1. Success Criteria: ALL (E GRADE): Will be able to describe Christian beliefs about what God is like MOST (C GRADE): Will be able to describe Christian beliefs about what God is like using key terms and identify passages in the Bible which support these descriptions SOME (A GRADE): Will be able to examine Christian beliefs about what God is like and identify What is God like? Think of ten words that Christians might use to try and explain what God is like. LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

2. ALL (E GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE MOST (C GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE USING KEY TERMS AND IDENTIFY PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE WHICH SUPPORT THESE DESCRIPTIONS SOME (A GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO EXAMINE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE AND IDENTIFY Where do ideas about God come from?

3. ALL (E GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE MOST (C GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE USING KEY TERMS AND IDENTIFY PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE WHICH SUPPORT THESE DESCRIPTIONS SOME (A GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO EXAMINE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE AND IDENTIFY  Omnipotent – God is all-powerful. God has unlimited power and can do anything. LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

4. ALL (E GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE MOST (C GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE USING KEY TERMS AND IDENTIFY PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE WHICH SUPPORT THESE DESCRIPTIONS SOME (A GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO EXAMINE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE AND IDENTIFY  Omniscience – God is all-knowing. God has infinite knowledge, he knows everything, even the future. LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

5. ALL (E GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE MOST (C GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE USING KEY TERMS AND IDENTIFY PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE WHICH SUPPORT THESE DESCRIPTIONS SOME (A GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO EXAMINE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE AND IDENTIFY  Omnibenevolence – God is all loving. God is perfectly good and all loving. LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

6. ALL (E GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE MOST (C GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE USING KEY TERMS AND IDENTIFY PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE WHICH SUPPORT THESE DESCRIPTIONS SOME (A GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO EXAMINE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE AND IDENTIFY  Omnipresence – God is everywhere at the same time. LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

7. ALL (E GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE MOST (C GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE USING KEY TERMS AND IDENTIFY PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE WHICH SUPPORT THESE DESCRIPTIONS SOME (A GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO EXAMINE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE AND IDENTIFY  Immanence – God is within all. God is present in all living things LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

8. ALL (E GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE MOST (C GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE USING KEY TERMS AND IDENTIFY PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE WHICH SUPPORT THESE DESCRIPTIONS SOME (A GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO EXAMINE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE AND IDENTIFY  Transcendence – God is above all. God is independent of the universe and physical existence. LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

9. ALL (E GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE MOST (C GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE USING KEY TERMS AND IDENTIFY PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE WHICH SUPPORT THESE DESCRIPTIONS SOME (A GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO EXAMINE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE AND IDENTIFY  Omnipotent – God is all-powerful. God has unlimited power and can do anything.  Omniscience – God is all-knowing. God has infinite knowledge, he knows everything, even the future.  Omnibenevolence – God is all loving. God is perfectly good and all loving.  Omnipresence – God is everywhere at the same time.  Transcendence – God is above all. God is independent of the universe and physical existence.  Immanence – God is within all. God is present in all living things. Extension 1: Which quality do you think is the most important and why? Give reasons to support your answer. Extension 2: Why do you think most artists portray God as looking like man? E GRADE – For each new key word – draw a picture to represent what it means. C GRADE – Write the definitions then a sentence as to why Christians might think this. A GRADE – How can God be transcendent and immanent at the same time? How can God be all knowing, all powerful and all loving and yet there is still evil in the world? Try use drawings / diagrams to explain your answers. LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

10. ALL (E GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE MOST (C GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE USING KEY TERMS AND IDENTIFY PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE WHICH SUPPORT THESE DESCRIPTIONS SOME (A GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO EXAMINE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE AND IDENTIFY  Use the Bibles to look up the following references. Each of these Bible verses matches to one of the qualities you have just listed. You need to decide which one it matches best and write it down. Extension: Which quality do you think is the most important and why? Give reasons to support your answer Luke 1:37 For nothing will be impossible with GodOmnipotent 1 John 3:20 For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.Omniscience Isaiah 55:8-9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts Transcendence John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life Omnibenevolence Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the goodOmnipresence Job 33:4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me lifeImmanence LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

11. ALL (E GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE MOST (C GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE USING KEY TERMS AND IDENTIFY PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE WHICH SUPPORT THESE DESCRIPTIONS SOME (A GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO EXAMINE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE AND IDENTIFY  Christians believe that people find it difficult to say what God is like because God is beyond human understanding. When people talk about God they tend to use pictures, symbols or symbolic language. Sometimes people try to describe God by saying what God is not like, e.g. God is not cruel. Stretch – What would be the most suitable way to represent God in art? There are many famous pieces of art which are supposed to be of God. What do you think many of them have in common? LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

12. ALL (E GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE MOST (C GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE USING KEY TERMS AND IDENTIFY PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE WHICH SUPPORT THESE DESCRIPTIONS SOME (A GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO EXAMINE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE AND IDENTIFY  Pieter de Grebber God Inviting Christ to Sit on the Throne at His Right Hand  The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo Michelangelo God the Father by Cima da ConeglianoCima da Conegliano Why do you think He has been painted like this? LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

13.  Watch the two clips below and consider what qualities does ‘God’ have in the clips and why do you think they portrayed God the way they did? ALL (E GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE MOST (C GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE USING KEY TERMS AND IDENTIFY PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE WHICH SUPPORT THESE DESCRIPTIONS SOME (A GRADE): WILL BE ABLE TO EXAMINE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS LIKE AND IDENTIFY

15. WHAT DOES ‘OMNIPOTENT’ MEAN? BACK

16. WHAT DOES ‘OMNIPRESENT’ MEAN? BACK

17. WHAT DOES ‘ OMNIBENEVOLENT ’ MEAN? BACK

18. WHAT DOES ‘OMNISCIENT’ MEAN? BACK

19. WHAT DOES ‘ TRANSCENDENT ’ MEAN? BACK

20. WHAT DOES ‘IMMANENT’ MEAN? BACK

21. WHY DO YOU THINK GOD IS OFTEN PAINTED LOOKING LIKE A HUMAN? BACK

22. WHICH QUALITY OF GOD, THAT YOU’VE LEARNT TODAY, DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT? BACK

23. THIS SLIDE DOES NOT WORK – NO IDEA WHY BACK

24. USING 10 WORDS ONLY – TELL THE CLASS SOMETHING YOU LEARNT TODAY THAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW BEFORE BACK