God as omnipotent, loving, and just

A 55-minute lesson planned for year 9 on the AQA spec. The lesson engages with three central qualities of God’s divine nature in the Christian faith.
The first approach is from the popular topic of superheroes - students are asked to consider the subject in light of God’s similar extraordinary abilities and what superheroes mean to most people, the reasons for their popularity, and how this could parallel the security and authority that is also seen in the Christian God, owing to such capabilities.

A brief discussion on the different classifications of love, as created by the ancient Greeks looks at the type of omnibenevolence that is possessed and expressed by God’s all-loving nature.

A worksheet looking at Bible stories from scripture that exhibit different aspects of God’s divine nature enables students to engage with scripture (paraphrased/reworded for suitable ability). This has 4 interrogative questions for each example giving the potential for this activity to take up a good portion of the lesson time if needed.

A plenary and exam-style question to finish.