Dinosaurs and the Bible

Terrible lizard. That's what the word "dinosaur" means, and the fact that many people believe that dinosaurs disprove the Bible is, indeed, terrible. But is it so hard to believe that dinosaurs were present in Bible days? This series shows that dinosaurs, which were merely animals, existed and are perhaps even spoken of by Scripture.

Series Overview

Week 1

"The Wisdom of Fools"

 
episode 12A summary:
The Wisdom of Fools
Does science prove that the existence of dinosaurs disproves the Bible? Not at all! This episode scrutinizes the faulty "science" that "disproves" the Bible and begins to show how dinosaurs actually fit into the Bible.
Key Verse:
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

NIV (shown), KJV, ESV, and HCSB versions included

This Episode Includes:
book smarts Bible lesson

"Preacher Noah" adapted from Genesis 6:11-7:11, Luke 17:26-27, 1 Peter 3:19-20, and 2 Peter 2:5

Noah preaches to onlooking scoffers as he continues to build his giant ark.

20-25 minutes required

Level 1 (Preschool) Lesson Included

Level 2 (Grades K-1st) Lesson Included

Level 3 (Grades 2-3) Lesson Included

Level 4 (Grades 4-6) Lesson Included

NIV, KJV, ESV and HCSB versions included

Print as many copies as needed

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Street Smarts Application Lesson

Lesson Focus:

Unlike the Bible, the world’s wisdom builds a house of cards that cannot withstand the test of truth.

Teaching Method:

A Scripture-guided object lesson will build a house of cards with man's "wisdom," only to watch it collapse under the weight of the truth.

20-25 minutes required

Level 1 (Preschool) Lesson Included

Level 2 (Grades K-1st) Lesson Included

Level 3 (Grades 2-3) Lesson Included

Level 4 (Grades 4-6) Lesson Included

NIV, KJV, ESV and HCSB versions included

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Optional Game

”Noodle Hockey”

Teams play a silly game of hockey with a plastic ball and using pool noodles for hockey sticks. Whenever a team scores, they must recite today’s Key Verse to win the point.

20-30 minutes suggested (optional)

Game supplies not furnished by TruthQuest

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Homework Sheet

Take-Home Worksheet

A sheet to send home with kids for continuing the learning at home.

Includes Memory Verse

Study Questions

Application Challenge

Redeemable for credit when signed by parents

Includes NIV, KJV, ESV and HCSB versions

Print as many copies as needed

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Family Study Sheet

Great for Family Devotions

This sheet, meant to be sent home for parents, provides in-depth Scripture references and commentary for further study on the day's lesson. Useful for study by parents or for Family Devotions.

Print as many copies as needed

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And that's Week 1!
All of these items are included in the first of five episodes from this Sunday School series!

Week 2

"Eden in a Graveyard"

 
episode 12B summary:
Eden in a Graveyard
Most scientists tell us that dinosaurs lived and disappeared millions of years before man lived on the earth. But if this is true, it poses a serious problem for the Bible's teachings about creation, sin, and redemption. Is it true that dinosaurs were long gone before man lived on the earth, or does the Bible show an entirely different story? This episode explores the flaws with man's "wisdom" and the integrity of the Scriptures.
Key Verse:
1 Corinthians 15:22
For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

NIV (shown), KJV, ESV, and HCSB versions included

This Episode Includes:
book smarts Bible lesson

"The Beginning of Death" adapted from Genesis chapter 3

God's perfect paradise falls under a curse as Adam and Eve sin, and death begins to reign on the earth.

20-25 minutes required

Level 1 (Preschool) Lesson Included

Level 2 (Grades K-1st) Lesson Included

Level 3 (Grades 2-3) Lesson Included

Level 4 (Grades 4-6) Lesson Included

NIV, KJV, ESV and HCSB versions included

Print as many copies as needed

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Street Smarts Application Lesson

Lesson Focus:

The Bible can and should be trusted, even when it comes to the creation of dinosaurs. To doubt Genesis is to doubt Christ!

Teaching Method:

Using paper cups and supplied visual aids, the teacher will build a pyramid of Biblical teaching, and will show how the entire pyramid crashes down when a foundational truth from Genesis is discarded.

20-25 minutes required

Level 1 (Preschool) Lesson Included

Level 2 (Grades K-1st) Lesson Included

Level 3 (Grades 2-3) Lesson Included

Level 4 (Grades 4-6) Lesson Included

NIV, KJV, ESV and HCSB versions included

Print as many copies as needed

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Optional Game

"Light Bulb/Birds and Bugs"

In a team-based "tag" game, players must run to their "safe zones" whenever "birds" or "bugs" is called out. Players who are tagged must join the opposing team, and the "tagging" team must recite today's Key Verse to win the point.

