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How Would You Draw God?
One of my favorite Bible lessons I did with our church teens a few years ago involved Pictionary. I gave them random Biblical stories to draw, which became quite comical. Most of them were pretty easy; but, it was all part of getting them to the final image. For the finale’ we had a draw-off and told them to draw, “God.” As I suspected, the two draw-ers stood with marker in hand but no action. The audience began shouting out Bible words hoping for a lucky guess. They eventually abandoned even trying to draw and turned instead to waiting and encouraging better guesses. So, how would you draw God?…
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Shaping Abstract Truths To Form A Firm Foundation – #4- Understanding Salvation from a Biblical Perspective
Every religion has a plan of salvation but Christianity unlike other religions is based on a relationship. Religion is about doing but Christianity is about becoming. In the garden Adam and Eve broke the trusting relationship they had with God by their choice to disobey. Did you know it was not a command to do but to not do something that they disobeyed? We are human beings not human doings. God gave them a warning and they didn’t believe His Word. Christianity is not about trying to be good; it is all about trusting God's Word. We need salvation from sin and death. God did not chose to abandon us.…
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Shaping Abstract Truths To Form A Firm Foundation – #3 – Understanding Spiritual Death from a Biblical Perspective
It is important that children understand God’s desire is to give life to us and have unity with us. He made us for this purpose. They need to be told how all of creation comes from and continues to exist because God holds all things together, Colossians 1:17 Net Bible “He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.” They need to know that they are different from the rest of creation. Not all things are made in His image. We are. Imagine that day when God grabbed that handful of dust and shaped it into the first man. It looked like a…
