Many Christian families struggle in determining what’s best for their children’s education. Here are just a few thoughts, by way of introduction, to this important issue.
The greatest pitfalls of public education are the humanistic philosophies taught at the expense of biblical truth, ungodly teachers and classmates seeking to influence our children, and the absence of [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Parenting on January 30th, 2008 8 Comments »
(Review by Nathan Williams)
I recently read a tremendously helpful book entitled From Grief to Glory written by James W. Bruce III. From Grief to Glory is written out of the desire to help those who have faced one of the most bitter circumstances God can bring into the life of a believer, the loss of [...]
Posted in Parenting on November 14th, 2007 33 Comments »
(By John MacArthur)
If you’ve been a parent for any time at all, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that your child came into the world with an insatiable faculty for evil. Even before birth, your baby’s little heart was already programmed for sin and selfishness. The inclination toward depravity is such that, given [...]
Posted in Evangelism, Parenting on November 6th, 2007 53 Comments »
How can parents explain the gospel to their children without toning down the commands of Scripture?
Certainly children are limited in their ability to understand spiritual truth, but so are adults. Very few people intellectually understand all the gospel truth at the moment of salvation. Fortunately, the essential truths are basic enough that even a child [...]
Posted in Ministry, Parenting on October 5th, 2007 15 Comments »
(By Kurt Gebhards)
* Kurt serves as the Pastor of Children’s Ministries at Grace Church.
One dynamic of Children’s Ministries at Grace Community Church is that most of the children we minister to come from Christian families. Many of them are blessed with the sound and systematic teaching from God’s Word both at home and in the church, and [...]