“In the Beginning”: Abraham and Isaac
It didn’t make any sense and no matter how hard he likely tried, Abraham surely couldn’t make an ounce of sense out of it. It was just baffling. He couldn’t have misheard God—although He probably wished he had. God had told him plainly. Abraham was to take his only son, the son whom he loved, …
Continue Reading“Out of Egypt”: Additional Resources for Preschool and Kids (Volume 2)
The following resources are for “Out of Egypt” the second volume of The Gospel Project for Kids’ 2018-2021 cycle. (Note: PDF documents should open in a new window.) Key Passages Kids references are provided. Preschool and Babies & Toddlers may be shorter. Unit 4 — Hosea 13:4 Unit 5 — Matthew 22:37-39 Unit 6 — Exodus 15:2 Unit …
Continue Reading“In the Beginning”: God’s Covenant with Abraham
There is such staggering beauty in the diversity of the body of Christ. I forget that so often, but I need to fight to remember it every chance I get. And that is what God did for me on a recent trip to South Africa, where I was sharing about The Gospel Project for Kids and …
Continue Reading“In the Beginning”: The Suffering of Job
You might be surprised that we bounce over to the Book of Job this week. It seems rather odd to step out of Genesis mid-story, go into Job for a week, then return to Genesis. But there are two reasons why we are doing this. First, this is where many scholars believe the account of …
Continue Reading“In the Beginning”: The Tower of Babel
We often refer to the Bible as a story, and this might be a good time to pause and clarify what we mean when we say that. What we don’t mean is that the Bible is fiction. Some people are uncomfortable with saying the Bible is a story because they hear that as a work of …
Continue Reading“In the Beginning”: Noah and the Ark
Can we just talk about the elephant in the corner? Or perhaps it is the two elephants in the corner of the ark we need to talk about? The account of Noah is deeply troubling, isn’t it? There. I said it. Think about what happened here: God wiped out the entire earth’s population except one …
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