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  • The Biblical Creation story lesson plan

    This teacher’s copy of The Biblical Creation story lesson plan is printer-friendly. RESOURCES: A wastepaper bin with some rubbish in it.A smartphone.A flower or a leaf. STARTER: I have made something that I want you to see:I need a volunteer to say what they think of it. (Teacher’s note: Hold up the wastepaper bin with…

    Stormy sky with light piercing through. The Biblical Creation story lesson plan.

  • [1] What is God like? Who is God in the Bible?

    Is God distant? A Force for good? An old man with a grey beard? What is God like, he’s real, Father, a King carrying out his purposes, indescribable

    Sun breaking through the clouds.

  • Lifestyle and moral principles lesson plan

    This teacher’s copy of the Lifestyle and moral principles lesson plan is printer-friendly. RESOURCES: Cards with good values written on them – one per card: Each child gets just one of these cards. STARTER: Many people may not know very much about Christianity, but there is one thing that everybody would agree on, and that…

    Clothes on mannequins in a shopping mall. Lifestyle and moral principles lesson plan.

  • Lifestyle and moral principles worksheet 1

    Print page 2 only, to get just the worksheet. This lifestyle and moral principles worksheet 1 shows that This worksheet relates to the Lifestyle and moral principles lesson planWhich has a Lifestyle and moral principles worksheet 2See also: Lifestyle and moral principles. RE resources

  • Lifestyle and moral principles worksheet 2

    Print page 2 only, to get just the worksheet. The lifestyle and moral principles worksheet 2 shows that This worksheet relates to the Lifestyle and moral principles lesson planWhich has a Lifestyle and moral principles worksheet 1See also: Lifestyle and moral principles. RE resources

  • Lifestyle and moral principles. RE resources

    How should we live our lives? The children can look at some life choices and see what they would choose and why.The second lesson plan looks at a man called Zacchaeus who was very greedy and cheated people out of their money, that is until he met Jesus… 1. Teacher’s background information. Some people live…

  • [3] What is truth?

    What is truth, these days it is moveable, shifting, fitting in with the general sentiment. But the truth is not what the majority think and we need it…

    Harrier jump jet hovering in the air.

  • When were the Gospels written?

    When were the Gospels written and how can we find out when they and other New Testament documents were made? See a time line from about A.D. 30 (Jesus′ death and resurrection) to A.D. 110.

    An old scroll.

  • 3. Creation days 2 and 3 – atmosphere and vegetation

    Creation days 2 and 3. Until scientists studied the earth’s atmosphere, we never realised how important it is! Dry ground appears, vegetation grows..

    Sky and clouds

  • [3] What is our conscience – can we trust it?

    Is our conscience right? Is it wrong to ignore your conscience? Conscience meaning: a conscience is in EVERYONE… Secondly our conscience is not always right… Thirdly our conscience can be WASHED clean…

    Straw Bear Festival with their strange costumes.

  • [5] Timeline leading up to Jesus Christ

    Timeline leading up to Jesus Christ and into his early life from 600 BC with the Babylonian empire right up to John the Baptist.

    Ishtar Gate at Berlin Museum.

  • How reliable are sources in history?

    How reliable are sources in history, ancient documents like: Caesar′s manuscripts on the Gallic War, Gospels in the Bible, New Testament, Thucydides′ History of Peloponnesian War, Tacitus Histories? Let′s see the evidence for these writings, compared with the four Gospels…

    A fragment of a manuscript.

  • [2] How to guard against being deceived?

    Stop being deceived. Jesus said: ‘Watch out that no one deceives you.’ Subtle deceptions, signs and wonders, so look at the fruit, read the Bible…

    Peter Reason in the 1970's.

  • [4] What happens in times of persecution

    When we look at how Jesus describes the time leading up to the end of the world – with all the persecution it can all seem very scary! All that I considered as being stable, and dependable is being ripped away. All those things I hold as being fair, and noble, and honest, are just uprooted…

    Raging torrent sweeping through trees.

  • 6. Could early man write? Oral traditions passed on

    Oldest surviving inscriptions: 3300 BC. Could early man write before that? ‘Popular history’ says it was by word of mouth and includes exaggeration.

    Ink on Egyptian Papyrus.

  • 4. The prophet Jesus is greater than Moses Part 2

    Jesus is greater than Moses so let′s look at some of the similarities in respect of: being a law giver, leading out of slavery, creating new worship…

    Hands raised in worship.

  • [3] What is Christian doctrine? Go Shake Your World With It!

    Facebook has its doctrine. Doctrine contrary to popular opinion, is not legalism. What is church doctrine? Doctrine is just the working essentials for…

    David Jenkins in 2013 at St Mary's Barnard Castle in the Diocese of Durham.

  • [7] Looking for and needing revival

    Does the poor condition of churches, or a godless society stop revival? Revivals often were spawned by reading past moves of God. Learning from how George Whitefield was revived.

    George Whitefield preaching.