BEGINNINGS: Birth of Jesus, Boyhood, Baptism, Temptation of Jesus

Advent/Birth of Jesus has its own webpage of software lesson ideas.

Birth of Jesus Stories: See my extensive Advent & Christmas Software Page here at this website.

• Fluffy & God’s Amazing Christmas Adventure CD is the program of choice for age 6-15.
• Charlie Church Mouse 1 and 3 have part of the Xmas story for younger crowd.
• Play and Learn Children’s Bible CD
• Life of Christ CD
• See my Advent software lesson ideas and list in greater detail.
• VIDEOS: Nest’s The King is Born DVD

Jesus in the Boy in the Temple (Luke 2:21-52)

• Life of Christ CD: Lesson # 9
• See my Boy Jesus in Temple Lesson Plan
• What were young Jesus and the teachers talking about that amazed the teachers? Use Let’s Talk CD to create the lesson & recreate some dialog. What questions did they ask him? What questions did he ask the teachers? What did his parents say? What difficult questions would you ask YOUR elders? Click here for a detailed lesson suggestion for teaching the Boyhood of Jesus using Let’s Talk CD.
• Disciple’s Diary: * Out of print. Narration: Jesus chose to live with his family. His observations of daily life became basis for teachings. Several excellent video selections listed by the Jar: Bethlehem 1 and 2, One Room House 3-D.
• Life & Min. of Jesus: * Study note on obeying parents. (CD now out of print)
• A Walk in the Footsteps of Jesus: * *Photobubble and narration of boys being instructed in the Temple. (out of print)
• Play and Learn Children’s Bible CD “Jesus teaches the Teachers”
• VIDEOS:  Nest’s Jesus – Son of God DVD

The Baptism of Jesus (Matthew 3:13-17, Luke 3, John 1),
John the Baptist
The Temptation of Jesus in the Wilderness (John 1:15-34) (Matthew 4:1-11)

• Jesus in Space CD covers the Baptism of Jesus and story of John the Baptist. John is also covered in Life of Christ CD, and has a cameo with his mom Elisabeth and brief bio in Fluffy & God’s Amazing Christmas CD. If you own all three CDs, you could do a scavenger hunt workshop “about John the Baptist.”
• Life of Christ CD: Lessons #10, #11, #12 …Baptism, ‘Lamb of God,’ Temptations.
• See my “Temptations” lesson idea for Let’s Talk CD. This would be a good follow-up to using Life of Christ CD.
• Disciple’s Diary: Narration: All about John the Baptist and Jesus’ Temptation in the Wildnerness Videos: Don’t miss Jordan River flyover, Essene Temple, Judean Wilderness, and Qumran. See note about controlling 3-D motion above.
• Imagine new temptation dialog and have the kids recreate it (or you recreate it for them) to be spoken aloud through Let’s Talk CD.
• Ilumina Bible * DVD has animated video on this
• Walk in the Footsteps: * Photobubble and narration of baptismal site. Wonderful photobubble and narration of Wilderness temptation area. (out of print but we still have the outline)
• Walking in Their Sandals covers both with maps and photos.
• Play and Learn Children’s Bible CD
• VIDEOS:  Nest’s Jesus – Son of God DVD, Nest’s John the Baptist DVD

EARLY MINISTRY: Wedding at Cana, Call of Disciples, About Disciples, Jesus Preaches in Nazareth

Wedding at Cana (John 2:1-11)

• Life of Christ CD: Lesson #13
• Disciple’s Diary: Step 3 * –Narration: Cana and Miracles. Jesus in Nazareth (Luke 4), Outward and Inward Change. Videos: Cana, Nain, and Nazareth are not to be missed.
• Heard a great lesson idea: use this story as an opportunity to talk about “what marriage is” (being that Jesus was there to celebrate one, and most of the kids see a marriage upclose everyday.) Illustrate with Kid Pix. Talk about with Let’s Talk CD.

