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Children’s Bible Story Books

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Most tod­dlers don’t read lengthy books, let alone the Bible. How­ever, there are plenty of col­or­ful, pic­turesque “Bibles” that are designed for tod­dlers and other chil­dren. As par­ents of three chil­dren (aged 5 years, 3 years, and 10 months), we have quite a few of these “children’s Bibles” in our home. We spend part of every day read­ing these to our chil­dren, and they often spend time look­ing at the bright and beau­ti­ful pic­tures while lay­ing in their beds at night or dur­ing rest time.

Dis­claimer:  These thoughts stem from my work in writ­ing a children’s Bible cur­ricu­lum that will be accom­pa­nied by visu­als. I serve as the cur­ricu­lum author, not the artist. 

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Preaching the Gospel to Adults and the Law to Children?

I appre­ci­ated this reminder, while read­ing The Bro­ken­hearted Evan­ge­list, by Jeremy Walker.

Too often, we fall into the trap of preach­ing the gospel to adults and the law to chil­dren: “God wants you to be good boys and girls.” It is not that there is no truth in that state­ment, but with­out the right con­text and qual­i­fi­ca­tions it is a recipe for hope­less­ness. If you were speak­ing to an adult, to which of them would you sim­ply say, “This is the gospel: God wants you to be a good per­son”? That is not good news for any­one! Our chil­dren need the pure gospel just as much as any oth­ers and are no less capa­ble of receiv­ing and believ­ing it.

Happy Birthday, Hana Kate

Me and Hana Kate

She’s four years old today. My daugh­ter Hana Kate is hav­ing a birth­day. There’s going to be some cel­e­brat­ing going on at our house today, and it won’t have much to do with a groundhog.

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