Kids Leader Training
“Jesus the Savior”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 25, Session 4—Jesus Raised Lazarus
The raising of Lazarus is one of my (many) favorite passages in Scripture. For some reason, it has always connected with me. As teachers, this story is either a dream because there are so many wonderful details to explore or a nightmare because there are so many wonderful details to cover. I choose to be …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Savior”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 25, Session 3—Jesus’ Hard Teachings
Like many parents, my wife, Tara, and I are in this odd season of playing the role of teacher for our three kids who are distance learning for a quarter of school. While Tara is carrying most of the weight of this task, from time to time I am called on to help with a …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Savior”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 25, Session 2—Three Parables
It has been said, in truth, that there are only two types of people: the saved and the lost. That’s it. Just the redeemed and the unredeemed. The forgiven and condemned. Those who are in Christ and those who remain in Adam. This binary perspective of people is quite important. For those of us in …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Savior”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 25, Session 1—Kingdom Parables
This week, we will look at some of the kingdom parables from Matthew 13, and then next week we will look at Luke’s three lost parables, so perhaps a parable primer might be helpful. What is a parable? Put as simply as possible, a parable is a made-up story. But this simple definition in no …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Servant”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 24, Session 4—Jesus Showed His Glory
I remember it well. It was April 1985. Coca-Cola, which had been sagging in soft drink sales, unveiled a product everyone was anxious to try: New Coke. New Coke was new, but it was not good. New Coke bombed, leaving Coca-Cola scrambling to crank out the original cola formula, which it branded as Coca-Cola Classic. …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Servant”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 24, Session 3—Jesus Walked on Water
On May 19, 2001, I stood on the platform of FBC Owensboro, Kentucky, with a handful of other men and watched as every head in the audience pivoted on cue as soon as they heard a series of distinct notes play over the organ. The doors in the back of the sanctuary opened, and Tara, …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Servant”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 24, Session 2—Jesus Fed a Crowd
This week, we look at Jesus feeding a large crowd of people, often known as the feeding of the 5,000. While that is a common way to describe this story, we preferred to make it more vague because it was actually many more than 5,000 fed that day—that was just the number of men. When …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Servant”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 24, Session 1—Jesus Calmed a Storm
COVID-19. Unemployment. Murder hornets. Injustices. Civil unrest. The year 2020 has provided many reasons and opportunities for us to be afraid, hasn’t it? I know that over the last four months, waves of fear have felt like they were crashing over me at times. I would imagine our kids have felt that too. Which is …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Servant”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 23, Session 5—The Good Shepherd
I’m not a farmer. Not even close. One time I was speaking to a group of students in rural Florida farming community and mentioned that I saw watermelons being dug up for harvest. The students being students didn’t hold back their snickers and outright laughter. When I later asked someone what had happened in that …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Servant”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 23, Session 4—Jesus Taught about Possessions
We treasure what we love and we love our treasures. When our treasures are proper, this is great. It is right and fitting that we treasure Christ and that we love Him. It is right and fitting that we treasure God’s Word and that we love reading it. It is right and fitting that we …
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