Probably, for a few posts, I am going to mention the resources of Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum, and, in most cases, they will be resources for the Sunday School teacher.
Since we deal with children and adolescents, primarily, we do want to impress upon them the spiritual truths found in the lessons: the gospel, that Christ died for our sins, was buried, rose again the third day, and the fact of God's incredible love for us and, especially, that not only was the blood shed by Jesus Christ to atone, which, in itself, is a trememdous fact, but one which, only upon application, will save.
Having said that important fact, it is true that, as teachers of children, we need to dwell close to the story line, as well, to be accurate enough that the kids, when grown, will not have to look back at Sunday School as a site where 'facts' that had to be corrected by a 180-degree turn were given out.
In this post, however, I'm also thinking of another element, that of being close to the context in which the narratives originally occurred, and, by the way, that can sometimes aid in the accuracy, too, no?
So, this particular link is mainly about CONTEXT!
Dr. Fruchtenbaum, a Messianic Jewish teacher, has a series called "The Jewish Life of Jesus the Messiah." I found it most helpful as a preparation for me, as a teacher. I am not teaching older children, but I imagine that there would be much of this series that would be extremely helpful to those age groups, also.
There are two places I have found this. If you just want to check it out a bit, there is a shortened version on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwPnUhSaiEY&feature=youtube_gdata The Part 1 at this URL can be followed by Parts 2 to 5. However, these are very short.
If you are interested in a long version, Dr. F gave these lecture at a site called DeanBible which has a section devoted to Chafer Seminary Extension Courses. The link is as follows:
http://deanbible.org/andromedaCS.php?q=f&f=%2FJewish+Life+of+Christ
Now, if you want to OWN a set of these, you can always look at the Ariel Ministries link at
www.ariel.org
and go to the "Shopping" section, where they are available in both audio and video formats, I believe.
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