The Christian Teacher

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Category: Sunday School Lessons

  • Things that Young People can do to Serve God Now

    Things that Young People can do to Serve God Now

    Free Sunday School lesson for pre-teens and teens on Things that Young People can do to Serve God Now in the Bible using the King James Bible. Begin the lesson with a series of questions: As a young person, you probably think that there isn’t a lot that you can do right now to serve God, and you give yourself the…

  • The Importance of Loving God: Lessons from a Man After God’s Own Heart

    The Importance of Loving God: Lessons from a Man After God’s Own Heart

    Free Sunday School lesson for pre-teens, teens, and young adults on the importance of loving God: lessons from a man after God’s own heart  Why did God love David so much? It was because David loved God.  He was by no means perfect, but God referred to him as a man after God’s own heart….

  • Are You Different? Living a Life that Reflects Christ

    Are You Different? Living a Life that Reflects Christ

    Free Sunday School lesson for teens and preteens on answering the questions: Are You Different? Living a Life that Reflects Christ  using the King James Bible. Open the lesson with a question: Have you ever met someone who claimed to be a Christian, but they did not act like it?  Give a personal example. I will…

  • Adam and Eve: What Really Happened in the Garden

    Adam and Eve: What Really Happened in the Garden

    Free Sunday School lesson for pre-teens, teens, and young adults on the fall of man using the King James Bible. Prior to this lesson, you need to familiarize yourself with Genesis chapters 1-3 KJV to determine which parts to read aloud with you students. (I prefer to read together as a class, calling on students to ensure…

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

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

    Free Sunday School lesson for teens and young adults on one of the greatest rebels in the Bible: the price of rebellion 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 the cost…

  • 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…

  • Why Can’t I Get Control of this Sin? How to Break Free

    Why Can’t I Get Control of this Sin? How to Break Free

    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…

  • Choosing Forgiveness: How Not to Be Bitter

    Choosing Forgiveness: How Not to Be Bitter

    Free Sunday School Lesson for all ages on Choosing Forgiveness: How Not to Be 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.  Notice how holding…

  • What Submission Means, and Why It’s Important for Christians

    What Submission Means, and Why It’s Important for Christians

    Free Sunday school lesson for pre-teens, teens, and older on what submission means, and why it’s important for Christians. Optional: Play hangman with your students about the words “submission” and/or “pride” to get their attention, then ask if anyone knows what these words mean.  Although this lesson focuses on submission, there are two things that…