Category: Bible

  • Feeding of the 5000 Comparison Chart

    Feeding of the 5000 Comparison Chart

    Feeding of the 5000 is one of two miracles included in all of the Gospels. Can you guess what the other miracle is? If you said the resurrection, you would be correct. That’s why this makes such a fascinating Bible lesson. What did each of the Gospel authors think was important? What did they leave…

  • Learn the Books of the Bible

    Learn the Books of the Bible

    We have been working with our Sunday School class to learn the Books of the Bible. Several months later all of them are pretty good at finding books of the Bible, and the kids happily compete to earn those M&Ms. This past Sunday, we got a bunch of new kids, and I headed back to…

  • 12 Spies bookmark craft

    12 Spies bookmark craft

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    I was searching for a fun craft to do with my Sunday School class this Sunday. We’re finishing up our Exodus Unit with the 12 Spies lesson, and all of the crafts I could think of would not be popular with my current class, and then I saw a 12 spies bookmark craft on Pinterest,…

  • Bible Investigators Creation review

    Bible Investigators Creation review

    Way back in August, Danika emailed me saying she had a new book, Bible Investigators Creation, and asking if I would review it. The press release emphasized “puzzles and activities,” and that is exactly the type of Bible study I hated as a child because it felt insulting to my intelligence, and I always purposely…

  • In the Neighborhood children’s devotional review

    In the Neighborhood children’s devotional review

    As we disciple our kids at home, it can be tricky to find ways to teach them that aren’t too surface-level. All too many Bible lessons for kids devolve into simple recall of knowledge. “How many disciples did Jesus have? That’s right Jesus had 12 disciples!” Or they get way too deep too fast and…