Jesus Preaches in Nazareth (Luke 4:14-30)

• Life of Christ CD: Lesson #15
• Use Let’s Talk CD to recreate the dialog “in the crowd” as they rushed him to the cliff. What were they complaining about? What would people say to defend him?
• Walk in the Footsteps: * Photobubble about Nazareth. (CD now out of print)
• Sandals Bible Atlas and Holyland 3-D CD * can show kids where Nazareth is. Pretty cool media in both!

Jesus Chooses his Disciples (Luke 5:1-11) “Call of the Disciples”

• See my lesson plan for Call of the Disciples that uses Life of Christ and Let’s Talk.
• What would a Call to Discipleship “sound like” today? Have students speak this aloud using Let’s Talk CD. What would the Call sound like to steelworkers? A waiter? A businesswoman? A nurse? etc.  What excuses might a doctor or firefighter or mom give to Jesus when he called them?
• Play and Learn Children’s Bible CD
• Life of Christ CD: Lesson #16.
• Disciples Diary: Step 4 in the Disciple’s Archive has a bit on this.
• Take Kid Pix and create different “scenes” calling Carpenters, calling ballplayers, calling kids, calling pirates. Because Kid Pix can speak back whatever they type, you can come up with some very unique “calls.” Can also use Let’s Talk CD to do this (though without the illustrations).
• Interestingly, in our “Five Loaves~Two Fishes CD” (Feeding of the 5000) we added the character of Uncle Reuben, who must be convinced by your students to go hear Jesus. After he hears Jesus and is fed, he becomes a disciple.

About Various Apostles/Disciples

• Bibleland.com CD: * view the list of characters in this program which includes many disciples
• Life of Christ CD has material about some of the Disciples.
• Life and Ministry of Jesus: * Several good study notes about individual disciples, including Doubting Thomas. Look also in ‘People Jesus Knew’ exhibit. (CD now out of print)
• Use Bible Crosswords and Word Games CD to create crosswords and word searches about info about the Disciples and their names. Use Fall of Jericho quiz game to create a 25-30 question quiz game about the Disciples.
• See my Let’s Talk CD lesson’s page for several ideas about creating dialog/storylines for the disciples.

PEOPLE JESUS KNEW/ENCOUNTERED

Samaritan Woman at the Well (John 4:4-42)

• Life of Christ CD: Lesson #14
• Life and Ministry of Jesus CD: * Interesting Chart in Study Notes about how Jesus treated women. Samaritan Woman is also in ‘People Jesus Knew’ exhibit.
• Let’s Talk CD. See my lesson plan sketch here. Note: What if that had been a teenager or child at the well? What if that person at the well had been a bully, or a kid who had made bad choices and hung out with bad people? What if that had been an alcoholic or a teacher, or a leader in your church? What excuses would you give? And how would Jesus respond? Use Let’s Talk for this type of reflection activity after you’ve seen lesson 14 in Life of Christ CD.
• Good Sam the Samaritan –interactive “Good Sam Land Map” deals with the issue of Jews vs Samaritans. Narrated notes and questions included in it as well as a mention of the Samaritan woman.

Nicodemus (John 3)

• “Decode” the vocab/concepts using my free Nicodemus Question Set and Lesson Plan for use with Fall of Jericho CD and found linked on that page.
• The gist of this story is a memory verse, ie “water and spirit”. That makes it a candidate for Cal & Marty’s Scripture Memory Game.
• Nic and Jesus’ conversation needs “decoded” for kids. You can do that (or have the kids do that) by using Let’s Talk CD to create the conversation in new words. www.sundaysoftware.com/lets-talk

Mary and Martha

• Play and Learn Children’s Bible CD
• Use Let’s Talk CD to imagine the dialog in the house before and after Jesus was there. There are two sides to this story! Mary and Martha is one of the example lessons in Let’s Talk.
• Life and Ministry of Jesus: *Jesus Knew exhibit
• Disciple’s Diary: Videos: One room typical house 3-D walk through, Bethany video, home of Lazarus/Mary/Martha
• Bibleland.com*
• Footsteps of Jesus *-Bethany House View and print my Mary-Martha lesson plan that uses B.com and Footsteps. (CD now out of print)

