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.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Kids and Prophecy
Lately, I came across a super-interesting resource, which is a ten-lesson Sunday School series called "Messianic Prophecies for Children." I got it at a Messianic website -- a really good one -- called Ariel Ministries [www.ariel.org].
Come to think of it -- it makes sense that a Messianic site might just have something on it about the promised Messiah, eh?
Interestingly, the resource book is written and compiled by Ruth Wardell and Jackie Hager. Ruth Wardell, some of you may recall, was a young worker in a Jewish ministry in Brooklyn, and was one who, I believe, led the then teen-aged Arnold Fruchtenbaum to saving faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. The rest is, as they say, history, for he has since become a treasured beacher of the Bible, and the ministry mentioned above seeks first, to evangelize Jewish people, and secondly, to disciple both Jews and Gentile believers.
There is a host of free resources on the site mentioned above, and, in particular, and I've personally benefitted from them immensely. The "Come and See" resource is multifaceted and has tests for each segment
I'll probably mention this on another post, for those who are looking for background material on 1 and 2 Kings, but there is a complete set of audio's on these books.
Today's particular resource is not one of the free ones, but can be ordered over the Internet, and may be well worth the reasonable amount they charge.
Getting back to the "Messianic Prophecies for Children," a curriculum geared to the 10-to-13-year-old Sunday School student, what is included is a page for the teacher, an informational page for the student, and, as well, a full-page verse-of-the-week, probably used most often for memorization, and easily mountable on a bedroom wall to facilitate that process! One visiting student told me he was going to mount his verse -- probably because he liked it intrinsically.
Anyway, as we were leaving the Old Testament curriculum that I'd been using in my class, and were about to start the New Testament, I realized that it would be highly appropriate to take the prophecies relating to the coming of Jesus before we got into Matthew or Luke's account -- it would be so much more meaningful to have the backdrop of Old Testament prophecy. the minuI find it immensely strengthening to faith to look at promises that were one and two and more years in advance and to realize that these promises and clues and prophecies were kept in detail.
The nice thing about the cost is that you do not have to send for Student Books -- everything is in reproducible form in the one book, so it's just a visit to the photocopy machine, I think.
If you are looking for visuals, however, you will need to bring your own. On a future post, I hope to share some good resource places for Bible visuals, especially those that are in coloring-page form. I know you can find them, but perhaps it might save you some time.
Shortly after thinking about this, I began to work on the idea of a timeline -- but a pictorial one -- and I'll get back to this in a future post.
Just then, I saw the announcement of this resource, and sent for it -- more or less forthwith. Just to give you an idea, I'll mention the ten headings, as follows:
http://arielc.org/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AMC&Product_Code=brb-mpfc&Category_Code=
Just thought I would pass this along!
Come to think of it -- it makes sense that a Messianic site might just have something on it about the promised Messiah, eh?
Interestingly, the resource book is written and compiled by Ruth Wardell and Jackie Hager. Ruth Wardell, some of you may recall, was a young worker in a Jewish ministry in Brooklyn, and was one who, I believe, led the then teen-aged Arnold Fruchtenbaum to saving faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. The rest is, as they say, history, for he has since become a treasured beacher of the Bible, and the ministry mentioned above seeks first, to evangelize Jewish people, and secondly, to disciple both Jews and Gentile believers.
There is a host of free resources on the site mentioned above, and, in particular, and I've personally benefitted from them immensely. The "Come and See" resource is multifaceted and has tests for each segment
I'll probably mention this on another post, for those who are looking for background material on 1 and 2 Kings, but there is a complete set of audio's on these books.
Today's particular resource is not one of the free ones, but can be ordered over the Internet, and may be well worth the reasonable amount they charge.
Getting back to the "Messianic Prophecies for Children," a curriculum geared to the 10-to-13-year-old Sunday School student, what is included is a page for the teacher, an informational page for the student, and, as well, a full-page verse-of-the-week, probably used most often for memorization, and easily mountable on a bedroom wall to facilitate that process! One visiting student told me he was going to mount his verse -- probably because he liked it intrinsically.
Anyway, as we were leaving the Old Testament curriculum that I'd been using in my class, and were about to start the New Testament, I realized that it would be highly appropriate to take the prophecies relating to the coming of Jesus before we got into Matthew or Luke's account -- it would be so much more meaningful to have the backdrop of Old Testament prophecy. the minuI find it immensely strengthening to faith to look at promises that were one and two and more years in advance and to realize that these promises and clues and prophecies were kept in detail.
The nice thing about the cost is that you do not have to send for Student Books -- everything is in reproducible form in the one book, so it's just a visit to the photocopy machine, I think.
If you are looking for visuals, however, you will need to bring your own. On a future post, I hope to share some good resource places for Bible visuals, especially those that are in coloring-page form. I know you can find them, but perhaps it might save you some time.
Shortly after thinking about this, I began to work on the idea of a timeline -- but a pictorial one -- and I'll get back to this in a future post.
