Kids Leader Training
“Jesus the Messiah”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 20, Session 1—Jesus’ Baptism
When I was a kid, I loved to watch war movies. But one part of those movies that I didn’t enjoy was what I considered to be the painfully slow build-up to the action. As a kid, I didn’t care about the context; I just wanted the action. Now, I see why the context is …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Messiah”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 19, Session 5—Jesus as a Child
One of the big take-aways from this week’s session is that even as a child, Jesus wanted to honor the Father. Jesus was drawn to the temple—His Father’s house—and He apparently delighted in engaging with the religious leaders in talking about God. As a quick note, Jesus was not being disobedient in this encounter. That …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Messiah”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 19, Session 4—Jesus Was Dedicated
One important truth about the Messiah, a truth that many in Israel missed, was that He would be provided for all humanity. Jesus did not come to be the Savior just for Israel, or just for the religious, or just for males, or just for the wealthy. He came to be the Savior of all …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Messiah”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 19, Session 3—Jesus Was Born
The universe J.R.R. Tolkien created for The Lord of the Rings is amazing, full of mighty and majestic humans, elves, dwarves, and other creatures. Consider who is part of the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandolf, a powerful wizard. Aragorn, the king of the men Boromir, a fierce warrior Gimli, a brave dwarf Legolas, a skilled …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Messiah”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 19, Session 2—John Was Born
Think of the barren women we encounter in Scripture. Sarah, Rebekah, and Rachel in Genesis, Hannah in 1 Samuel, and here, in Luke 1, Elizabeth to name a few. Have you ever wondered why God chose to use so many barren women in the story of Scripture? He did so because He wanted to make …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Messiah”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 19, Session 1—From Adam to Jesus
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” A Take of Two Cities by Charles Dickens All children, except one, grow up.” Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie In a whole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and …
Continue Reading“A Nation Divided”: Hezekiah and Josiah
My three kids have each reached the age where I often am unable to help them with their homework—either because I have long forgotten how to do what they are working on or they are learning an entirely different way to do it, one that I never learned. They want me to help them. I want …
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