation at the 2019 Australian Workplace Learning Conference - http://bit.ly/2Mh5bMs 70:20:10 Commentary by Charles Jennings - http://bit.ly/2KwvsVi Using Questions in Workshops - http://bit.ly/2Z5jCt2 Arun Pradhan on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/arunaway/ Beyond Training: The Art of Nudging – Arun Pradhan’s presentation from 2019 Australian Workplace Learning Conference http://bit.ly/300leS2 More episodes & info: More episodes: https://learninguncut.libsyn.com About the Learning Uncut podcast: https://bit.ly/2HarIDD
Estate planning is very important to make sure what you want to happen happens. Listen in as WTR interviews Thomas Sciacca, Esq and discuss the ins and outs of the basics, some less common information as well as common misconceptions. Wealth Tactic Rebels interviews Thomas Sciacca, Esq of the LAW OFFICES OF THOMAS SCIACCA, PLLC (http://sciaccalaw.com/) with a focus on Estate Planning. Located in Manhattan, he founded the firm in 2007. His firm focuses their practice on estate planning, estate and trust administration, Surrogate’s Court proceedings, guardianship proceedings in the Supreme and Surrogate’s Courts as well as planning for parents with minor or adult disabled children. Thomas Sciacca, Esq of the LAW OFFICES OF THOMAS SCIACCA, PLLC tom@sciaccalaw.com (212) 495-0317 https://www.sciaccalaw.com (http://sciaccalaw.com/) (#) Transcript [0:00] Wealth Tactic Rebels. [0:23] I'm your host, Kevin Dumont. And I've been thinking differently in the wealth field for over 10 years. We are joined today by Thomas Sciacca of Sciacca Law Thomas is an expert in Estate Planning and wills and things of that nature. [0:49] Talk about this firm specializes exclusively. Very simple what someone is attempting to validate so well. How to produce about this year's I am finally also. That's why someone challenges, lactic acid or undue influence exercise. Somebody else also so we get involved in all this. Probably less than three or four dozen. [2:03] Really New York people's emotions are running errands to do something. Question someone else's motives and especially when you're dealing with you guys and money to children and unequal shares sometimes you're dealing with you sister this is just the latest Skirmish in in an ongoing War yeah used to refer to this is the Melrose Place of the law but it says that younger and I'm younger and I got older and older that that reference to come all this way and it depresses me significant, show Estate Planning in proper. [3:16] Well sometimes we like it. Estate planning first in some sort of document transfer stencils on. For some people or a trust of some sort is also. Things such as advance directive which are a series of documents all the power of attorney your health care proxy for a living will and very little, Zara battery of documents song. [4:12] So what's involved in doing something like that again what is the typical estate is sort of an interesting question, my clients really range, Charles Jennings case something happens to me. [4:47] Batman Portuguese some bad medical trying to get there, appliances red wagon wheel shaking as we talked about her well is always glad at the end. Look forward to go. When you come back you feel like you have a great sense of accomplishment something I have to do. Names that idea I was happy exactly like there's no typical estate planning. [5:45] A lot of people usually do in these situations some very broad parameters, just about anything that you would like. [6:04] I should be clients and the Dirty Work and really reflects the client's personal wishes so just taking something off. Yeah we're young married couple in this situation should you was also not the right answer 6 winged flying I mean you know I was going to say that it's not something that someone doesn't want to talk to you about buying a literal also rock form online or if you're talkin about coming in to sit with an attorney and say look I want to leave here in 45 minutes to sign the will. You're probably doing yourself a disservice show me a girl. State Farm prices of admission consultation, take me to 1609 Mission constipation. Why is choosing to revise. [7:23] I will talk a little bit about their assets as Madison's World, people who are investors a lot of times their assets that don't be beneficiaries at those that do like...
Today I'm joined by Charles Jennings from the 702010 Institute. As Charles tells us, he is passionate about performance, through learning. I've been a fan-boy of the 702010 model for quite some time, and it has really made a profound impact on the way that I boost my performance, and they way I am able to help others - in particular, you the valued listener. In fact, 702010 is a cornerstone design input to Safety on Tap Connected - which is our way of supporting you not just to grow, but to accelerate your growth. I'll tell you more about that after the chat with Charles, along with my special offer to you. Before we begin - what does 702010 actually mean? It represents the research that suggests we learn most of what we learn in real life - 70% through experience, 20% through social exposure, and only a measly 10% of what we learn comes from education. We'll dig deeper on that in the discussion, so let's go! Here's the links Charles mentioned, you should check these out! Charles is speaking at this event in Sydney, 21st March 2017, 7.30am to 9.30am. Charles 702010 Presentation (including the research findings) The 702010 Institute has a wealth of information to help you explore the model more [activecampaign form=5]
