The Goals of Parenting
Will Walker, pastor at Providence Church, provides the following article entitled “Gospel Centered Parenting.” Practical Idea: share this free resource with your team and send to parents to help them disciple their children.
Parenting Archive
Teaching Kids to Memorize God’s Word
A. W. Tozer, widely regarded as one of the most perceptive writers in the 20th century, said, “The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest route to spiritual perfection. And we must not select a few favorite passages to the exclusion of others. Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian.” God has given us amazing minds. These …
Teaching kids to forgive.
Ray Stedman, noted pastor and Biblical expositor said, “Forgiveness, of course, is the virtue we most enjoy, and least employ, in our Christian experience. We all love to be forgiven – we expect it, and want it. But we find it a struggle to forgive; we resist it, and refuse oftentimes to do it.” Corrie Ten Boom, a Christian woman who survived a Nazi concentration …
Children’s Ministry: Growing in Faith
Nurture Life-long Faith Whether you are a Sunday school teacher, volunteer, leader, or parent, you are vital in nurturing children’s faith. The following can help you guide and grow children toward a deeper, life-long faith. Kids Need Faith (John 20:30-31; Hebrews 11:1,6) The Situation: Children ask, “Can you prove it?” Some kids are taught to believe that the scientific method is the ultimate test of …
Children’s Ministry: 10 keys to evaluate any curriculum
There is nothing more important than teaching children how to know God intimately, to love Him passionately, and to serve Him selflessly. Choosing a discipleship curriculum is not an easy task, but making wise decisions about your curriculum will have an impact for generations to come.
An Empty Tomb and a Risen Christ
In Old Testament times, God required animal sacrifices to provide temporary forgiveness of sins. This also foreshadowed the perfect and complete sacrifice of Jesus Christ (Leviticus 4:35, 5:10). The sacrifice of animals is an important theme found throughout Scripture because “without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness” (Hebrews 9:22). When Adam and Eve sinned, God Himself clothed them with skins of sacrificed animals (Genesis …
How To Build Christ-like Character
Children grow up being told what to do and what not to do, learning behaviors that keep them out of trouble and earn them rewards. In this short-sighted approach, their walk with Christ becomes limited to seeking to please the adults in their lives. Remove those adults, and the kids’ pursuit of Jesus evaporates as well. Teach children to build solid Christian character, however, and …