Saul’s Story At the beginning of Acts 9, Saul is a really bad dude. He is in hot pursuit of any followers of the “Way” (Christians) and has authority to put them in prison. On his way to Damascus, Saul was blinded by a light, fell to the ground, had a conversation with Jesus, didn’t […]
We’ve been recording our Main Street Teachings for over 4 years now. If you’re aware of how we cycle through the stories of the Bible every three years, then you’ll realize that the stories we are currently doing have a digital record from the three years prior. The fun part of is that it’s difficult […]
Nathan tells a story to David about a rich man and a poor man. The rich man steals the poor man’s beloved sheep to feed a traveler instead of using one of his own animals (of which he had plenty). David’s righteous anger is churned… until Nathan points his finger at David and tells him […]
Wow. The book of Judges had some really interesting characters in it. Especially one of the last ones, Samson. He just couldn’t figure out how to be a stable “image of God” bearer. It seemed like he always was in a rash state of mind—unstable is a word I would use. The Main Street students […]
The cycle of sin continues. The Israelites have been around the cycle 11 times up to this point. Samson (the next Judge) is the 12th. I don’t think the Israelites are quite getting what the LORD wants them to get: “To be the special representatives of God in the world is to show the world […]
The Israelites now have their own land. It is divided up among the tribes/states. Each tribe is tasked with driving out the remaining inhabitants of the land. But they fail. Over and over again in the last 10 chapters of Joshua, each tribe fails to dislodge the inhabitants of the land of Canaan. We asked […]
Love the Lord Your God Deuteronomy text Curriculum coming soon [kb, PDF] Graphic y1_w39 – Love the Lord your God [247kb, JPG] Coloring Sheet Love-the-Lord-Your-God [53kb, PDF] Year 1, Week 39 Bible story from the Main Street Curriculum Teachings insert source YouTube
Balaam’s Donkey Talks Numbers text Curriculum coming soon [kb, PDF] Graphic y1_w38 – Balaams Donkey Talks [505kb, JPG] Coloring Sheet Balaams-Donkey-Talks [54kb, PDF] Year 1, Week 38 Bible story from the Main Street Curriculum Teachings insert source YouTube
The Bronze Snake Numbers text Curriculum coming soon [kb, PDF] Graphic y1_w37 – The Bronze Snake [215kb, JPG] Coloring Sheet The-Bronze-Snake [53kb, PDF] Year 1, Week 37 Bible story from the Main Street Curriculum Teachings insert source YouTube
Moses Messes Up Numbers 20:1-13 Things have really been going badly for the people of Israel, the people of God. First, they refused to enter the land, thus sentenced to wander till that generation died. Second, Korah and his delinquent followers put up a smoke screen for a coup d’etat and ended up suffering the wrath […]
The Korah Rebellion and the Budding of Aaron’s Staff Numbers 16:1-50; 17:1-13 The people had disobeyed. They were to wander for forty, long years in the wilderness. The story below follows those grave decisions to complain, wail, and rebel. In addition, the people were getting sick and tired of Moses and Aaron telling them what […]
Twelve Spies, Rebellion and Wandering Numbers 13:1—14:45 Being in the desert was not optimal for the people (in their eyes). They deserved better (or so they thought) than what God was giving them. And who could blame them? They had been trekking in the desert on foot for a long time (possibly a year already), […]
Cloud, Fire and Quail at Mount Sinai Numbers 9:15—10:36; 11:1-35 The story ends in the book of Exodus with the nation of Israel poised at Mount Sinai awaiting further direction. They had just received instruction on the construction of the tabernacle and they built it. They had just received plenty of rules and regulations to […]
Tabernacle at Mount Sinai Exodus 35:4—40:38 The tabernacle was one of the most interesting things in Israelite history. Tabernacle means tent and is referred to as the Tent of Meeting. This special dwelling place would facilitate the meeting between the LORD God and man—specifically the Israelites. The tabernacle held the Ark of the Covenant, the Table […]
Moses and the Glory of Yahweh at Mount Sinai Exodus 33:12-23; 34:29-35 Moses had spent considerable time with the Lord up on the mountain—a couple of 40 days worth. God told Moses all of the laws and decrees that the nation of Israel were supposed to live by in order to be a holy and separate […]
Golden Calf Incident at Mount Sinai Exodus 32:1-35 This story pops out of what has been (in Exodus) an instructional account of how to make the tabernacle and how the Israelites are to live and act in this new land they are heading to. Ever since the declaration of the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20, […]
Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai Exodus 19:1 – 20:21 The Israelites were journeying across the desert on their way to the long-awaited Promise Land, when the Lord had them stop and camp at Mount Sinai, the mountain of God. This was THE MOUNTAIN that God had appeared to Moses in a burning bush and commissioned […]
Water and Food in the Desert Exodus 15:22 – 18:27 This section contains many stories of what happened with the Israelites after the Red Sea incident. Bitter water turned to sweetwater, manna and quail coming from the heavens to provide nourishment, water from the rock on Mount Sinai, the Amalekites defeat with the arms of Moses […]
The Escape From Egypt Exodus 12:31 – 14:31 Apparently the final plague was too much for the hard-hearted Pharaoh. He just could not contend and be stubborn against the God of the Israelites. So during the night, Pharaoh summoned Moses and told him that all the Israelites could leave (with no more conditions). “Go, worship […]
Ten Plagues Against Egypt Exodus 7:14 – 12:30 Talk about an awesome display of the power of God! The chronicles of the plagues of Egypt brings tingles up one’s spine! To actually place oneself in the shoes of an everyday Egyptian during those dreadful days would bring to light the enormity of what took place. […]