Earth is out of step with Heaven I'd like to ask that you open to Matthew chapter 11. We'll be concentrating this morning on verses 25 through 27 in particular. This entire section of Scripture, Matthew 11:20-30 is a masterpiece really of theology and of the deep fruits of God and we began to touch on them some last week with a consideration of divine sovereignty and human responsibility. In this text today we see Jesus our Savior rejoicing over divine sovereignty and in this matter we find that the Earth is out of step with heaven. Recently I read a story about one of my favorite composers George Frederick Handel and how he composed Handel's Messiah, probably his greatest work. He was 57 years old at the time, he was in despair, drifting in life, wasn't really a success at that point. He was close to poverty, frequently went without food. He had lost his thread to some degree and didn't know where to turn. He was a naturalized citizen of England, and was away from his home area of Germany and just trying to make his way in the world. One night in 1741, he went for a walk out on the streets of London. He just walked all night and was in despair, came back to his room and there was a package at his door. He brought it in and it turned out to be from Charles Jennings. He was the man who wrote his libretto, the words that he would put music to. And as he began to read it, he thought about it and was so fatigued from his night of walking that he kind of collapsed on the bed, but he couldn't shake the Scriptures that were in his mind from this libretto. "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light. For unto us a child is born. Glory to God in the highest and hallelujah, hallelujah." It started to stir him up and started to move inside him. He couldn't shake it and so he got up out of bed and he began to work. He worked for 21 consecutive days without resting, scarcely eating, nobody came and went, he just worked until the Messiah was completed. Finally at the end, some of his friends who were very concerned about him were there at the door knocking and one of them was admitted entrance. The composer was sitting at his piano sheets of music all over the floor. He wasn't a very neat person but there was the music everywhere and there were streams of tears flowing down his cheeks, and he said, "I do believe I have seen all of heaven before me and the great God Himself." The hallelujah chorus, the most famous part of that entire piece of music, was focused on the climax of the Book of Revelation. Revelation 19: 6 which says, "Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters, and like the loud peals of thunder shouting hallelujah! For the Lord God almighty reigns." It's not just hallelujah. There's a reason for the praise. Why are the angels praising God at that point? Why are they thrilled? It's because God Almighty sits on His throne, because He reigns, and in the libretto another text from Revelation, Revelation 11:15, "The kingdoms of the world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ and He will reign forever and ever." There is praise in heaven over the prospect of God sitting down on a throne and ruling on earth the way He rules in heaven. I can't wait for that to happen. Even as I was thinking about these texts this morning, I was stirred myself in my spirit. I don't have Handel's musical talent so I can't write the way he did. But my desire this morning is simple. I want you to rejoice in His sovereignty as much as the angels do in Revelation 19. I would like you to rejoice in sovereignty as much as your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ does in Matthew 11:25. I want you to delight in it, and yet, it is not natural for us to think of it that way. Actually, naturally, we come against the sovereignty of God and have to be transformed. "We have to repent and enter the kingdom of heaven", said Jesus. It's not naturally our state. I've read this quote before from Charles Spurgeon concerning this doctrine. It bears reading again. Spurgeon said this, "There is no attribute more comforting to His children than that of God's sovereignty." Is that not true? Think about the events of our times. Were it not for a God who sat on His throne and ruled over all things there would be little but despair as we face the prospect of yet another war. As General Sherman said, "War is all hell." Under the most adverse