Every year or so another great cure-all springs from science, folk medicine, or common sense and becomes the hottest "new cure."

[Bring some show and tells to pass out to your people-or just show them off. Maybe some people in your church collect old, 19th century remedies and containers they were sold in. Use them as symbols of what you're preaching about. Maybe even have a display set up.]

How many of you sucked on and sucked down zinc lozenges a few winters ago when some anonymous "studies" suggested that zinc could actually ward off that nasty winter cold?

A few small towns volunteered to go on oatmeal diets, eagerly scooping up spoonful after spoonful of the glutinous liquid. Some even sprinkled dry oatmeal flakes on everything from yogurt to fried chicken. Remember how it was goin…