We now read a story of the centurion.  A centurion is a Roman commander who oversees 100 men.  That point is important in this story.  Yesterday, we read Jesus healing a paralytic, and other than him having great friends, nothing is really said about him.  In this passage, we see the centurion coming to Jesus […]

It was very refreshing to read the Sermon on the Mount with the children.  Even though it is harder to understand or remember than narrative stories, I think it gives the children a feel for what God’s kingdom and righteousness is like. Now we read a passage that we learned before – the story of

We are halfway through our Lenten journey (day 20!), and today we read the last part of Jesus’s sermon.   We first focus on the dust and plank in our eyes.  We explain to the boys that we cannot point out other people’s sins when we ourselves have huge sins.  We explain what hypocrite means

We are continuing Jesus’s sermon and learning how we should think and act as God’s people.   In first half of the chapter, we read about what we shouldn’t do and should do, and through that we learn that even doing good things can become a sin if our heart is not for God.  When

We have been reading stories from the book of John, and now we move to Jesus’s sermon in the book of Matthew.  It is the first time reading the Sermon on the Mount with our children.  I didn’t know how much they would understand, so at first we only read half of the chapter.  But

We start by remembering what we read yesterday.  Because it was a passage that wasn’t a narrative story, the children had a harder time remembering.  We remember Nicodemus the pharisee, and we recite John 3:16 again. We come back to a passage that we are familiar with – the story of Jesus and the woman

Day 17 – John 4:1-26  Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman Jesus talks to a Samaritan and a woman.  What is the significance of this? Compare and contrast the type of water that the woman is thinking of and the type of water that Jesus is talking about.  What is her reason for wanting this

We come to a passage that we did not cover during our children’s worship. It is the story about Nicodemus talking with Jesus.  It is a longer passage, and it is a little bit difficult for the children to follow.   As we are reading the passage, we start to become as confused as Nicodemus.

We missed a day of reading yesterday.  The children only wanted to do Bible time if there was dessert, and I didn’t want to give a lecture and fight for it, so we skipped both and went to bed.   Today during the day, we reminded ourselves that we made a commitment for Lent.  We

We remember that Jesus called his first disciples yesterday, and now he is starting his ministry.  This passage is the very first miracle.  It is the famous water turning into wine story.  It is a story that John has selected to show what Jesus’s mission was all about.  We have to remember that all the