What's Up: Discovering the Gospel, Jesus, and Who You Really Are (Teacher Guide)

Have you ever asked a middle–school kid you know what’s up with “the gospel”? Can they explain what it is and why it matters to a kid? Or do they suspect that being good, listening to parents, and obeying rules is ultimately what God expects? What’s Up? is a flexible middle–school curriculum workbook using illustrations, stories, and interactive activities to help kids understand why the gospel really is good news. A practical application of Klumpenhower’s best–selling Show Them Jesus, What’s Up answers the real questions of identity and purpose that begin to unfold in middle–school hearts and minds. Revealing God’s love, forgiveness, and power to change, What’s Up? helps fourth through eighth–grade students understand that the gospel is all about God making us into who he meant us to be all along. As they learn how to lean wholly (and happily) on Jesus through these formative years, their lives are changed from the inside out. The curriculum guides middle–school age students in discov