Every week you'll find a hot topic in the world today that relates to students ages 11 through 18, plus adults. Scroll down for the most recent lessons or visit the lesson archive.
Designed to be used with your Bible-In-Life or Echoes teacher guide. Enhance learning and class discussion by connecting current events with the Bible. Simply replace steps 1 and 4 with RLD.
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Students will discuss how to learn to treat others by following Jesus’ example.
Adult
Students will discuss how to learn to treat others by following Jesus’ example.
Echoes Adult
Your teens will look at what appears to be altruistic acts of service and evaluate whether it is the kind of service God equips us to give.
High School
Students will watch a video about a mission to Mars to prepare them to understand the importance of carrying out their spiritual mission.
Middle School
In order to introduce the lesson topic, students will watch a video about a spacecraft landing on Mars and talk about the idea of fulfilling needs.
Upper Elementary
Students will discuss how God uses any circumstance to advance the Gospel.
Adult
Students will discuss how God uses any circumstance to advance the Gospel.
Echoes Adult
Students will consider the information they interact with and how to know fact from fiction.
High School
As they focus on coming to see Jesus, your students will watch a current “flash mob” event—and talk about what it takes to draw a crowd.
Middle School
Students will explore choices and discuss the impact of a pilot’s request during a scary plane ride as they look at prayer as a path to wisdom.
Upper Elementary
Your teens will discuss the importance of solitude in their lives, analyzing the elements of a healthy prayer life before understanding the things that are standing in the way of their isolation.
High School
Students will discuss why saying “Yes” to God is better than saying “Yes” to the world.
Adult
