By Al Felder Children need to learn to love the truth. It is one thing to know the truth. It is another thing to love it. A child may learn Bible facts, memorize verses, answer questions correctly, and repeat what his parents have taught, yet still not develop a heart that truly loves what God has revealed. Parents must aim deeper than information. The goal is not merely for children to know what is right, but to desire what is right. They must learn to value truth more than
By Al Felder Children need to learn about salvation; no subject is more important. Parents may teach their children to work, obey, tell the truth, choose good friends, show kindness, handle correction, and live responsibly. All of those lessons matter, but if children do not learn the gospel of Christ, they have missed the greatest lesson of all. Salvation is not a family tradition. It is not inherited from parents. It is not received because a child grows up around Christian
By Al Felder Children need to learn the truth about death and judgment. This subject must be handled with wisdom, tenderness, and age-appropriate care. Parents should not try to frighten young children unnecessarily or burden them with matters beyond their understanding, but neither should they hide from them one of the most certain truths of life: every person will die, and every soul will stand before God. Hebrews 9:27 says, “And as it is appointed for men to die once, but
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