Heroes
He was thrown into a den of lions because he refused to stop praying to God.
Who is Daniel?
Leo, Daniel's mascot, is this animal.
What is a Lion?
Daniel's characteristic. He faced the lion's den without hiding his faith.
What is Brave/Bravery?
These two heroes both faced actual, literal lions, one in a den, one while protecting sheep.
Who are Daniel and David?
This is the name of the giant that David defeated with a sling and a stone.
Who is Goliath?
As a young shepherd, he defeated a nine-foot giant named Goliath with a sling and a single stone.
Who is David?
Billy, David's mascot, is this animal.
What is a sheep?
David's characteristic. He trusted God against Goliath when everyone else was afraid.
What is Faith / Faithfulness?
These two heroes both served God while living in foreign kingdoms, one in Babylon, one in Persia. Neither let go of their faith.
Who are Daniel and Esther?
What is 3?
He led the Israelites across the Jordan River into the Promised Land and marched around Jericho until the walls fell. God told him, "Be strong and courageous, for I am with you."
Snappy the Crocodile and Odie the Dog.
Snappy was introduced with Paul, who was Odie introduced at the same time as?
Who is Joshua?
Paul's characteristic: looking out for what's best for others rather than yourself.
What is Selflessness / Caring?
☆ DAILY DOUBLE ☆
All 7 heroes have animal mascots. Name the mascot for Daniel, David, and Jesus — and what animal each one is.
What are Leo (Lion), Billy (Sheep), and Grace (Dove)?
Esther risked her life by approaching the king without being called. What could have happened to her if he didn't hold out his golden scepter?
She could have been put to death / killed.
She risked her life by approaching the king uninvited to save her people from destruction, trusting that God had placed her in the palace "for such a time as this."
Who is Esther?
This hero's mascot is Judy the Bunny, matching their characteristic of Protect.
Who is Esther?
Ruth's characteristic. She followed Naomi's guidance and kept God's commands.
What is Obedience?
David wrote "Trust in the Lord with all your heart" (Proverbs 3:5-6). Paul wrote "No one should seek their own good, but the good of others" (1 Corinthians 10:24). How do faith and selflessness connect?
(Open-ended. Good answers: faith looks beyond yourself to God; selflessness looks beyond yourself to others. Both require trust. Judge reasonably — the discussion is the point.)
Joshua marched around the walls of Jericho once each day for six days. How many times did they march on the seventh day?
What is 7 times?
This hero embodied bravery, faith, selflessness, courage, obedience, and protection, all at once. The whole camp is about them.
Who is Jesus.
Name all 7 Bible Buddies in day order
Day 1 through Day 7, with both the name AND the animal.
What are Leo (Lion), Billy (Sheep), Snappy (Crocodile), Odie (Dog), Barry (Bumble Bee), Judy (Bunny), and Grace (Dove)?
Joshua's characteristic. God told him "Be strong and..."
What is Courage / Courageous?
Put these six Old Testament heroes in chronological order: Esther, Joshua, Ruth, Daniel, David, Paul.
Joshua (oldest) → Ruth → David → Daniel → Esther → Paul (Paul is New Testament — bonus discussion: what makes Paul different from the others?)
Paul was writing from this place when he wrote "No one should seek their own good, but the good of others."
What is prison?