circumstances, in the most severe trials, we believe that sovereignty has ordained our afflictions, that sovereignty overrules us and that sovereignty will sanctify us all. There is nothing for which the children of God ought more earnestly to contend than the doctrine of their Master over all creation, the kingship of God over all the works of His own hands, the throne of God and His right to sit upon that throne. On the other hand, there is no doctrine more hated by “worldlings”, as the truth of the doctrine of the sovereignty of the infinite Jehovah. Men will allow God to be everywhere except on His throne. They will allow Him to be in His workshop to fashion worlds and make stars. They will allow Him to be in His almonry to dispense His alms and bestow bounties. They will allow Him to sustain the earth and bear up the pillars thereof, or light the lamps of heaven, or rule the waves of the ever moving ocean. But when God ascends His throne, His creatures then gnash their teeth. We proclaim an enthroned God, and His right to do as He wills with His own. To dispose of His creatures as He thinks well, without consulting them in the matter. Then it is that we are his and execrated. And then it is that men turn a deaf ear to us, for God on His throne is not the God they love but it is God upon the throne that we love to preach and it is God upon His throne that we trust. In all of my life, I've never found a truth, as delightful as the Gospel of Jesus Christ. That Christ would give His life for me, that through His blood, I would have complete forgiveness of sins and that when I die, I'm going to heaven. Second to that, I found no doctrine as delightful as the sovereignty of God. I have moved on in my Christian life, to the point where I really can scarcely see a distinction between the two. I hesitate to even say second because I attribute the first to the second. It's a delightful thing. But it's not our natural state, is it? Naturally we tend to be allergic to the doctrine. Jonathan Edwards, a great exponent of the doctrine of the sovereignty of God, had the same experience. He said, "From my childhood up my mind had been full of objections against the doctrine of God's sovereignty. It used to appear like a horrible doctrine to me. But I remember the time very well when I seemed to be convinced and fully satisfied as to the sovereignty of God, and there has been a wonderful alteration in my mind in respect to the doctrine of God's sovereignty, from that day to this. So that I scarce ever have found so much as the rising of an objection against it in the most absolute sense. I have often since had not only a conviction, but a delightful conviction. The doctrine has often appeared exceeding, pleasant, bright and sweet. Absolute sovereignty is what I love to ascribe to God. But my first conviction was not so." Earth is out of step with heaven on this matter. We are out of step with our Savior Jesus Christ. May God grant in the speaking of my words and the moving of your hearts through the Spirit a change in that, if such a change needs to happen. And does it? I think so. In all of our cases, we still hesitate a little bit. We hold back at the sovereignty of God. Yet I've seen this whole text, Matthew 11:20-30, as an integrated whole in which this issue is brought to the fore. In the end Christ is inviting us to find rest in it. "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened. And I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me." Christ's yoke is a submission to His kingship. You bow your neck, and you put it under Christ's yoke and you'll find rest for your souls. In Isaiah 1, if you resist and rebel you'll be devoured by the sword. Those are the choices that we have, and so we yield to the sovereignty of God, and find delightful rest. "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me. For I am gentle and humble in heart. I'm not a raging tyrant, but a gentle loving Savior. And you will find rest for your souls for my yoke is easy and my burden is light." That's what we're working on today. That we might come to the point where we find as much delight in this doctrine of God sovereignty as Christ did. The section that we're looking at today is part of a larger study on the sovereignty of God. We began looking last week at three points of these things. I have listed out 10 points of sovereignty that I find in this text. We will deal with four of them today, we have already dealt with three. There are 10 points: First Divine Power. We see in Christ's miracles a display of kingly power. He would couple His miracle working with the proclamation, "Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." There's a combination of the display of His miracles and His kingly power, His divine power. Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed because they did not repent. Secondly, we saw last time, Divine Perception. The supernatural knowledge that Christ has of what Tyre and Sidon and Sodom would have done, if they had had the same miraculous display that Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum received. This wasn't merely theory or a flight of fancy on His part, but He knows all things. He knows what was, what is and what will be. He also knows what might have been had some other things occurred. He knows all of these things. This is Divine Perception, a supernatural knowledge that only He could have. And then thirdly, we saw last week, Divine Prerogative. As a king, you have prerogatives, you have the ability to choose one course, and not the other. That's what makes you a king. He has the prerogative to do those same miracles that He did, in Chorazin, Capernaum, Bethsaida, in Tyre and Sidon if He wanted to. But He chose not to. That is His Divine Prerogative. We've seen those three things already. Christ Praises God’s Sovereignty Now we begin with the fourth, Divine Praise. It's really quite striking. In verse 25, it says, “At that time, Jesus answered and said. . . .” Why is this important to me? Because it's a double emphasis on the context of Jesus's praise. "At that time." At what time? At the time when he's thinking about Tyre and Sidon and Sodom and Capernaum and Chorazin, Bethsaida, these cities. At that time when He's thinking about the failure to repent of the cities in which His miracles had been performed. At that time, Jesus answered. What do we mean by answered? Well, He's responding to the stimulus, He's responding to the situation, He's responding to the rejection. So, Chorazin and Bethsaida and Capernaum are rejecting Him, they are not repenting, they're indifferent to Him. How does He respond? He praises God. We are out of step with our Savior; we would do something else I think. What causes heaven to rejoice? What causes Christ to rejoice causes us to become grumbly and irritable and out of sorts and puzzled and scratch our heads and have a hard time. Christ just looks up to His father and says, "I praise you Father, Lord of heaven and earth." He's praising Him, and He could have done many other things. He could have praised God for other things at that moment, He could have praised God for example for His patience and not destroying Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum. He could have praised God for His mercy and grace in giving those cities such miracles. He could have praised God for His love in sending them rain and sunshine, and many physical blessings, He could have done that. He could have praised God for His mercy to those who did repent in other places. Or He could have chosen at that moment to plead for these cities, to pray for them. Or to weep over them as Jesus did over Jerusalem. He could do all of these things, but instead He praises God for His sovereignty. It's a strange thing, and I don't think we would have done it, but that's my point, we wouldn't have and so we must repent, we must change, we must look again at our Savior and our king and praise Him for His power. Divine Position The next thing we see is Divine Position and we find this in the titles that He ascribes to God, "I praise you," He says, "Father, Lord of heaven and earth," stop there. These are two titles that he gives to God. First, He calls Him, Father, then He calls Him Lord of heaven and earth. Let's take the second first. The essence of paganism, and of polytheism is of jurisdictions given to the Gods, much like a federal office. You go in there and you bring a certain document to an office and you're in the wrong place, and you're told to go to another. Well, polytheism basically works that way. There's the God of war, and there's the God of the oceans and then there's the God of the mountains and of the valleys. Or it may work along political lines. There's the God of Moab and the God of Ammon, the God of Edom and the God of Judah. And they each have their jurisdictions, for example, the Moabite's God was Chemosh. The concept was whatever God, the God of the Moabites, Chemosh gave to his people, that's what they received, whenever they went out to battle, Chemosh would go with them. If they won, it was Chemosh that gave them the victory; if they were defeated, it was Chemosh that had given them over to the defeat. Jephthah in Judges 11:24, speaking to Moabites says, "Will you not take what your god, Chemosh gives you? Likewise whatever the Lord our God has given us, we will possess.” Oh shameful understanding of Jephthah. "Well, we get Yahweh and whatever he gives and you get Chemosh, and whatever he gives." If the Moabites went out and fought and lost it was because Chemosh had given them up. Numbers 21:29 says, "Woe to you O Moab, you were destroyed, O people of Chemosh. He has given up his sons as fugitives and his daughters as captures to Sihon king of the Amorites." Now, Chemosh would never hurt his people too much because without the people, there's no Chemosh anymore. Case in point, have you ever met a Moabite? Have you gone to school with a Moabite? Do you have any living in your