Zaccheus, Lazarus

• Awesome Bible Stories CD has a great lesson on Zaccheus!
• Play and Learn Children’s Bible CD (both stories)
• Charlie Church Mouse #3 -Zaccheus up to age 7.
• Life of Christ CD: Lesson # 24 and # 26
• Footsteps of Jesus: *Photobubbles of Lazarus’ house, Zaccheus’ town (CD now out of print)
• Life and Ministry of Jesus: *Both are in the People Jesus Knew exhibit (CD now out of print)
• Disciple’s Diary:* Videos: One room typical house 3-D walk through, Bethany video, home of Lazarus/Mary/Martha
• Fly-down the Jericho road in Holyland 3-D CD*

Healing of Blind Bartimaeus

• Disciple’s Diary*
• Use Let’s Talk CD to imagine/recreate the dialog in the crowd. What were all the different reactions to this miracle from the bystanders?
• iLumina Bible* has a short animation on the “healing of the blind man.”

Woman caught in Adultery, Judging Others

• Life of Christ CD: Lesson # 22 ..Woman Caught in Adultery. Who will throw the first stone?
• Life and Ministry of Jesus: *Two good study notes: Sticky Situations… forgiving your debtors, a story about Chris. Heroes and Villains: James (Jesus’ brother), Judging others. (CD now out of print)

Jesus Blesses the Children (Mark 10:13-16)

• Life of Christ CD: Lesson # 23
• Use Let’s Talk CD to imagine some dialog. How do people “hinder” the little children?
• Play and Learn Children’s Bible CD
• As a follow up reflection, use Let’s Talk to give voice to “things people say that hinder you, or hinder others.” Also…have your onscreen animated character reflect out loud “words that would encourage young people to seek Jesus.”
• VIDEO: Nest’s Greatest is the Least DVD

Rich Young Ruler (Mark 10:17-27)

• Life of Christ CD: Lesson # 25
• fyi…another Rich Young Man is part of the Zaccheus Story found in Awesome Bible Stories CD
• Actual Reality CD –videoclip

Widow’s Mite

• Play and Learn Children’s Bible CD
• Use Let’s Talk CD to recreate/re-imagine some of the dialog, scoffers, supporters of the Widow. Create dialog, program in response questions into Let’s Talk to ask “what groups of people could be included among ‘the Widows’ today.” “What mites can people give today that are worth a lot to God?”

Woman/Mary with Jar of Perfume (Matthew 26:6-13)

• Life of Christ CD: Lesson # 27

Beatitudes, Sermon on Mount, Lord’s Prayer, Kingdom of God

Sermon on the Mount/Beatitudes (Matthew chapters 5-7)

• Galilee Flyer CD –students fly across Galilee picking up and matching verses from the Beatitudes (or if selected: sayings from the Sermon on the Mount, including- salt, light, seek first). Pop-up windows explain their meaning.
• Kingdom Parables (seed, yeast, pearl, treasure)  a lesson and lesson set!
• Life of Christ CD: Lesson # 40 about the sermon
• Life and Ministry of Jesus: excellent study note on the Beatitudes.
• Footsteps of Jesus: * Photobubble of what the Mount looks like. (CD now out of print)
• Disciple’s Diary: Step 4…Narration: Jesus moves to the seashore. The Disciples tells how he became a disciple. Sermon on the Mount, How Jesus taught, Who is welcome in the Kingdom. Videos: Beatitudes, Capernaum I ruins (this CD is out of print)
• Walking in Their Sandals Bible Atlas CD has some excellent maps, a video lesson shot on location and articles about the Mount (this video is also included in Galilee Flyer CD).
• Holyland 3-D CD * can also allow you to fly-in to the area. Photos as well. Cool stuff.

