Exegetical Aim: To explain that we should not keep doing things that we know are wrong.
Props: Some building blocks.
Lesson: [As you talk to the children, illustrate by using the building blocks. Begin by building a "barn" with a couple of blocks falling off, and then adapt the structure as you tell the story.] Sometimes you can drive on the highway or out in the country and see an old barn that is falling in. Have any of you ever seen an old barn that was falling in and rotting? (response) When a barn gets to be like that, can the horses and chickens stay inside of it to keep dry and warm? (response) No, they can't, because it is a dangerous place, right? When barns get to be in really bad shape, what do…
CSS Publishing Company, Children's Sermons A to Z, by Tim Carpenter