Just then, I saw the announcement of this resource, and sent for it -- more or less forthwith. Just to give you an idea, I'll mention the ten headings, as follows:
- Mystery of Messianic Prophecy
- Birthplace of the Messiah
- Lineage of the Messiah (e.g.: Abraham, Judah, David)
- Titles of the Messiah
- Triumphal Entry of the Messiah
- Death of the Messiah
- Grave of the Messiah
- Resurrection of the Messiah
- Ascension of the Messiah
- Reign of the Messiah
http://arielc.org/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AMC&Product_Code=brb-mpfc&Category_Code=
Just thought I would pass this along!
Monday, July 16, 2012
Teens/Twenties
Doubts, of various types, underlie some of the reticence to commit, in one way or another, to the Christian gospel, whether it is the reticence of an unbeliever to move forward into serious engagement with the gospel, or whether it is the reticence of a believer to express faith openly, where those around are skeptical. Or it may be the reticence of one committed to one of the main world religions, who does not really take Jesus seriously at all. Anyway, here's a wonderful 30-minute film, The Jesus Accounts," that is available in several languages, and the link is http://thejesusaccounts.tv/
Teens/Adults: Many Languages
Sunday School Resources:The Jesus Accounts
This is a half-hour film that has proven helpful to those who might have questions relating to the reliability of the the Christian Bible, and as to whether it really depicts the life of Jesus Christ accurately.
It is available in a good number of languages, which you will find on the site, above.
This is a half-hour film that has proven helpful to those who might have questions relating to the reliability of the the Christian Bible, and as to whether it really depicts the life of Jesus Christ accurately.
It is available in a good number of languages, which you will find on the site, above.
Other Languages
Have you ever wished that you could give Sunday School students, or their parents, a gospel resource written or spoken in the mother-tongue spoken by the family at home? Here is one answer to that problem. The GRN site has a tremendous number of resources in both audio and written form, and the great thing is that you can check most reources out in English, in order to decide whether this is the particular message you would like to send home. I have put the link to the ENGLISH-LANGUAGE SCRIPT below -- take a look, and see what might be useful for you. This is a day and age in which many communities are multicultural ones, but English is the dominant language of school and work. The "heart-language," however, the one in which family members may feel most comfortable, may be a language other than English. Here is the link to this resource: http://globalrecordings.net/en/scripts/en
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Adam, Noah, Jonah, Jeremiah: Stories for Kids
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
The Most Important Story in the World in 118 Languages
Here is a link to a very important resource, used by such groups as Operation Mobilization. The good thing is that it is available in many languages -- 118, I believe:
You Tube Post: Uniqueness of Christianity
Enjoy this very good YouTube presentation on The Uniqueness of Christianity. The speaker is Jabe Nicholson:
Monday, October 31, 2011
Life of Jeremiah
Bible Stories: Jeremiah
Author:
Julia Shipley
Just a little way from the capital city of Jerusalem there lived a man who was one of the priests of the temple. When a baby boy was born into their home, he and his wife named him Jeremiah. This means “The Lord doth establish.” They must have believed that their little son was to do a special work for God.
Jeremiah lived at the time of the good King Josiah. Though Jeremiah was from the line of the priests, God called him when he was very young to be a prophet. He may have been eighteen when God spoke to him. God said to him, “Before you were born, you were set apart for a special work. I have called you to be a prophet to the nations.”
Jeremiah felt very helpless and afraid. He said, “O Lord, I am just a child, and I am not old enough or wise enough to speak for Thee.” Then the Lord said to him, “Don’t say, I am just a child, and don’t be afraid. You are to go where I send you and speak whatever I tell you. I will be with you to take care of you.” Then the Lord touched Jeremiah’s mouth and said to him, “See, I will put My words in your mouth. Do not be afraid of the faces of the people for I am with you.”
The true prophets were not popular with the people because they brought them a message they did not want to hear. After the death of good King Josiah the people had gone back again to their idols. Their sins had become so great that God could no longer keep from punishing them. But first he sent Jeremiah to give them another warning.
He said, “You have sinned against the Lord. You have turned away from His love and have gone after other gods. If you repent even now, God will watch over you. But if you will not turn away from your wicked ways, a mighty nation from the north will come against you with a strong army. They will take your land and take you as prisoners back to their land.”
God told Jeremiah to go down to Jerusalem and give this message. He was to stand by the temple gate where many people passed. Another time God told him to go to the palace and preach to the king. Neither the rulers nor the people wanted to hear the message which Jeremiah so faithfully gave. They became angry with him and threatened to kill him if he did not stop.
They wanted only to hear only pleasant things. They did not want to hear the Word of God when it told them of their sins. But Jeremiah did not stop giving them God’s message, for he must obey God whether the people were pleased or not.
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/christianity-articles/bible-stories-jeremiah-871363.html
About the AuthorJulia Shipley is a committed Christian worshipping and serving in her local church. She has a heart for the young children and the youth believing the word of God is the final authority. For information regarding Sunday school lessons and other Bible stories visit http://www.quick-christian-resources.com
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