The Answer Is Always Jesus: 74 Children's Sermons for All Occasions

ABOUT THE BOOK The book contains seventy-four childrens sermons for all occasions. Pastors homeschoolers parents who often lead family devotions or other storytellers will find these stories along with comments about props and how to prepare and present them to be an invaluable asset in reconnecting with the simplest most profound truths of Scripture and then to envision how best to communicate these so even a child can understand them. A great gift for holidays birthdays or special events. FROM THE BOOK In The Clockmaker chapter Aram describes bringing to the sermon the pieces of a clock in a shoebox and then shaking it long and hard to see if the clock could put itself together. When it didnt he proposed shaking it harder and longer. But the kids told him the clock needed a person to put it together. Oh! he said. So what youre telling me is that in order to have a clock you need a clockmaker right? Okay so let me ask you this. How did this beautiful world come into existence? Did it just happen by chance? [No! they shouted.] Of course not! Just as a clock tells us that there must have been a clockmaker so the world tells us that Someone must have made this - that it couldnt have just happened by chance. Who made the world? Thats right - the answer to every childrens sermon: JESUS! ABOUT THE COVER The author with one of his favorite Palm Sunday props Firecracker who carried Aram down the aisle many times to the delight of children and adults alike. FROM THE AUTHOR The purpose of these sermons is to embrace the incredible mystery and paradox of the Gospel (For whoever desires to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it Luke 9:24). Ironically children are more able to grasp these concepts than are we adults. Yet we think we need to try to explain to them every mystery and paradox of God - and that this will adequately equip their minds. But all the while - just like us - theyre longing to be captivated in their hearts by something bigger. They want to encounter Someone who cant be reduced to a set of principles Someone who promises to fulfill their young hearts desire for adventure and wonder.