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Equips parents to guide their young children through all major doctrines in an understandable, chapter-a-day format.
Sure, it's easy to teach your children the essentials of Christian theology when you're a theology professor. But what about the rest of us?
With Big Truths for Young Hearts, Bruce Ware, (you guessed it!) a theology professor, encourages and enables parents of children 6-14 years of age to teach through the whole of systematic theology...
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Imagine a roomful of kids on Sunday absolutely enraptured by dynamic Bible teaching. Here and there a mouth hangs open as the kids engage the story of Boaz and Ruth with the kind of enthusiasm usually reserved for their new Xbox 360. Isn't that what you want as a Sunday school teacher? You long to reach your kids on Sunday in a way that actually makes a difference in their lives on Monday. But how? A new book of crafts and activities? Nope. Fifty...
4) The 21 toughest questions your kids will ask about Christianity: & how to answer them confidently
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University apologist, director, and popular speaker Alex McFarland has spent the last two decades answering questions about Christian worldview and the Bible from children, teens, and parents. In The 21 Toughest Questions Your Kids Will Ask about Christianity, he summarizes questions today's children and teens are asking about God, the Bible, and the problem of evil. Alex's experiences have taught him that how adults answer questions about God is...
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Church education programs for children often substitute children's Bibles for Holy Scripture and simple moralism for imagination. Gretchen Wolff Pritchard shows how to offer the gospel imaginatively to children, with practical ideas on children's worship, liturgy, drama, pastoral care, and study of the Bible. The final chapter includes an exhaustive annotated bibliography of children's books for the parish library, and resources for parents and teachers....
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Every child, from infancy to adolescence, is being discipled by someone or something. The question is: Are you willing to disciple them for Jesus' sake?
Accessible and actionable for parents of children birth to 13 years old, “Raising Disciples” offers a detailed discipleship map and directional markers to nurture your child's spiritual growth with Christ.
During her more than 25 years in children's ministry alongside her academic work training...
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Christian parenting is hard work -- and it's getting harder. Parents have a deep desire to pass on their faith, but fear that today's increasingly skeptical and hostile world will eventually lead their kids to reject the truth of Christianity. That leaves many parents feeling overwhelmed -- uncertain of what they can do to help their children, given the difficulty and extent of the faith challenges they will face. This practical and timely resource...
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"When children have a listening companion who hears, acknowledges, and encourages their early experiences with God, it creates a spiritual footprint that shapes their lives. Lacy Finn Borgo draws on her experience of practicing spiritual direction with children as she introduces key skills for engaging kids in spiritual conversations, offering sample dialogues, prayers to use together, and ideas for play, art, and movement"--
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Most parents who value Christian faith want their children to enjoy a vibrant, growing relationship with God, both now and throughout their lives. But few of those parents ever attach this hope to an ongoing plan; therefore, they fail to lay a reliable spiritual track in front of the fast-moving train of family life. This book is a junction point where deep parental desire meets workable design and where timid inadequacy meets Christ's sufficiency....
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What will you say when your child asks how Jesus can fit inside his heart? Here's help with responding in words your little one will understand. Leading Your Child to Jesus equips you with the simple, effective communication tools that will help you discuss salvation with your child. They've been proven through David Staal's years with Willow Creek Community Church's Promiseland children's ministry and through his personal experiences as a parent....
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International Bible teacher Joy Dawson shares biblical priorities for those who are involved in discipline children. "Pursuing God with intensity is contagious. When the children see that . . . it becomes a strong incentive to follow suit." Dawson shares her personal experiences with her two children and gives examples of other disciples of children, showing readers how to mentor by example know God's priorities by studying His character, and mentor...
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Values" is an abstract word that is expected to be practiced in a very concrete way. And so, best-selling crafts author Kathy Ross offers some hands-on projects that help children translate values concepts into action. Among the clearly described and beautifully illustrated projects are a stable to keep track of church attendance, a gratitude jar to help record and remember the kindness of others, and a mustard seed necklace as a reminder of the power...
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• Growing need for resources to help parents engage in faith conversations at home
• Talking points, practices, and resources included
Home (not the congregation) and parents (not clergy, youth ministers, or Sunday School) are the key mechanisms by which religious faith and practice are transmitted intergenerationally. Recent studies indicate that the single most important factor in youth becoming committed and engaged in their religious faith...
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"Starting at a young age, kids are being fed damaging misinformation about sexuality, gender identity, and human biology. As a parent, it's up to you to help your children understand God's truth about these integral concepts in the face of the candy-coated lies that saturate today's world. In the footsteps of the bestselling Mama Bear Apologetics comes this invaluable guide to training your kids to know and respect God's design in a world that has...
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A realistic, straightforward approach to exploring one's faith and doubts, and talking with the next generation about important spiritual issues.
A child's spiritual pilgrimage begins from the earliest moments of life and is shaped by the significant adults in the child's ever-expanding world. Yet often adults have an inadequate or unclear understanding of their faith, and are unsure how to impart their own Christian beliefs to their children in...
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This grace-filled, practical book on praying with your kids empowers you to teach children how they can develop a personal relationship with God through prayer.
As parents, our deep longing is for our children to not just know about Jesus but to love Him. In Pray with Me, parent and ministry leader Erica Renaud shows us how inviting kids into the joy of intentional prayer-on their level-nurtures authentic relationship with God that can last a lifetime.
Through...
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Rarely do I ever find myself agreeing with everything I read in a book. But Parenting the Wholehearted Child is the book I wish I'd written. Jeannie has given parents a profound gift within its pages.' --Kathie Lee Gifford, actress, singer, playwright, songwriter, and co-host of the Today Show's Fourth Hour Your kids aren't perfect. And you don't have to be either. Are you exhausted from the pressure to be a perfect parent raising perfect children...