PowerPoint presentations for teaching the Bible to children
Use them in school assemblies or RE classes, church, Sunday school, kids’ clubs, at home – or anywhere else you can think of!
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John 1 – the Word
£5.00
John 1 – the Word
£5.00A Bible story PowerPoint presentation: John 1 – In the beginning was the Word
Lots of pictures to choose from – you won’t need them all, as a few are alternatives. Also I would not advise overwhelming the kids by covering every verse – pick a main point and get that over!
Includes chart showing which pictures go with which verse.
• The Word was with God
• The Word was God
• Through him all things were made
• Life/light
• John is a witness to the light
• His own did not recieve him (two versions: 1st century and modern)
• Those who did recieve him (two versions: 1st century and modern)
• Children born not of natural descent, but born of God
• The Word became a human being
• Unborn baby Jesus
• Jesus in manger
• Jesus grows up
• John testifies about Jesus
• We have seen his glory
• The law through Moses, grace through Jesus
• God the one and only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known(18 slides)
Price includes a free upgrade if/when a new version becomes available.
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Jesus age transition slide
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Jesus age transition slide
£0.00Genuinely free – no strings attached!
A Bible story PowerPoint slide: Jesus grows up – baby, toddler, child, teenager, adult
Use this slide as a segue between Christmas and other gospels lessons.
Ideal for use at the beginning of term in January. Or with children who are unfamiliar with the Bible, but do have some vague knowledge of the Christmas story.
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(1 slide)
Price includes a free upgrade if/when a new version becomes available.
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Road to Emmaus
£5.00
Road to Emmaus
£5.00A Bible story PowerPoint presentation: Easter – the road to Emmaus
• On the road
• Jesus joins them
• Looking sad
• He explains that the scriptures are about him
• Welcome
• They realise it is Jesus!
• Return to the disciples
• It’s true! Jesus has appeared to Simon(8 slides)
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Easter extras
£3.00
Easter extras
£3.00A Bible story PowerPoint presentation: Various extra pictures for teaching about Easter
• Jesus before the Sanhedrin
• Crucify him!
• Pontius Pilate
• Pilate’s wife
• Barabbas
• Crown of thorns
• Tomb(7 slides)
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About Lamp Bible Pictures
Clear and simple
Bold colours, simple lines, uncluttered backgrounds and basic viewpoints make the pictures clear and immediately understandable. They should be suitable for use on a video projector, TV screen, laptop or tablet, depending on the number of children you are teaching. Or you can print them out any size.
The style is simple and child-friendly – but not babyish or comical.
Easy to use
If you can use PowerPoint, you can use these. There are no fancy effects, therefore as far as I’m aware they should work on all versions.
Adaptable
Use them as they come, use selected slides, add text, or adapt them however you want.
If there is text on the slides it is editable – so you can use any translation of the Bible, your own words, or translate to another language. So far, there are users in about 30 countries.
Biblically accurate
It’s important that we teach the children what is actually in the Bible, not some made-up version. Each story is based on a careful reading of the Bible passage, and I’ve also done my best to make sure it fits with the rest of the Bible. If you do see a mistake, please let me know!
Historically accurate
The stories in the Bible each happened in a real time and place. Clothes, furniture, housing, transport, weapons… these all had distinctive looks at different times throughout the thousands of years covered in the Bible. Yet so often Bible stories are illustrated as if they all happened in a vague ‘Bible time’ that has very little connection with real history at all.
I don’t think this makes sense, so I have spent many hours, over many years, researching the historical backgrounds of the stories – especially the clothes. As well as being more accurate, it also makes the pictures much more interesting.
Of course, there is a lot we don’t know about life in the past, particularly in Israel. So where I have no information I may look at furniture from a neighbouring country, or clothes from a slightly earlier or later period. It’s guesswork, but educated guesswork. And I’m always learning more.
If you’d like to see some of my research, you can go to the Lamp Bible Pictures Pinterest page (where you’ll also find craft and games ideas).
Timeless tales
The parables, on the other hand, are not true stories set at a particular time. They are made-up stories to teach timeless truths. So wherever it’s possible, I’ve set them in modern(ish) times, or ‘once-upon-a-time’.
Who draws these?
Me – Kirsty McAllister. I’m a freelance illustrator and designer – and also was a children’s Sunday School teacher for 30 years.
Contact me here.
I’m available for commissions in this and other styles – have a look at my website.
Or visit my blog.