Lord’s Prayer

• Sunday Software’s Galilee Flyer CD covers it great – providing background and vocab info too.
• Cal & Marty’s Scripture Game can do it too.
• See my Lesson Ideas and Teaching Techniques for Teaching About Prayer

Lessons on Prayer & Praying…

• Galilee Flyer CD‘s “Lord’s Prayer” interactive lesson includes content “about praying”. For younger children, Say Your Prayers with Lil Angelina CD and our Play and Learn Children’s Bible CD have content on prayer. Let’s Talk CD and Kid Pix CD can also be used to create prayers that can be spoken aloud by the computer. See my Lesson Ideas and Teaching Techniques for Teaching About Prayer

Kingdom of God – Short parables of Leaven / Mustard Seed / Pearl / Treasure

• Galilee Flyer CD –Does a good job of explaining what the Kingdom of God was. Game is played with verses from each of these “short” parable of Jesus. Student pick up and match as they fly the Galilean landscape. Pop up windows explain meaning.
• Kingdom Parables  seed, yeast, pearl, treasure)  a lesson and lesson set!
• Pearl is found in Charlie Church Mouse #2 for up to age 9.
• Interactive Parables CD has a game about it.
• See my curriculum on four different Kingdom of God lessons

MIRACLES: Man Let Through Roof, Walking on Water, Stilling Storm, Feeding 5000, Transfiguration, Healing of the Lepers

Don’t see your “miracle” story here? Email neil@sundaysoftware.com

The Man let down through the Roof (Mark 2:1-12) (aka “Healing of the Paralytic”)

• Faith Through the Roof CD ….A full CD about this amazing story, includes lots of content and reflection.
• Life of Christ CD: Lesson #17
• Life and Ministry of Jesus: * Video Clip (CD now out of print)
• Footsteps of Jesus: * Photobubble of ruins of Capernaum (Peter’s town) today. (CD now out of print)
• iLumina Bible * has video tour of village of Capernaum
• Play and Learn Children’s Bible CD
• Let’s Talk CD: what did the friends say to each other (argue about) or have to defend to others when they made the ruckus?

Jesus Calms the Storm (depending on which Gospel you’re reading, this story may be combined with Jesus & Peter walking on water.)

• Life of Christ CD: Lesson #18
• Life and Ministry of Jesus: * Video Clip (CD now out of print)
• Play and Learn Children’s Bible CD (see my lesson plan for “Calms the Storm”. It has adaptations for older children as well.)
• Footsteps of Jesus: * Photobubble of Galilee and boat
• Walking in Their Sandals Bible atlas –video of Galilee, maps, discussion.
• Let’s Talk CD: what did the disciples mutter to each other when Jesus did the miracle? What was Jesus thinking but not saying?
• Holyland 3-D CD* can also allow you to fly-in across the sea. Photos as well. Cool stuff.
• VIDEO: Nest’s “Miracles of Jesus” DVD

Jesus Walks on Water, Peter Walks on Water

• Life of Christ CD: Lesson # 20. See my complete lesson plan for #20!
• Life and Ministry of Jesus: * Video Clip (CD now out of print)
• Play and Learn Children’s Bible CD
• As a follow up reflection, use Let’s Talk to give voice to Peter while he’s sinking…along the lines of “excuses that make us sink,” and specific cries for help a young person might utter today.

Feeding of the 5000 (John 6:1-14)

• Five Loaves ~ Two Fishes CD! New from Sunday Software, includes Neil’s four week lesson set using video, software, skits and games to teach this important story.
• Life of Christ CD: Lesson # 19
• Life and Ministry of Jesus (CD now out of print)*Main animated story (good), Video Clip and study note. It’s very common to use both Life of Christ and Life of Jesus together for this lesson.
• Play and Learn Children’s Bible CD
• Charlie Church Mouse #1 for non-readers
• Walking in Their Sandals Bible Atlas CD, view of the Professor on location talking about it.

