Tag: Sunday School
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The One About the Cross
“Teacher, when you tell stories, do you think sometimes you could tell me the one about the cross. I keep wondering what that cross is about.” I will never forget that question from a little boy who attended church and my Bible class for the first time.
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The Judges- Round and Round They Go
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in 01. Deborah, 02. Gideon & the Fleece, 03. Gideon & the Midianites, 04. Birth of Samson, 05. Samson & Delilah, 06. Death of Samson, 07. Ruth & Naomi, 08. Ruth & Boaz, 09. God Answers Hannah’s Prayer, 1.OLD Testament, 10. Samuel Becomes a Helper in the Tabernacle, 11. Lord Speaks to Samuel, Application and Review, E.Judges and Ruth, Visual AidsRecently I taught a set of classes about the time of the Judges. The background to this time in history is one of a repeating cycle. To illustrate the idea of a cycle that goes round and round I decided to use a hoola hoop. Each week, as we studied our way through the Judges I…
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I Think I’ll Just Hum…
Sometimes I prepare what I think is a great class and yet my students struggle to think past the surface level of the Bible story. But sometimes, often when I least expect it, the kids run ahead of the teacher and want to go deeper. Instead of just appreciating the facts or even the drama…
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Pick a Card, Any Card
I had a lot of fun this week working with students at the South Pacific Bible College here, in New Zealand. It was their “Outreach Week” so I got to share with them the importance of reaching out to the children around us. After talking about that we launched right into some hands-on participation in…
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Wading Lambs and Swimming Elephants
As a Scripture was being publicly read in the church of my childhood I would sometimes watch my grandmother’s finger slide across the page of her Bible. As a small child I would light up when I could occasionally read a word or two. There is no other book like the Bible in…