20-30 minutes suggested (optional)

Game supplies not furnished by TruthQuest

Print as many copies as needed

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Homework Sheet

Take-Home Worksheet

A sheet to send home with kids for continuing the learning at home.

Includes Memory Verse

Study Questions

Application Challenge

Redeemable for credit when signed by parents

Includes NIV, KJV, ESV and HCSB versions

Print as many copies as needed

Delivered via download only (with purchase), permanently available for re-download via TruthQuest account.

Family Study Sheet

Great for Family Devotions

This sheet, meant to be sent home for parents, provides in-depth Scripture references and commentary for further study on the day's lesson. Useful for study by parents or for Family Devotions.

Print as many copies as needed

Delivered via download only (with purchase), permanently available for re-download via TruthQuest account.

And that's Week 2!
All of these items are included in the second of five episodes from this Sunday School series!

Week 3

"Awesome-O-Saurus!"

 
episode 12C summary:
Awesome-O-Saurus!
God's original creation was beautiful and amazing, and this episode looks at some of the beautiful creatures that we call "dinosaurs" and how they lived in harmony with each other and with man, until the curse of sin came upon the world.
Key Verse:
Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

NIV (shown), KJV, ESV, and HCSB versions included

This Episode Includes:
book smarts Bible lesson

"Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!" adapted from Genesis chapter 1 and Isaiah 11:6-9

Adam gives names to the amazing animals that God created.

20-25 minutes required

Level 1 (Preschool) Lesson Included

Level 2 (Grades K-1st) Lesson Included

Level 3 (Grades 2-3) Lesson Included

Level 4 (Grades 4-6) Lesson Included

NIV, KJV, ESV and HCSB versions included

Print as many copies as needed

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Street Smarts Application Lesson

Lesson Focus:

Kids will learn that God’s original and good creation did not include death, sickness, or meat-eating animals!

Teaching Method:

Puppets and role-playing will illustrate to kids how the relationships between animals and between people all changed when sin entered the world.

20-25 minutes required

Level 1 (Preschool) Lesson Included

Level 2 (Grades K-1st) Lesson Included

Level 3 (Grades 2-3) Lesson Included

Level 4 (Grades 4-6) Lesson Included

NIV, KJV, ESV and HCSB versions included

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Optional Game

”Atomic Clock”

Kids for a circle around the teacher, who tosses a ball to the kids one at a time. Kids must quickly recite the next word from today’s Key Verse when they catch the ball, or the clock explodes!

20-30 minutes suggested (optional)

Game supplies not furnished by TruthQuest

Print as many copies as needed

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Homework Sheet

Take-Home Worksheet

A sheet to send home with kids for continuing the learning at home.

Includes Memory Verse

Study Questions

Application Challenge

Redeemable for credit when signed by parents

Includes NIV, KJV, ESV and HCSB versions

Print as many copies as needed

Delivered via download only (with purchase), permanently available for re-download via TruthQuest account.

Family Study Sheet

Great for Family Devotions

This sheet, meant to be sent home for parents, provides in-depth Scripture references and commentary for further study on the day's lesson. Useful for study by parents or for Family Devotions.

Print as many copies as needed

Delivered via download only (with purchase), permanently available for re-download via TruthQuest account.

And that's Week 3!
All of these items are included in the third of five episodes from this Sunday School series!

Week 4

"Dinosaurs and the Bible"

 
episode 12D summary:
Dinosaurs and the Bible
Are dinosaurs described in the Bible? There are, indeed, some creatures in Scripture that are called by names that are not familiar to us. Were these creatures elephants? Hippos? Crocodiles? Or, could they have been what we now call "dinosaurs?" This episode explores the issue.
Key Verse:
Romans 1:20
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

NIV (shown), KJV, ESV, and HCSB versions included

This Episode Includes:
book smarts Bible lesson

"God’s Mighty Creatures" adapted from Job 40 and 41

God describes the mighty behemoth and the fearsome leviathan to Job.

20-25 minutes required

Level 1 (Preschool) Lesson Included

Level 2 (Grades K-1st) Lesson Included

Level 3 (Grades 2-3) Lesson Included

Level 4 (Grades 4-6) Lesson Included

NIV, KJV, ESV and HCSB versions included

Print as many copies as needed

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Street Smarts Application Lesson

Lesson Focus:

Some creatures described in the Bible, particularly the behemoth and the leviathan from Job chapters 40 and 41, bear a close resemblance to what we now call dinosaurs.

Teaching Method:

Using a supplied "police lineup" visual aid, kids will be challenged to identify, based upon their Biblical descriptions, the animals most likely "guilty" of being the behemoth and the leviathan.

20-25 minutes required

Level 1 (Preschool) Lesson Included

Level 2 (Grades K-1st) Lesson Included

Level 3 (Grades 2-3) Lesson Included

Level 4 (Grades 4-6) Lesson Included

NIV, KJV, ESV and HCSB versions included

Print as many copies as needed

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Optional Game

”Ringworm”

Teams of kids stand holding their teammate’s hands while trying to maneuver a hula hoop over themselves from one end of their line to the other. When a team succeeds, they must recite today’s Key Verse to win the point.

