• The Price of Rebellion: Lessons from One of the Greatest Rebels in the Bible

    The Price of Rebellion: Lessons from One of the Greatest Rebels in the Bible

    Free Sunday School lesson for teens and young adults on The Price of Rebellion: Lessons from One of the Greatest Rebels in the Bible using the King James Bible. Begin lesson with famous sayings where students fill in the blanks:  You reap what you ______ (sow) What goes around _________ __________ (comes around)  Sin has a price, and…

  • Samson the (Not So) Strong

    Samson the (Not So) Strong

    Free Sunday School lesson for pre-teens and teens on the Biblical figure Samson using the King James Bible. Begin the lesson with some questions: Who was Samson, and what was he known for?  Samson’s life was a great downward spiral. He messed up and never got right. He took advantage of God’s grace.  What was…

  • Dare to Be Like Daniel

    Dare to Be Like Daniel

    Free Sunday School lesson for pre-teens and teens on the Biblical figure Daniel using the King James Bible. Open the lesson by asking students what they know about Daniel.   (Optional) Play a True / False game to test their knowledge of this famous Biblical figure.  Our lesson text is Daniel 1 KJV. Ask a…

  • Bringing the Past to Life: Teaching Spanish with a Biblical Worldview

    Bringing the Past to Life: Teaching Spanish with a Biblical Worldview

    This post will discuss how I incorporate a Christian perspective or Biblical worldview when teaching the Spanish past tense at the small, Christian school where I currently teach. However, first, I will go into detail on how I introduce the past tense. The past tense in Spanish (el pretérito y el imperfecto) is something that…

  • Why Can’t I Stop? Breaking Free from the Sin That Won’t Let Go

    Why Can’t I Stop? Breaking Free from the Sin That Won’t Let Go

    A Free Sunday School lesson for teens and older answering the question: Why can’t I get control of this sin?  Many Christians struggle with something known as a “besetting” sin, which means there is a sin that they continue to struggle with and can’t get victory over no matter how hard they try. Although Christians…

  • Land of the South

    Land of the South

    Blue hazed mountains are my bones. Running rivers are my veins. Trees stretch high into my thoughts. Lone coyotes howl my pain.  Wind tousles my grassy hair. Cattle march to my heart’s beat. A star-filled night blankets my eyes. Whippoorwills sing my melody.  Under the mountain sits my house. Here I find rest; here is my home. Here, in this land of the…

  • Game Night: The Last Round

    Game Night: The Last Round

    It was game night. In the fifteen years since graduating high school, we’d only cancelled our monthly game night six times. Maybe seven. I couldn’t be sure.   This month it was at Jena and Dan’s house, and the game was Pictionary. There was always a bit of Charades too because we probably didn’t play it…

  • Choosing Forgiveness: How Not to Grow Bitter

    Choosing Forgiveness: How Not to Grow Bitter

    Free Sunday School Lesson for pre teens, teens, and older on Choosing Forgiveness: How Not to Grow Bitter. Begin the lesson with an ice breaker: have two student volunteers attempt to hold books above their heads for as long as they can. Consider giving a prize to the student who can hold out the longest. …