God made our brains so they are very efficient. To recognize a penny you don’t need to remember every detail because a real penny is going to always look pretty much the same.

You just need to quickly see that it is a coin not a token from Chucky Cheese or a washer from a hardware store.

After you realize it is a coin the only thing you need to recognize is that it is a penny not a quarter, dime or nickel. From the color, size and picture you can do that without paying attention to the details too much.

But, when the details are mixed up like they are here, and there are a lot of similar coins with slight variations it becomes much harder. So which one is the real penny?

The real penny is: click to show

Knowing how our brain works helps us to see why it is so important to study God’s Word. When we know His Word we can make the right choices (like choosing a penny out of our pocket) without having to stop and think about it.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Philippians 4:8 (NIV)

Professor QB’s Funny Five

Why didn’t Moses take any Howler Monkey’s on the Ark? click to show

When Aaron threw Moses’ rod on the ground it became a snake. What would it have become if he had thrown it into the Nile?click to show

What is the moral of the story of Jonah and the Big Fish?click to show

Where does the Jordon River sleep?click to show

How does the Sea of Galilee say hello?click to show

.

.

.

Hi. My name is Melita.

I live in Brisbane, Australia.

Can you please draw me a lion sketch?

There is a reason. Lions remind me of “Daniel in the Lions’ Den” and
how an angel came and shut the lions mouths. My favourite part is when the bad men were then thrown in the lions’ den themselves.

Those men make me feel ashamed of the human race because of how badly they sinned.

Once again please draw me a lion sketch.

Yours truly,

Melita

Wow! That’s pretty cool that we have friends all the way in Australia. I’m glad to draw Melita a lion. I’m also glad that it reminds her of such a cool Bible story.

If you would like me to draw a sketch that you suggest send your idea to: ProfessorQB@gmail.com

I like to draw people best. So, think of a kind of job a person has and send that to me and I’ll try to get to it. I cannot promise that I’ll get to yours but maybe, just maybe, if you are luck like Melita, you could see a sketch you suggested right her on ChurchFun.com

So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!”

A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that Daniel’s situation might not be changed. Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep.

At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den. When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?” Daniel answered, “O king, live forever! My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, O king.”

The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

Daniel 6:16-23 (NIV)

God gave sharks a keen sense of smell. Some kinds of sharks can smell as little as one drop of blood if it was in 1,000,000 drops of seawater (that’s over 13.2 gallons about 50 liters).

A big kitchen trash can holds about 13 gallons or a little less than 50 liters. Imagine one drop in a whole kitchen trash can filled with seawater.

Sharks are also attracted to the chemicals found in the intestines of many species of fish. Some species, such as nurse sharks, have external barbels (a slender, whisker like feeling organ) near the mouth that greatly increase their ability to sense prey.

Sharks generally rely on their superior sense of smell to find prey, but at closer range they also sense movement in the water, and even use their senses to detect electrical fields created by prey.

God really made sharks cool. Here is a cool way to get just a small idea of just how sensitive a shark’s sense of smell is. Of course, our nose can not even get close to the sensitivity of a shark’s but this fun experiment will give you an idea.

(more…)

A wordsearch puzzle with the name of the Twelve Apostles

This puzzle is free to use for your own family fun and you can use it for church, Sunday School, Vacation Bible School or anywhere else that you want to.

You can play online or you can print it and play on paper. There is even a printable answer key.

(more…)

Professor QB’s Funny Five

Why didn’t Noah go fishing? click to show

Why couldn’t anyone on the Ark play cards?click to show

Did Noah really have big lights attached to the top of the Ark?click to show

Methuselah was the oldest man who ever lived. He was 969 years old when he died. But, this is weird, he died before his father did. How is that possible?click to show

Did the Prophet Jeremiah have a horse and if so, what was the horse’s name?click to show

.

.

.

Learning Bible verses is one of the best things you can do. A lot of times you need to learn them for Sunday School or Vacation Bible School, but sometimes it is good just to learn them on your own.

Maybe your whole family could learn verses together.

Here are five good ways to learn Bible verses.

1) Read the verse aloud making sure that you know what each word means and can pronounce each word.

Do not just read silently. Your brain will actually learn by forming the words and hearing your voice say the words.

After you know how to say each word and know what each word means read the verse 10 times aloud.

2) Say the verse to someone else. Let them look at the Bible but you don’t look. Tell them that if you hesitate or miss a word to let you finish or keep trying until you ask for their help. Sometimes the struggle in our brain is part of the learning process.

3) Get 3″ X 5″ cards (you can buy these at an office supply store or cut your own out of paper). Write each word of the verse on a different card. Shuffle the cards then put them in the right order. It helps to place all the cards on a table where you can slide them around. Then you can easily try different combinations.

4) After you feel like you know the verse pretty well, write the verse. Write it five times.

5) Write the verse on a 3″ X 5″ card and carry it with you so you can practice each day. By the time you get to this step you will know the verse pretty well. By going over it each day you will learn it even better. It won’t be something you just learn for a little while and forget soon but you will really know it.

BONUS: Ok. So far all five tips work for memorizing anything. If you have a science test or have to learn the lines for a play that will work. Here is the most important tip. Pray that God will let you learn the verse and do what it says. Learning Bible verses is different than just learning facts. It changes you and prayer helps that happen.

Professor QB’s Funny Five

How do you know when Enoch is at the door? click to show

How long did Cain hate his brother?click to show

How do you study the third Gospel?click to show

Did you know Honda cars are mentioned in the Bible?click to show

How do we know the Apostle Paul wants you to eat your vegetables?click to show

.

.

.

Professor QB’s Funny Five

Where is the first tennis match mentioned in the Bible? click to show

What kind of motorcycle is mentioned in the Bible?click to show

Where is the first baseball game in the Bible?click to show

Did all the animals on the ark come in pairs?click to show

What was Methuselah’s favorite song?click to show

.

.

.

When David was keeping his father’s sheep sometimes a lion or a bear would carry off one of the sheep. David would fight the wild animal and rescue the sheep

In this maze you need to help David find the lost sheep but stay away from the bear and the lion.

But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it.”

I Samuel 17:34-35 (NIV)