Transfiguration of Jesus (Luke 9: 28-36)

• Life of Christ CD: Lesson # 21
• Disciple’s Diary: *Narration: Peter declares Jesus the Messiah, Transfiguration Videos: Mt. Tabor video of Transfiguration, Caesarea Philippi declaration of “you are the Christ.”
• Walking in Their Sandals Bible atlas has wonderful video lesson, maps and very insightful article on this subject. The teacher in the video is standing on the Mt. and explains the significance of the story.

Healing of the Ten Lepers …and the one who came back to say “thank you.”

This story needs a new ending, so create one in Kid Pix CD or Let’s Talk CD. Here’s why:  We always assume that the “other 9” weren’t grateful. But what if they WERE grateful after showing themselves to the priests? What if ONE of them tried to find Jesus again, but kept getting “side-tracked” by helping others? What if another leper let the memory of the miracle fade and became the thief on the cross…what would Jesus say to him?  What if one of the lepers went home and had to explain what happened to him to a disbelieving family?   (I’ve borrowed this idea from the story of the 4th Wiseman who never got to give his jewel to the baby Jesus, and instead, sold it to help the poor.)

PARABLES

Lost Sheep/Coin

• Play and Learn Children’s Bible CD (sheep) for non-readers
• Charlie Church Mouse (coin) for non-readers
• Rewrite and illustrate the story in Kid Pix using different imagery than sheep/shepherd. How would you tell it in our day?
• Create a “Where’s Waldo” -like sheep puzzle in Kid Pix. Create a sheep maze.
• Our Prodigal Son CD is the quintessential “lost” parable.
• VIDEO: Nest’s The Lost is Found DVD

Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10)

• Good Sam the Samaritan CD
• Life and Ministry of Jesus: good chart about people’s attitudes toward Samaritan (CD now out of print)
• Interactive Parables CD has a challenging game about it for older kids/youth.
• VIDEO: Nest’s Good Samaritan DVD

Parable of the Prodigal Son

• Prodigal Son CD
• Play and Learn Children’s Bible CD for preschoolers
• Charlie Church Mouse #3 for ages 4-8.
• Interactive Parables CD has a challenging game about it for older kids/youth.
• VIDEO: Nest’s “Parables of Jesus” DVD has the Talents and Two Sons

Parable of Sower

• Walking in Their Sandals Bible atlas….”Sower’s Cove” video lesson and map
• As a follow up reflection, use Let’s Talk to create an animated onscreen character who re-invents the parable using other imagery, or who asks question to your student about “things in their life that work against their Faith/Word growing.” They can respond through the character too.
• Interactive Parables CD has a challenging game about it for older kids/youth.
• VIDEO: Nest’s Parables of Jesus DVD has the parable of the sower.

Parable of the Talents (the servant who buries his master’s money), Stewardship

• Awesome Bible Stories CD has a full interactive lesson and game on this parable.
• Interactive Parables CD has a challenging game about it for older kids/youth.

Parable of the Thankful Leper (Ten Lepers)

• Not specifically found in any Jesus software. Use Let’s Talk CD or Kid Pix to create a talking version of the story set in modern situation. Create dialog that imagines & speaks dialog between the 9 lepers and the 1 who decides to return. Imagine dialog between the lepers and the priests concerning who Jesus is, how he had the power, etc. Could also use KidPix to create a project.

Parable of Workers in the Vineyard

• A perfect story for Let’s Talk CD. There’s so much GRUMBLING in this story which goes unspoken. And it’s a story about “fairness” which older children are concerned about. “Does God play favorites?” Kids can give voice to it. You could create a talking lesson with a quiz and discussion questions for the story. Then afterwards, you can have the kids turn on the “Talk Now” module and create answers your questions. How does the church “play favorites” …or not? Are kids treated as non-members? etc etc. How do you treat new kids in the class? How do you help others in the class that may not know as much as you about these stories?

