Tuesday, March 25, 2008

WordAbility: Books of the Bible Word Scramble #1

Here is the first game in a new series of PowerPoint crowbreakers that I used several years ago. Each PowerPoint game in the "Books of the Bible Word Scramble" series is based on selected books of the Bible. Clicking on the link below will take you to Apostolic Minister's Resources where you can download this free game for your use in discipling teens. Please note that you must log in (registration is free) to download this youth ministry resource.



You can access more free PowerPoint games by clicking on the link below . . .

Friday, March 14, 2008

SID: Free "Sermon & Illustration Database" Software

While "googling" for a replacement copy of my favorite sermon illustration software, Bible Illustrator 3.0 Deluxe from Parsons/QuickVerse, I stumbled across SID, a free sermon and illustration software program. (SID is an acronym for Sermon and Illustration Database.) After reading about it, I decided to download and install SID. I played around with it for several hours and found this free database program to be user-friendly and functional.

SID allows you to store, sort, search, view, copy and print (among other things) the biblical illustrations and sermons that you have been collecting. Written as a "front end" program for Rev David Holwick's "Kerus Database," SID comes with a database that contains one sermon and one illustration.

To use Rev Holwick's "Kerus Database," you will need to visit his website, however, you do not have to download and import his databases to use SID. Instead, you can download this free program and immediately begin storing and organizing your own collection of illustrations, quotes, sermons, studies, etc. SID can be a great asset for anyone discipling teens. To learn more about this useful electronic sermon and illustration filing program, visit jesusplusnothing.com.


NOTE: Parsons/QuickVerse stopped selling Bible Illustrator 3.0 Deluxe several years ago. Its replacement, QuickVerse Sermon Builder 4, has little resemblance to Bible Illustrator 3.0 Deluxe and was a disappointment for me.