Using her passion and gift for teaching children, Sofi Smith has taken Pastor Stephen Armstrong's popular Romans study and modified the lessons so as to better teach children. She has succesfully taught this programme to the children in her own church, and we are now able to share with you.
The book of Romans can be accessible for those aged 5-13, following along with the verse-by verse method.
God's Big Letter of Truth
Paul's letter to the Romans is one of the most important books in the whole Bible. It's like a big classroom lesson from God about what we believe as Christians. Some people even call it a "theology book" - which just means it teaches us about God and His plan for people.
Long ago, Martin Luther, a famous church leader, said that every Christian should memorize Romans word-for-word. That shows us how important this book is! Even if we don't memorize it all, we can still learn so much from it.
The Big Idea
Romans shows us that God is holy, people are sinful, and Jesus is our Savior. By trusting in Jesus, we are made right with God and learn to live in a way that pleases Him.
What Romans Teaches Us
Some of the things we wil cover include:
Sin - How everyone is separated from God and needs His forgiveness.
Salvation - Jesus saves us when we believe in Him.
Grace - God's favor of love and forgiveness, not something we can earn.
Faith - The gift we receive to trust in Jesus and what He did for us on the cross.
Sanctification - How God changes us to live more like Jesus every day.
God's Plan for Israel - How His promises to His people are still true.
Election and Predestination - How God chooses and calls people to Himself.
Why Romans Matters for Kids
Romans helps us understand why we need Jesus.
It shows us what God has done to save us.
It teaches us how to live as God's children in everyday life.
Simple Big Idea for Kids:
Romans is God's letter that explains the Good News - we are all sinners, but God gave us Jesus so we can be forgiven and live for Him!
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The book of second Samuel continues the historical account of David's rise as king of Israel. The story picks up where first Samuel ends, as David contends with the deaths of Saul and his best friend, Jonathan, and the fight for the throne of Israel begins. The book traces the rise of David to power, his fall into temptation and the discipline of the Lord, and his renewal as a man after God's own heart.
If you believe, like we do, that there is no better way to study the life of David than through a verse-by-verse study, you've come to the right place. We will examine the life of this inspiring man in detail through 24 chapters of turmoil, temptation, struggle, redemption, forgiveness and triumph, and we hope you will join us.
New lessons will be posted weekly. To participate in the weekly study in person or online, visit our Live Event or Livestream pages.
When compared to the other three Gospel accounts, the Gospel of Matthew is distinctly Jewish. Matthew wrote from the perspective of Old Testament prophecy to demonstrate New Testament fulfillment in the Person of Jesus Christ.
Matthew's Gospel is well-known for its distinctive features like Jesus' birth story, the Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus' confrontations with the Pharisees and His in-depth explanations of end-times events.
As we present this important book, we'll give careful attention to the details without losing sight of Matthew's major ideas and themes. Together with our previous studies in Luke and John, we're rounding out the full story of Jesus' arrival and work on earth. Every Christian can profit from such a grounding.
This study began January 25, 2018, as part of Verse By Verse Fellowship's weekly worship service, and new lessons will be posted weekly.
Please Note: This study offers audio lessons only for Lesson 1A-15C. Both audio and video are available for all lessons starting at Lesson 16A.
To attend the teaching in person, please visit our Gospel of Matthew Events page. To watch the latest lesson live on video visit our Live Stream page and check the schedule for times.
Many Christians consider Revelation to be a mysterious and even frightening book of scripture. Some avoid studying it, and among those who do try, many find it confusing. Why does the book confound so many and give rise to so many conflicting interpretations? The answer: because it's the final book of the Bible.
The Bible with its 66 books can be compared to a novel having 66 chapters. Like a novel, the storyline builds from front to back, with the characters, themes and plot elements introduced early and developed across many chapters. Obviously, the Bible doesn't read like most novels, but it was intended to be understood as a single work, and it did have a single Author.
Now consider what would happen if you selected a novel from the shelves of your local bookstore and decided to read only the final chapter. How much of that final chapter would you understand? Most likely, you would be thoroughly confused. Naturally, only after reading the entire book would the final chapter make any sense.
Likewise, we could see Revelation as the final chapter in God's 66-chapter novel called the Bible. In the same way that we must read a novel cover to cover before understanding it properly, so must Bible students have an understanding of the Bible's first 65 books before they can truly understand its final book.
Under these circumstances, a verse-by-verse teaching of Revelation would be a challenging endeavor. How do you teach the last chapter in a novel when you can't be sure your audience has studied the first 65 books? The answer is simple: you teach them the entire Bible!
Consequently, our Revelation study examines not only the 22 chapters of John's vision, it also covers relevant sections of Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy, Leviticus, Ruth, Kings and Chronicles, Job, the Psalms, Daniel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, all the minor prophets, the Gospels and the Epistles. Virtually every book of the Bible will be consulted during our in-depth course, leading many VBVM students to say that our Revelation study is an attempt to teach the entire Bible in a single course. We know no other way to do it!
This 2020 version of VBVMI's most popular Bible study was updated with new content and visuals, including video for all lessons. You can choose either to watch the videos or listen to the MP3 audio teaching since both contain the same material. Enhance your understanding by downloading the PDF study notes and full-color visual aids for projection or printing. Use all the materials to study for yourself or to teach the class to others.
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