Object: A board with several large holes where nails have been.

Good morning, boys and girls. Today I have something to show you before I tell you one of the best-known stories in the Bible. I brought a board along with me. It looks like any board you have ever seen. The thing I want you to notice is the holes that you see in the board. Do you know what caused these holes? (Let them answer.) That's right, some nails. At one time there were nails where the holes are now. The only reason that there are not any nails in the board at the present time is because I pulled them out. But I wanted you to see the kind of holes that a nail makes in wood.

If I hit a nail into your hand or your foot do you think it would make the same kind of hole? (Let them answer.) It sure would. It would not only …