neighborhood? Is there an outreach to Moabites that we can give money to? What happened to Moabites? They are gone as a people. Second question, what happened to Chemosh? If you look in the yellow pages will you find a temple that Chemosh that you can go worship at this morning? Chemosh is gone, the Moabites are gone.You see the God of Israel is different. He chose Israel out of all of these nations to be His treasured possession, but He will go on whether they're extinct or not, and they know it. Therefore, He commands them to be holy or He will judge them and they know that He is not just a tribal deity but He is Lord of Heaven and Earth; He rules over all things. Therefore the Old Testament prophets in their oracles frequently would make pronouncements about Moab and about Ammon and Edom, and Syria, and Egypt, and all the world because God rules the world. When Jonah was taken on the boat by a bunch of Gentiles and they find out that he doesn't worship one of those tribal deities, he worships the Lord who made heaven and earth, they became very afraid because of God's reputation. He is Lord of heaven and earth. At one point, he specifically sends a messenger to say, "I'm going to give you the victory in the battle because of what your enemies are saying." 1 Kings 20:28, "The man of God came up and told the king of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord says, “Because the Arabians think the Lord is a god of the hills and no a god of the valleys, I will deliver this vast army into you hands, and you will know that I am the Lord.’” “I’m not a God of the hills only or of the valleys only. I am a God of the hills, and the valleys and everything else besides. I am not a tribal or localized deity." Jeremiah 23:23-24, “‘Am I only a God nearby, declares the Lord, ‘And not a God far away? Can anyone hide in secret places so that I cannot see him?’ declares the Lord. ‘Do I not fill heaven and earth?’declares the Lord.” This is the God that we worship. This is the God that our Savior, Jesus Christ lifted His face to and praised, "I praise you Father, Lord of heaven and earth who rules over all things". God created Heaven and Earth. God has the right to sit down on the throne and rule heaven and earth, and He does. He rules over individual nations, even Gentile ones.God chose Israel out of that nation to be His people, His treasured possession, and from Israel, He brings salvation to the world, "For salvation is from the Jews." Christ at this moment, in verse 25, is delighting in and rejoicing in the sovereignty of His father over heaven and earth, over all things. He rules over them and can do with them whatever He chooses, because He is king, He is Lord of heaven and earth. This very sovereignty over all of the earth is what gives the Gospel its success. In the Great Commission Jesus came to His disciples and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me, therefore go and make disciples of all nations." Do you see the connection? Because God rules over the whole world, we are commanded to go and make disciples of all nations. If God were not Lord of heaven and earth, the gospel could not and would not conquer the world, but it will in the end. There will be people from every tribe, and language, and people, and nation, because of the sovereignty of our God. What about the first title? "I praise you Father, Lord of heaven and earth." This shows the relational aspect of God's sovereignty. It shows that He is not some austere tyrant King, but rather a heavenly father. It's an endearing title, a title of authority definitely, but a display of God's loving relational rule. He desires not just to be Lord of heaven and earth, but to be father. And so, Jesus praises Him, "Father, Lord of heaven and earth." Divine Preference Then we see Divine Preference, concealing to some and revealing to others, "I praise you Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because. . . .” That's very important. Why are you praising Christ? "Because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to little children." That's striking isn't it? I praise you that you conceal, and I praise you that you reveal. This is the praise of our Savior, Jesus Christ. God can choose to deal differently with some than He does with others, and He does. To some in this case, He conceals, and to some others, He reveals. And Christ praises God for it. He delights in it. He rejoices in it. First of all, He praises God for concealing, "I praise you Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned." This is shocking. We tend to think of ourselves as, or tend to think of God as, a God who would reveal Himself to everyone, who shows Himself openly all the time to anybody. The whole time He's revealing, opening, demonstrating, imploring sinners to come and to sit at the banquet feast and to enjoy a full revelation of His nature and His glory. We would never think He would conceal Himself. It doesn't seem to be the God that we know or the God