The Pharisees and Sadducees were Jewish religious leaders. "[Jesus said,] How terrible it will be for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You pretenders! You shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter. And you will not let those enter who are trying to" (Matthew 23:13).When Jesus was on earth, the Jewish religion

Mary died sometime after the Jesus’ resurrection and is now in Heaven.Despite being a popular woman even in the modern day, there is not much known about Mary herself. She was the mother of the Lord Jesus and was a virgin when she gave birth to Him. She divinely conceived Jesus by the work of the Holy Spirit. At the time she found herself to be pre

We don’t know for sure!Do you love eating? Maybe you love cheesy pizza or gooey chocolate chip cookies! Will your favorite foods be in heaven? The Bible doesn’t say whether we’ll be hungry in heaven, but it does mention that there will be food there.In Revelation 22:1–2, the apostle John describes heaven to us: "Then the angel showed me the river o

God requires us to believe in Jesus in order to receive forgiveness because He died in our place.This was God's perfect plan. God tells us in the Bible that the only way to pay for our sins is for someone to die. In the past, God's people had to kill animals for sacrifices to pay for their sins. But after Jesus came, we no longer need to do that. W

Babies die because we live in a fallen, broken, and sinful world.The Bible tells us that all people are going to die. In the book of Romans, we read; “Sin entered the world because one man sinned. And death came because of sin. Everyone sinned, so death came to all people” (Romans 5:12). We don’t know exactly why God allows babies to die. We are no

John the Baptist had a very special job—introducing Jesus to the Jewish people. "He will bring many of Israel’s people back to the Lord their God. And he will prepare the way for the Lord" (Luke 1:16–17a).A short time before Jesus was born, an angel visited a man named Zechariah and told him that Zechariah’s wife, Elizabeth, was going to have a bab

King Josiah was one of the youngest kings in the Bible, starting his reign at 8-years-old.King Josiah was born into a wicked family. He was the son of King Amon and the grandson of King Manasseh. Both of these men were wicked and cruel. Neither of these men followed God during their reign. Josiah was different. He loved God and wanted to serve Him

The word "sacrifice" in the Bible generally means giving up or losing something, sometimes because we did something wrong.Anytime we do something that’s wrong—things like stealing, lying, cheating, hitting someone—we are disobeying God’s rules. It hurts God. God tells us in the Bible that everyone has sinned (Romans 3:23). God wants us to live in h

Everyone who believes in Jesus has spiritual gifts! That means kids have spiritual gifts too!Spiritual gifts come from the Holy Spirit, who lives in every Christian. After Jesus died, rose again, and went back to heaven, the Holy Spirit came to show us how to live. He also gives us spiritual gifts so that we can serve other people in God’s church.

God has no limits, so He can be anywhere and everywhere He pleases.God is not like us. He is altogether greater and one of a kind. God created people with bodies that can only be in one place at one time. But God is not a created being. He is the One who has always been! God is all-present—omnipresent—in all places at all times. If God

God made all people unique, including you! Just because some people are smarter does not mean that God loves them more. Some people are smarter than others, but all people are valuable to God. God has made all of us amazing and wonderful (Psalm 139:13-16) with our own unique gifts. In fact, the Bible tells us that God chooses the "foolish" and "wea

We should have respect for God and obey Him. We are not to be scared of God.Our love for God and God’s love for us shouldn’t cause us to forget who He is. The Bible tells us that God loves us and that we can be friends of God through Jesus. But does that mean we can treat Him however we want? The Bible says we make wiser choices when we "fear God"

After Jesus rose from the dead, He went back to heaven to be with God. He also went back to prepare a place for everyone who would believe in Him!Jesus is God, so He doesn’t have a beginning or end. He has always lived in heaven, except for the 33 years He lived as the perfect God-man here on Earth. At the end of His time here, He died on a cross f

The Bible says to test yourself to make sure you are a Christian (2 Corinthians 13:5).You may go to church every week. You may have been baptized or confirmed. You may wear a cross necklace. You may try to be good. But all those things don't make you a Christian! Turning to Jesus in faith is the only way to be saved (Ephesians 2:8–9). Maybe you're

God created us so that we could have a relationship with Him, praise Him, and worship Him.The Bible tells us that God created us in His image (Genesis 1:27). This means that we are unique among God’s other creations. God created us to work alongside Him and to have a relationship with Him. God created us each with our own unique purpose. He has alr

God is never silent. It could be you are not listening to Him.Oftentimes you may feel God is silent, but remember God can speak to you in a quiet whisper. He speaks to us through the Bible.God does not speak out of thundercloud. You won’t hear His voice coming from the sky. You can come to know His voice by listening to Him in the Bible. As a Chris

Evil is in the world because of sin.God is perfect, holy, and loving. He doesn’t want bad things to happen. Due to sin, evil is in the world. God has given us free will, which means we can choose to do good or bad. When we choose to do wrong, we often suffer the consequences. God does restrain evil to an extent. If He didn’t, we wouldn’t be here to

God sent the flood because the people were being wicked. God is good and He is just.God sent the flood during the time of Noah because of the wickedness in the world. God looked upon the earth and saw that everyone was evil except Noah (Genesis 6:5). God is loving, but He is also just. This means that He will not allow wickedness to carry on.After

God is just as real as you and me! We have to have faith and believe that He is real, but we have lots of reasons to believe He is real.God has created beautiful things that are impossible for people to make—the planets, the stars, the oceans, the mountains, the sky, animals, and people. It’s God who has made everything and who shows all people tha

Yes, Jesus borrowed a little boy’s lunch to feed 5000 people.Jesus had been healing sick people and teaching. Evening was coming and it was time for the people to go home. The disciples thought the people should return home to eat, but Jesus had other plans. Andrew, one of the disciples, saw a little boy who had a lunch. It was five loaves of bread