Free Bible Story Handouts

Rev. Robert LaMay sent me along this link to some very useful resources on "Children's" Bible Stories.

I put the word "Children" in quotation marks because Bible Stories AREN'T just for children.

Bible stories are for everyone who loves God's Word... if we're going to teach the "whole Bible", we have to include the stories don't we? The narratives are most of the Bible! We treat them though as if knowing them is only relevant to children.

But back to this resource.

This is a resource from Calvary Chapel a large "interdenominational" church. There are no major "doctrinal objections" you'll find for the most part unless you have a theological opposition to coloring or crosswords. I likely won't be using them to teach on subjects like the "The Millennium" any time soon or some other stories they include, but even the handout on Revelation 20 is simply a coloring picture along with questions that are reviews of the actual scripture text and other word finding handouts.

There are handouts for 325 Bible studies. Most are the great narratives of the Bible spanning major events through the Old and New Testaments. Each one consists of a picture (for coloring), memory verse and study questions, crosswords,mazes, "find the word", "fill in the blank" and "true/false" exercise and other fun activities. The Bible Story resources I previewed had 7 pages of resources for each Bible Story.

Put some these in the bulletin and your problem will be keeping them from doing the crosswords during your sermon! In other words, the resources here aren't just for children. Adults will enjoy them too and it will help them review and internalize the material in a Bible Story. These are excellent accompaniments for Sunday School or sermons featuring Bible Storytelling.

Use your discretion should you happen to find something that's theologically naive (I haven't had time to review each 7 page handout for all 325 Bible studies!) If you keep DeGraaf's work handy, you won't go far wrong and will have some good resources for your listeners.

Overall though, it can save you alot of time when you're trying to start a Bible Story telling program and need some resources to help "cement" what people are taught.

Here's the link to the Spanish Version

OK, so who's doing the Hungarian version?