Other Parables —

• Interactive Parables CD has 24 quizzes about 24 parables. But note: This is a challenging and fun 3d style game CD for older children and youth that can take over 35 minutes to play per story.

VIDEOS for Parables:

Nest’s animated Bible videos have a number of great parable choices:

• Nest’s Kingdom of Heaven DVD covers “Parable of the Sower and the Seed,” the “Parable of the Wheat and the Tares,” the “Parable of the Pearl,” and the “Parable of the Ten Virgins.”
• Nest’s Lord’s Prayer DVD has Jesus teaching His disciples about prayer through the Lord’s Prayer and the Parable of the Friend at Night and the Parable of the Unjust Judge

MISC. SAYINGS: Who am I? On this Rock, Great Commandment, Peace Be With You, Great Commission

“Who do men say that I am?” …and… “On this rock I will build my church”

• Walking in Their Sandals Atlas, Caesarea Philipi extraordinary video lesson and map with text.
• HolyLand 3-D CD allows you to “fly in” to Mt Hermon right above Caesarea Philippi in a spectacular way. (CD now out of print)
• VIDEO: Nest’s “Built Upon the Rock” DVD

The Great COMMANDMENT, Matthew 22:36-40

• If ever there was a verse that kids should memorize, the Great Commandment is it. Use Cal & Marty’s Scripture Memory Game after you’ve done some discussion about Loving God, Loving Others. See my lesson example for the Great C on the bottom of the Cal & Marty description page. The Great Commandment is also ‘seen’ along the trail up Mt. Sinai in the Ten Commandments CD. Note: the word “Great” is the word “Mega” in the Greek, which can also be translated as “large, loud, awesome.” Quite a visual word if you were going to illustrate it in Kid Pix.
• See my Art Lesson on Deuteronomy 6, which Jesus was quoting as the Great Commandment!

Jesus the Good Shepherd – John 10

• Use Kid Pix to illustrate “I am the gate” How is Jesus like “a gate” …what is he standing/laying between? I would also suggest you teach the story of the Shepherd who goes out to find the one lost sheep. Two halves of the same important concept.

Jesus Appears saying Peace Be With You — John 20

• Use Let’s Talk CD to rephrase Jesus’ greeting and invitation to be touched.

THE GREAT COMMISSION –“Go …make disciples…teaching them…”

• This is a perfect memory verse activity for Cal and Marty’s Scripture Memory Game CD. As a follow-up, students could also create their own “Great Commission” to their own class or church using Let’s Talk CD

STEWARDSHIP

• 3 Software Lessons on Stewardship
• Parable of the Talents in Awesome Bible Stories CD

BOOK OF ACTS, PAUL, Other Letters

Note:  Pentecost has its own webpage of software lesson ideas.

See my Teaching Paul to Children lesson ideas and scripture suggestions!

This new set of Paul teaching resources includes a list of Paul scriptures we should teach to our kids.
(And what other scriptures we should probably move into lower priority.)

Paul…in The Books of Acts

• Life of Paul (Interactive Kids Series) See my two printable lesson plans/student handouts for this CD.
• See my 4 Lessons about “Paul and the Bright Light” …Saul on the Road to Damascus (computer, video, drama)
• Stephen is briefly mentioned in Life of Paul CD. Use Let’s Talk to give voice to ~ recreate Stephen’s amazing speech. “What is it about the Gospel that made the religious leaders so mad?” What was he saying that ticked people off?  What arguments did people HURL at him?  What will people tell YOU is “wrong” about Jesus and how can you respond?  For your older kids, this is a good lesson to create in Let’s Talk CD.
• Charlie Church Mouse #2 has Paul’s Journey to Rome
• Paul in the Philippi Jail: Use the “Conversation Now” mode in Let’s Talk to create onscreen characters (Paul and the Jailer) who create the dialog between Paul and the Jailer after the earthquake.
• There are some Paul journey maps and NT books charts/quizzes tucked away in Life of Christ CD.
• See several good Paul lesson suggestions at the END of our Pentecost page
• VIDEO: What’s in the Bible DVD #11 “Acts” is a terrific overview of that book, and Paul’s ministry.

