Here's a unique approach to Bible lessons for children!
If you want your kids to study the Bible in structured Bible study lessons, class groups may meet once a week for a few hours. These classes are typically oriented towards ultimate confirmation in the faith.
However, kids often have many more questions than there are time for thorough answers within the time allotted. They may have questions and simply not ask them.
Here's a way you can augment weekly Bible lessons for children in a way that's actually fun for kids, enabling them to track down interesting information and answers, almost instantaneously. You may have guessed by now – Bible software. You may not know just how sophisticated the current software packages are. Let's see what electronic Bible lessons for children has to offer.
Today, there are so many online Bible study websites, you'll have no trouble finding online references, passages, Bible study tools and the like. There are also websites which provide free downloads of different versions of the Bible, such as the King James Red Letter, or King James including the Apocrypha, as well as many others.
You can find a variety of Bible commentaries, dictionaries, encyclopedias and Biblical maps. It gets even better. You can download as many versions and reference materials as you like, which are, when installed, incorporated into a single integrated tool! This type of software is perfect for structuring Bible lessons for kids at home, not just once a week. A site I often use is http://bible.crosswalk.com
So how do you, the parent, put together home Bible lessons for children in a meaningful, instructive way? Let's look at an example of how you might use such software.
Let's say that your kids often squabble over toys. Your first lesson might explore Jesus' teachings on what love means. You search the New Testament and come up with the following verses:
Mark 12:31 The second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' No other commandment is greater than these."
and
Luke 6:35 Love your enemies! Do good to them! Lend to them! And don't be concerned that they might not repay. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to the unthankful and to those who are wicked.
A perfect starting point for your home Bible lessons for children. Choose everyday situations to which your kids can relate and discuss with you and each other. Ask them to write a paragraph or two on how these verses relate to fighting over their possessions. You may find them taking some of their discussions to their regular Bible classes, to everyone's benefit. Isn't this the whole point of giving Bible lessons for children?
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