Jan. 23, 2007
When Teaching Our Young Children the Bible
A common mistake that we make when teaching our young children scripture and the events of our Lord's Holy Word (a.k.a. "Bible stories") is not to emphasize that these events were real, they happened, these are historical accounts written down in scripture for us to read and re-read, to learn from and apply to our lives. All too often our young chlldren grow up attending Sunday school and children's worship being told these Bible stories again and again no differently than fairy tales that are read to our children as bedtime stories. It is critically important for our children to be able to discern the different between Biblical accounts and creative childhood literature especially as they mature from young children into adolescents, teens and later into young adults. We may be surprised when we sit down and really think about this.
We as homeschooling parents have the greatest opportunity to ensure that when our children are introduced to and continue to read about all of those who are written about as well as Biblical events in our Holy Scriptures that they understand these are true accounts that God wants us to read and study about in His Word and apply to our daily lives.
These are my thoughts ~ feel free to share yours,
