Bible Skills Articles
If we believe the Bible is God’s Word, then we should help our children develop a love for the Bible that includes the ability to navigate its pages and understand how the Bible is organized. The articles below can help you teach kids important Bible skills as well as understand WHY Bible skills and knowledge of the Bible are important. In addition, we also have free activities that can help you with this important task.
Popular Bible Verses for Kids
The verses listed below are popular verses that children are likely to encounter along the way in church or other places. This is a great list to start with if children are just beginning to memorize Scripture because they’re likely to hear these verses or passages referenced in sermons or other places. In many instances only…
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10 Commandments for Kids
The Ten Commandments were given by God to His people centuries ago and continue to provide a framework for understanding what God expects from us and how we are to treat one another. Learning the Ten Commandments should be among the basic Bible skills that children learn when they are young. Learning such things at…
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Interpreting the 10 Commandments for Kids
When God freed the Hebrew people from bondage in Egypt, He brought them to Mt. Sinai where He constituted them as a special nation and His chosen people. There He entered into a covenant relationship with them. This covenant relationship was based on a set of laws revealed by God through Moses. These laws were to govern…
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Helping Kids with Bible Navigation
If you want children engaged in the Bible, they need to be able to find Scripture verses easily. This Bible skill is what we call Bible navigation. Bible navigation simply means a child is able to locate Bible references by easily “navigating” his or her way through the books, chapters, and verses of the Bible. Here are…
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Helping Kids Memorize Scripture
Kids should be encouraged to memorize Scripture from an early age. The younger children are when they begin memorizing the Bible, the easier it will be for them to develop the basic skills and not perceive the task as “school work” or something they don’t want to do. While Scripture memory may seem like a…
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Fun Ways to Teach How the Bible is Organized
As with most memory work, there is an element of repetitive rote learning when it comes to learning how the Bible is organized (the divisions of the Bible books). However, just as there are fun ways to teach kids the books of the Bible, there are fun ways to teach how the Bible is organized…
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What do we want kids to do while they’re at church? Obviously, we want them to follow the messages, to listen to the messages, and to learn the messages. Seems pretty simple. But listening is easier when you are following along in your Bible, and learning is easier when you are listening. And all of it is…
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Fun Ways to Memorize the Books of the Bible
Teaching the books of the Bible to children can feel like a daunting task. After all, there are 66 of them! Most Christian parents and teachers, however, understand the value of memorizing the books of the Bible. It’s a skill that will be appreciated more as a person ages, no matter how long they live.…
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Teaching Basic Bible Skills
So, you want your kids to know the Bible, but you also want your kids to KNOW the BIBLE, as in know the features of the actual book. Teaching Bible skills is a bit different than teaching Bible truths, but both are important in the lives of children. What, then, is the difference between Bible…
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