that we worship. From whom does He conceal? He says, "I praise you Father, Lord of heaven and earth that you have concealed or hidden these things from the wise and learned." This is rather striking to us as well. What's wrong with wisdom? What's wrong with learning? As a matter of fact, there's a whole book of the Bible, Proverbs, devoted to the blessings of wisdom. There's nothing wrong with wisdom, but there's a kind of wisdom and learning that Christ is singling out here. It's an arrogant human wisdom separated from God, in which humans are seeking of themelves and from themselves to learn these things, these Gospel truths. Why did philosophers in Greece, like Plato and Aristotle and Socrates, not discover God? Because He had concealed Himself from them. Scientists, like Archimedes, did not discover God, because He had concealed himself from them. Mighty potentates, like Alexander the Great and the Roman emperors and all the other conquerors of that region of the world, had never discovered God through sheer power, because He had concealed Himself from them. It says in 1 Corinthians 1:20-21, "Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know him. God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe." God has made the wisdom of the world foolishness, and He has ordained that through those means no one will discover Him. It does not matter how intelligent they are. It doesn't matter how much they inquire. They will never find Him, because God delights to conceal Himself from arrogant people. Isaiah 45:15 says, "Truly, you are a God who hides himself, oh God and Savior of Israel." That's a striking verse, isn't it? "You are a God who hides himself." Man will never find God if He does not reveal Himself, and God does not always choose to reveal Himself. Christ praises God for concealing Himself, first and foremost. Secondly, Christ praises God for revealing Himself, "I praise you Father, Lord of heaven and earth, not just because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, but because you have revealed them to little children." It delights Christ that His Father conceals Himself, but it also delights Him that He reveals Himself, and to whom? To little children. If you're willing to repent. If you're willing to turn, to humble yourself, to turn away from your own wisdom and your own power and strength and achievement, He will show you everything. He will reveal Himself fully to you. You will see Him face-to-face. You will see His glory. You will be part of that prayer that Christ prayed in John 17, "Father, I want those whom you have given me to be with me where I am, to see my glory." We will see His glory if we humble ourselves and become like little children. Mathew 18:3-4, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth. Unless you repent and become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Jesus also said, "Blessed are the spiritual beggars, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." In Mathew 23, Jesus says, "Whoever exalts himself will be humbled and whoever humbles himself will be exalted, for the Lord gives grace to the humble, but he opposes the proud." This is a major and a consistent theme in Scripture. Number one, God cannot be found if He does not will Himself to be found. It doesn't matter how hard you try, you will not find God unless He reveals Himself. Secondly, God actively hides Himself from the wise and learned, they chase rabbit trails and they will never find Him. Thirdly, God actively reveals Himself to the humble, to those who are like little children. Do you see then the benefit of this kind of preaching. It humbles us, doesn't it? It makes us like little children, it slays our pride so that we can bow our neck to the yoke of Jesus Christ, and He will reveal Himself fully and completely to us. Who are the little children? — Humble Jews, outcasts, like tax collectors and sinners, He reveals Himself to them. and even to Gentiles who know nothing, who were rejected, and outcast by the Jews. He will reveal Himself to them, as they trust in Him, and believe in Him. Divine Pleasure And then seventh, we see Divine Pleasure, all things done according to God's pleasure. He says in Matthew 11:26, "Yes father, for this was your good pleasure." What Christ delights in, God delights in. There's no dis-harmony between Father and Son. It's not wrong for Christ to delight in His Father's sovereignty because His Father delights in His own sovereignty. He says, "Yes father, this was your good pleasure." God was pleased to conceal and pleased to reveal. He's not disgruntled, irritable, out of sorts, frustrated with His rule of the universe, it's not going badly for Him. Every mighty potentate has a bad day or even a bad year. The seven fat cattle are swallowed up by the seven skinny cattle, even if you're Pharaoh, King of Egypt, but for God, it's never that way. He rules over all things according to His pleasure. Our God is in heaven and he does whatever pleases Him. Psalm 