…on the Road to Damascus:

• If you don’t have Life of Paul CD, consider these options: 1. Younger kids illustrate the “blinding light” and “something like fish scales” in Kid Pix. Such dramatic visuals! 2. Older kids use Let’s Talk CD to speak on behalf of Paul’s traveling companions. How do you know it was really Jesus? It’s a trick! The underlying question being “how would people around you react to your confession/salvation, change of heart?” What would they say to you, and you to them? What did the man at the house think when Saul was brought to him? What questions did he have? What might he been afraid of? What must have been going through Saul’s heart? What in YOUR LIFE is “like fish scales” covering up your God-sight? Assign computers/students to work on a variety of questions surrounding this amazing event.Video:  What’s in the Bible DVD #11 “Acts”
  Video: Nest’s “Saul of Tarsus” DVD
  Video: Nest’s DVD on The Ministry of Paul in the Book of Acts includes Paul in prison, Paul the letter writer, and Paul before the authorities.

CORNELIUS and PETER

• Imagine how the guy had to EXPLAIN himself to others. He’s superiors, his men in the barracks. Imagine him explaining to his “household” why he wanted them baptized. and…What would some of his peers (unbelievers) have said to him about wanting to be baptized? Cornelius has a lot of explaining he must do.

Possible Computer lab software/ideas:

1. Create a set of new scripture verses where Cornelius explains himself. Try to create one verse as a “Memory Verse”. Edit this new memory verse into Cal & Marty’s Scripture Memory Game CD.

2. Use Kid Pix to draw the faces of all the people Cornelius had to answer to. Add text (which Kid Pix can speak out loud) of their protestations against Cornelius (put-downs about baptism or his new faith).

3. Use Let’s Talk CD to retell the story from CORNELIUS’ point of view. Create an animated character in that program to be Cornelius and write him dialog which the computer program will have him speak out loud. This can be done simply enough in the “Talk Now” module, or more elaborately in the “Lesson Builder” module complete with 3 spoken Quiz questions and 3 spoken questions for discussion.

PAUL’s OTHER NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGS…

• Memorable Bible verses lend themselves to being learned in Cal & Marty’s Scripture Memory Game CD. If they have visuals to them, such as the Fruits of the Spirit listed below, or “Body of Christ,” they can be drawn in Kid Pix, If they have debate/arguments in them, as many of Paul’s letters do, they can be rephrased/debated in Let’s Talk CD. If they have a strong VISUAL component, such as the “Armor of God” they are a natural for Kid Pix, but I would also treat the “armor” verses as a memory verse as well and include the scripture memory CD in the lesson as well. It depends on the verse!See my Paul scripture recommendations and software suggestions.

Galatians 5: Fruits of the Spirit…

• This is an IDEAL passage for kids to create a verse set about in Cal & Marty’s Scripture Memory Game CD.
• Here’s another fun idea which is similar idea to our Pentecost with Pirates idea) Make the fruits teach their meaning in fruit language. Use Kid Pix to draw the fruit. Draw talk bubble above the fruit, then use the talking text tool to add explanation as if the fruit is explaining itself. Example: The banana said gentleness was very “appealing” …the grapes said _____ was juicy because… etc. Helping the kids pick the IDEAL fruit to each of the “fruits” in the passage and then making it express itself in its own fruit vocabulary is an exercise in understanding and interpreting.

Philippians 2:5-11 “Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus…”

• I have a wonderful memory verse and “How Low Can You Go? computer game idea outlined on our LENT-HOLY WEEK lessons page. This set is also available as a free download for Cal and Marty Scripture Memory Game CD.