20-30 minutes suggested (optional)

Game supplies not furnished by TruthQuest

Print as many copies as needed

Delivered via download only (with purchase), permanently available for re-download via TruthQuest account.

Homework Sheet

Take-Home Worksheet

A sheet to send home with kids for continuing the learning at home.

Includes Memory Verse

Study Questions

Application Challenge

Redeemable for credit when signed by parents

Includes NIV, KJV, ESV and HCSB versions

Print as many copies as needed

Delivered via download only (with purchase), permanently available for re-download via TruthQuest account.

Family Study Sheet

Great for Family Devotions

This sheet, meant to be sent home for parents, provides in-depth Scripture references and commentary for further study on the day's lesson. Useful for study by parents or for Family Devotions.

Print as many copies as needed

Delivered via download only (with purchase), permanently available for re-download via TruthQuest account.

And that's Week 4!
All of these items are included in the fourth of five episodes from this Sunday School series!

Week 5

"Endangered Species"

 
episode 12E summary:
Endangered Species
What happened to the dinosaurs? Why don't we see them today? What wiped them out? The same thing that threatens to wipe all of US out! This episode explains how sin ultimately resulted in the death of the dinosaurs, and how it threatens US too. But, we have a way to be saved...
Key Verse:
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

NIV (shown), KJV, ESV, and HCSB versions included

This Episode Includes:
book smarts Bible lesson

"The Great Flood of Sin" adapted from Genesis chapters 6-9

Noah's family sadly ponders the death and destruction being suffered during the flood as a result of man's sinfulness.

20-25 minutes required

Level 1 (Preschool) Lesson Included

Level 2 (Grades K-1st) Lesson Included

Level 3 (Grades 2-3) Lesson Included

Level 4 (Grades 4-6) Lesson Included

NIV, KJV, ESV and HCSB versions included

Print as many copies as needed

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Street Smarts Application Lesson

Lesson Focus:

The sin of man brought about the Genesis flood, which killed the dinosaurs that weren’t on the ark. As sin brought about death then, so it does today. But, as with the ark, we can be saved if we are in Christ.

Teaching Method:

An object lesson will show how the "dirt" of sin marred God's beautiful creation, and how a flood of water wiped it "cleaner." The lesson sets the stage for a gospel presentation, showing the kids how Jesus alone can make us clean from our sin, saving us from the destruction that befell the dinosaurs.

20-25 minutes required

Level 1 (Preschool) Lesson Included

Level 2 (Grades K-1st) Lesson Included

Level 3 (Grades 2-3) Lesson Included

Level 4 (Grades 4-6) Lesson Included

NIV, KJV, ESV and HCSB versions included

Print as many copies as needed

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Optional Game

”Bubble/Supply Line”

A relay race wherein teams race to move a set of plastic balls, one at a time, through a series of buckets. The first team to transfer all of their balls to the ending bucket wins a point if they can recite today’s Key Verse.

20-30 minutes suggested (optional)

Game supplies not furnished by TruthQuest

Print as many copies as needed

Delivered via download only (with purchase), permanently available for re-download via TruthQuest account.

Homework Sheet

Take-Home Worksheet

A sheet to send home with kids for continuing the learning at home.

Includes Memory Verse

Study Questions

Application Challenge

Redeemable for credit when signed by parents

Includes NIV, KJV, ESV and HCSB versions

Print as many copies as needed

Delivered via download only (with purchase), permanently available for re-download via TruthQuest account.

Family Study Sheet

Great for Family Devotions

This sheet, meant to be sent home for parents, provides in-depth Scripture references and commentary for further study on the day's lesson. Useful for study by parents or for Family Devotions.

Print as many copies as needed

Delivered via download only (with purchase), permanently available for re-download via TruthQuest account.

And that's Week 5!
All of these items are included in the fifth of five episodes from this Sunday School series!

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Bible Versions? NIV, KJV, ESV, HCSB (all included)
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Book Smarts Bible Lessons Bible stories, written in storybook form, with discussion questions. Provided at four teaching levels for five weeks.
Street Smarts Application Lessons Interactive, illustrative object lessons for showing practical application of the Biblical principles found in the Book Smarts lesson. Provided at four teaching levels for five weeks.
Scripture Sports Games Optional, simple, active games that involve memorizing the day's Key Verse. Provided for five weeks.
Homework Sheets Send-home worksheets that include the Key Verse, study questions, an application challenge, and a place for parental signature. Provided at four teaching levels for five weeks.
Family Study Sheets A send-home Bible study for parents, providing in-depth Scripture references and commentary about the day's lesson. Provided for five weeks.
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