135:6 says, "The Lord does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, and the seas, and all their depths." Now what pleases God, is it automatically delightful to us? Are there not some surprising aspects of what pleases God? Does He not delight in some things we would not naturally delight in? For example, He speaks to Israel, and He says, "He was delighted to make Israel prosper in their land, in the promised land, if they would only obey his commands but he's also delighted to crush them and destroy them if they won't." In Deuteronomy 28:63, "It shall come about that as the Lord delighted over you to prosper you and multiply you, so the Lord also will delight over you to make you perish and destroy you and you will be torn from the land where you are entering to possess it." That's not our way but that is God's way. He was delighted also to make Christ suffer on the cross. Isaiah 53:10, it says, "The Lord was pleased to crush him and cause him to suffer, and if he would render himself as a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days and the good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in his hand." God's good pleasure flowers in Christ's hand like a garden. God delights in concealing from the wise and revealing to little children. Now, let me explain what I mean. I don't believe God finds any pleasure intrinsically in crushing Israel and expelling them from the land. I don't think He finds any masochistic delight in watching His Son suffer on the cross nor does He have any delight in concealing himself from arrogant people, but rather in the big picture, He sees the new Heaven and the new Earth, the home of righteousness where all sin is crushed and destroyed, where the devil and all of the rebels are removed and Heaven and Earth is one under His rule. That's a delightful thing and in that He delights. Just as Jesus said, "He endured the cross despising its shame for the joy on the other side, the joy set before Him, that's the pleasure of God. What God delights in, if you're a Christian, means salvation for you. It was the pleasure of God to choose you before the foundation of the world. Ephesians 1:5, "He predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ in accordance with his pleasure and will." It brought Him delight, He said, "Little flock, don't be afraid, it is God's good pleasure to give you the kingdom." And it is also His pleasure now that you're saved, to sanctify you, to help you to grow. It says in Philippians 2:13, "It is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good pleasure." Application This is the delightful thing. How can we apply this? This understanding of the sovereignty of God, of God's divine power and of His divine pleasure, prerogative and all of these things that He has shown us. There is no end to those things we can be anxious about in this world. Did you know that? There's no end to anxiety, no end to concern, to current events, to problems. How about in the future? You look ahead in your life, there's no end to what your imagination can tell you will happen to you or your loved ones, to your bodies, to your souls, no end to the anxieties. If you do not accept this doctrine of God's sovereignty, it leaves you without a rudder on a sea of anxiety and fear and God would not have it so. He wants His people at rest and at peace with Him, "Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. I will give you peace if you trust in my sovereignty, rest in it." Be confident in the rule of God. Secondly, be humbled by this doctrine. God is not asking our opinion concerning the rulership of the universe, He does not poll us, He does not need our insights. When you are praying, you're not giving Him advice as to a course of action that He should take that He hadn't considered thoroughly. That's not what's going on there. This is a humbling doctrine, and it makes us like little children, doesn't it? It humbles us, and makes us low and meek so that we can receive the full revelation of His nature and His character, be humbled. Thirdly, repent and live in the kingdom. "Repent for the kingdom of Heaven is here." The time has come for you to throw away your weapons of rebellion and allow Him to be king, because that's what He is. Let Him rule therefore over every area and every aspect of your life. Let Him rule over you and let Him rule over the world and realize that it's a good thing. Repent therefore and live in the kingdom. How practical is this? Are there any areas of rebellion in your life? Anything that you know is out of sorts with the will of God, anything you know that's not in harmony with the word of God, Then repent from those things and take delight in His kingdom. How did Jesus apply this teaching? Verse 28, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Come to Christ, come to Him now, if you've never trusted in Christ, come to Him today and keep coming, find rest for your souls.
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