EARLY CHURCH:  Timothy & Titus CD –while mostly a challenging 3d game starring these two Bible heroes, the storyline does illuminate their participation and the challenges in spreading the Gospel in the Early Church. Takes over an hour to complete.

Other New Testament Letters

• James, Colossians, Philippians… Use Cal and Marty’s Scripture Memory Game CD.   Also… The Professor’s Library in Life of Christ CD has some “about” presentations and quizzes on these books. Also, email Neil about other software suggestions for NT Letters. Include your scripture passage.
• VIDEO: What’s in the Bible? DVD #13, Part 1 covers the General Epistles really well.

MISC NT, Mission, Christian Beliefs, About the Bible

Idea for Teaching the “Order of Events”

Create a “verse” set in Cal & Marty’s Scripture Memory Game CD, EXCEPT type a list of events instead of a verse. Cal and Marty game will scramble those events and kids must put back into order.

For example:  Events in Jesus’ Life, Events of Holy Week, Events in the New Testament. Notice below that each event consists of one word as Cal and Marty will scramble individual words. If you need to have two words to describe an event, put a hyphen between the two words.

Detailed “event order” example: Type the following “verse” in the Cal and Marty Verse Editor…

Birth, Baptism, Teaching, Last Supper, Crucifixion, Resurrection, Ascension, Pentecost, Stephen, Paul

About the Bible, Books of the Bible, Read the Bible

• Bongo Loves the Bible CD has games on all those topics!

Misc Jesus/Christ/Messiah Basics of Christianity, and Christian Beliefs found on the Actual Reality CD —

• Who is Christ? …found in the cityscape section. (Life of Christ CD also has content on this.)
• Love Your Neighbor, Sharing your faith with Jesus -found in newspaper section of Actual Reality
• Video statements from the Thief on the Cross, Nicodemus, Rich Young Ruler, Pharisee.
• RACE, Prejudice, Self Esteem, Practicing your Faith. –See our Actual Reality CD.

Teaching about Mission… use our Elijah & Jonah CD

• Elijah & the Widow of Zarephath = God’s message & prophet goes beyond the boundaries to change a non-believer, an “outsider”.
• Jonah = his reluctant mission to the Ninevites. God’s compassion and priorities.

Misc Bible and Christian Topics

• Worship –see my suggestions for teaching about Worship with software Attack of the Sunday School Zombies CD –about the right reasons and attitude to bring to church and coming to worship.
• Prayer –See my Lesson Ideas and Teaching Techniques for Teaching About Prayer
• Kingdom of God …so many of Jesus’ parables and teachings are about the Kingdom of God/Heaven. I’ve created four different Kingdom of God computer lab lesson plans and included video suggestions and drama/skits.
• See our suggestions for teaching about Stewardship with software
• Tribes of Israel, Jewish Traditions –use Quiz software such as Bible Grand Slam and Fall of Jericho CDs, or Bible CrossWords and WordSearch CDs to create quizzes and puzzles about the tribes, locations, vocabulary of the traditions, Holy Days, etc -related to the subject. Kids can create based on some discussion and reading, or teachers can create for the kids. Play on the computer or print out. Pathways Through Jerusalem CD’s “Tammar” tour guide of Jewish history. Some interesting things there too. Jewish Traditions

Teaching stories that have a lot of dialog, new vocabulary, long story lines, info:

•Use Quiz Software, Bible Crosswords & Word Games Software

•Let’s Talk CD …the program that let’s you or your students create a lesson & quiz or dialog which the computer can speak out loud. It’s particularly great for working in verses and stories where there is dialog and you want the kids to “re-script” the dialog in a new way (such as “in their own words” or “what were the people thinking to themselves during the story?” See our numerous lesson sketches that illustrate how to use Let’s Talk, including “How Few Can You Do” –the long passage condensing game.

Why come to church?

• “Attack of the Sunday School Zombies CD” CD is our a software game about the right reasons to come to worship and Sunday School.