Teaching kids Bible verses seems like a daunting task. Sometimes the task is as hard on the thumbs as asking a programmer to hammer a nail. I thought repetition was the key. Read the verse over and over. The kids say the verse over and over. After you have read the verse Read more…
Yesterday morning in church, Pastor challenged us to try to think of 10 reasons or 10 things we are looking forward to in heaven. The premise behind his message was that heaven is not a place where we will be bored playing harps on a cloud but a place to Read more…
I almost didn’t do this lesson because I thought it would be too old for the third and fourth grade. I didn’t want to address adultery with them — you never know how they will respond to topics like that. After a trial run with my son, I realized there Read more…
This week our lesson is on the feeding of the five thousand. I am trying to pick places in the Bible, and the place for this story is kind of difficult. I am going to say a Galilean mountain side. This story is found in all of the gospels: Matthew Read more…
One of my kids in Sunday School asked about Jesus being God. That set me off on trying to explain it to the kids, and I did some Googling for a fun way to explain it. The Braid I found Suite101’s article called “Teaching Kids about the Trinity”. So, Read more…
This week our lesson is about the Fiery Serpents by the Red Sea. You can find the story in Numbers 21. The context of the story starts with the rejection of Edom, in which Edom rejected the Isrealites’ request to travel through their land. This forced the Israelites to travel Read more…
In Sunday School, we are studying how Jacob tricked his brother Isaac for the blessing. In attempting to let Bible interpret Bible, I was searching for any New Testament references to the story, and I found this verse in Hebrews 11:20: By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. Read more…
The time has come for me to decide on an MIT (most important thing) for the story of Jonah. I chose the fact that “God loves everyone; even the unlovely.” VeggieTales is major competition here in that a good deal of the kids in our classes have already seen their Read more…
Our Sunday School lesson this past week was about Balaam. Here are some of my thoughts about this person of the Bible. Bible Passage: Numbers 22 – 24 Here is my MIT (Most Important Thing) to communicate to the kids (Can you have two things?): 1. Obey the first time: Read more…
Last Sunday, our pastor preached on the God’s potter illustration. It is found in Jeremiah 18:1-10: The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. Then I went down to the Read more…