Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus is fascinating, but what is the best way to introduce it in a children’s sermon? (I’ve written grown-up meditations on this text a couple of times. One is here for Trinity of Year B, and one is here for Lent 2 of Year A.) My first inclination with a Gospel text […]
A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 4:1-11
As with many passages, writing a children’s sermon on Matthew 4:1-11 is made challenging by the sheer amount of weighty detail, and the theological puzzles. Do I discuss all three temptations? Complicated. Do I try to explain the concept of temptation? Pretty vague. Do I discuss the paradox of God in the flesh experiencing temptation […]
A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 17:1-9
The Transfiguration is about as mysterious a text as you’ll find in the Gospel. That makes preparing a children’s sermon on Matthew 17:1-9 pretty challenging. How do you help kids find something useful in a story that their parents probably find baffling? I’d love to hear your thoughts on this one. And of course you […]
A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 5:21-37
Developing a children’s sermon on Matthew 5:21-37 is challenging on two fronts. First, this passage is not a story. Second, it contains several distinct and difficult teachings. Here he talks about four separate kinds of law. I think it is wise to take just one topic for a children’s sermon. That leaves the question of […]
A Children’s Sermon: Matthew 5:13-20
Matthew 5:13-20 In a children’s sermon on Matthew 5:13-20 the challenge is that in the text there actually are three distinct units. For a children’s sermon I think it is wisest to just pick one. (See my Monday Meditation on this same text through this link.) When telling a Bible story to children, I like […]
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