The Sunday School Zone Blog
The Sunday School Zone Blog contains insights on children’s spiritual formation as well as tips, ideas, and suggestions to help Christian parents and leaders as they work with kids of all abilities (and even adults with special needs) at home, church, and school. If you would like to contribute to the blog, please visit our Writer Inquiries page and then send us an explanatory email at [email protected] describing the kind of writing you’d like to do. We welcome those who have something of substance to say to Christian parents and teachers of children. You already know that Sunday School Zone offers tons of free, printable Bible activities for kids. If you think you’d like to contribute, please read more…
“Created” In The Bible
How should we understand the word “created” in the Bible? The first verb attributed to God in the Bible is the word typically translated in English Bibles as created. The New Life Version (Canby, OR: Christian Literature International, 1986) is an exception; the translators of this Bible intentionally used a limited English vocabulary to convey…
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“Crazy” In The Bible
How should we understand the concept of “crazy” in the Bible? After Peter’s miraculous escape from prison in Acts 12:6-10, the fisherman-turned-preacher made his way to the home of Mary, who was the mother of John Mark. At Mary’s home many of the believers had gathered together and were praying for Peter (see vv. 11-12).…
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The Ark In The Bible
Prior to the flood, God told Noah, “I have decided to put an end to every creature, for the earth is filled with wickedness because of them; therefore I am going to destroy them along with the earth” (Gen. 6:13). Then God told Noah, “Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the…
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Ur of the Chaldeans
Genesis 11:31-32 states, “Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haram’s son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there. Terah lived 205 years and died in Haran.”…
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“God Will Provide” In The Bible
We can learn much about God’s provision in the story of God’s call to Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac. So, what can we learn about the phrase “God will provide” in the Bible? Genesis 22:8 are key verses in the account of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Isaac. God’s Provision for Abraham Here are verses…
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“Astonishment” In The Bible
What is “astonishment” in the Bible? According to the Holman Christian Standard Bible, after Jesus brought a 12-year old girl back to life in Mark 5:21-24,35-42, Mark recorded that the crowd of people who witnessed this miracle “were utterly astounded” (v. 42, HCSB). The translators of the King James Version, however, put it this way:…
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God’s Expectations of His Followers as Seen in Genesis 22
What are God’s expectations? The late Dr. Adrian Rodgers, longtime pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church (Memphis, TN area), once told the story of a woman who was under deep conviction on the first night of a series of evangelistic services. She wanted to receive Christ, but she didn’t want to walk down in front of…
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Philip In The Bible
Who was Philip in the Bible? Philip was the name of one of Jesus’ 12 apostles (see Mark 3:13-19; Luke 6:12-16; John 6:4-7), although we don’t know a great deal about him. But Philip was also the name of a different individual in the early church in Jerusalem. It is this leader in the Jerusalem…
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Philippi In The Bible
Why was Philippi in the Bible important? After Paul received a vision in which a man from Macedonia stood and asked him to come to Macedonia and help, Paul and his company “set out for” the Roman province, concluding that God wanted them to evangelize the people who lived there also (Acts 16:10). Luke continued,…
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