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Faith development of a child: Episode 4
Posted on 30. Jun, 2009 by Kenny.
Thank you for being patient with my random thoughts about faith development. Usually when doing a series like this, I’ve got a plan and a place I’m trying to take the reader. This time; however, I’m just emptying my head of many different thoughts I’m trying to sort through.
Education + Evangelism = Responsible faith development.
There [...]
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Faith development of a child: Episode 3
Posted on 29. Jun, 2009 by Kenny.
Last week I wrote about kids believing blindly.
Give me ten minutes with a kid and I can make a child believe just about anything. Kids trust. Kids believe. This is a beautiful part of their nature. But in this respect we have to understand that kids and adults are different. If I met an adult [...]
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Leading a child to faith: C is for Confess
Posted on 19. Jun, 2009 by Kenny.
C is my favorite part. Actually, C is kinda the linchpin of them all. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to admin that we’ve sinned, that we’ve broking a moral code. It’s also not too much to believe in Jesus and to believe what he did for us. A person could admit that they sin [...]
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Leading a child to faith: B is for Believe
Posted on 18. Jun, 2009 by Kenny.
B stand for Believe. Believe what? Believe that Jesus is God’s son and that he died on the cross for our sins.
This is where faith becomes a part of the equation. When reading about the new converts throughout the early part of Acts we see how people believed and were baptized. Many of them had [...]
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Leading a child to faith: A is for Admit
Posted on 17. Jun, 2009 by Kenny.
I use the ABCs of becoming a Christ Follower when leading kids to Christ. It’s easy and it clearly explains the important aspects of becoming a Christ Follower.
So, the first part is to Admit. Admit that we are a sinner.
I usually have to define admit and sometimes even clearly explain what a sinner or sin [...]
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