We are coming closer to the end of Jesus’s ministry. It has been a long journey, and we come to a surprisingly important story. I say surprisingly, because even though it is a well known story there is a surprising twist at the end that is often skipped. In the book of John, this is […]
We read the Lord’s prayer before when we were reading the Sermon on the Mount in the book of Matthew two weeks ago. However, this time when we reading in the book of Luke, Evan and Ian were quick to point out that it doesn’t sound right. It’s not the full prayer and has missing
Today we read Jesus talking with an expert of the law. While Jesus talks with him, he shares a story. These stories are called parables, and Jesus uses them to teach us important lessons. This is a well known parable of the Good Samaritan, but after reading and learning about the heart of the law
Day 29 – Luke 10:25-37 – The Parable of the Good Samaritan This very famous parable is a second response to the question of an expert in the law. Why didn’t the priest and Levite help the half-dead man? What does this say about the law? Remember how Jesus talked about the Sabbath (Day 23),
We come to another passage that the children learned before during worship. It is a story about Jesus’s transfiguration. We covered this passage at the beginning of Lent. The children made a craft suncatcher of Jesus to show his bright clothes. When we were talking about this passage while making the suncatcher, the children
We have been reading about Jesus’s miracles, and each time, we see more and more people becoming interested in him, and some people even proclaiming who Jesus is. Yesterday, we read about how Jesus walked on water, and the disciples proclaiming at the end of the story that Jesus is truly the Son of God.
I asked to boys to remember what we read yesterday, and they were able to retell the story in detail. It is good to repeat stories! Now we read a story that they haven’t heard before. It is the story of Jesus walking on water, and it comes directly after the miracle of feeding
We come to another famous story – Jesus feeding five thousand people with five loaves of bread. The children know this story well as we also covered it during our children’s service. It is also the only miracle that is recorded in all four Gospels (other than Jesus’s resurrection). I was very surprised to find
As we have been going through Lent, the children are becoming more engaged, while John and I are becoming less engaged. Bible time marks the end of the day, and by the end of the day we are both exhausted and half awake. The children ask for Bible time, and John and I drag ourselves
Today, we read about Jesus talking about the Sabbath. It is a passage that the children have never read or heard before. We first talked about what Sabbath is. The boys haven’t heard that word before, and Evan jokes it sounds like cabbage. We explain that Sabbath is a day of rest. Sabbath is
