A Child's Book of Bible Teachings - Leading Little Ones to God

We have only completed the first five lessons but I love this devotional. My children are 5, 3, and 1. It is the perfect amount of information for their attention span. I also love the content. The lessons appear to be sound theology so far in child appropriate language. Each lesson includes the bible lesson, questions about what you read, a bible reference to read along with the lesson, a memory verse and a prayer. I have had to look up many of the hymns on youtube because I was unfamiliar with them. The languaage of the lessons does seem to be along the lines of King James. So happy I purchased this. Truly a treasure!

I really enjoy the direct and simple way this book helps teach children the basic doctrines about Our Great God!
I NEED HELP FINDING a cassette tape that I believe came with the book that had children's Hymns on it, CAN ANYONE please help me find this again as I know it will bless so many of the children I minister to and of course myself.
Please contact me if you know where to find it or ANY INFORMASTION, Thanks so much!
Please help me find this!

This wonderful book overviews the entire scope of Biblical teachings, from a topical rather than an historical perspective. It is well-organized and explains Bible truths using illustrations and language that are very clear yet accurate for young children. Also, it explains Biblical doctrines in a way that is very oriented toward life rather than just an intellectual exercise.

It would be preferable if the artwork were slightly more up-to-date and the Bible verses and hymn excerpts were in easier language for younger children. But these are certainly not show-stoppers.

I was looking for a book to help me explain the basic truths of the Bible to our 6 and 5 y.o. in a way they could grasp clearly. For this purpose I don't think I could have found a better book than this.

I am so impressed with this children's devotional! The language is written to capture a child's attention and hold it. The power and wonder of God is displayed and portrayed throughout the entire book, in every lesson. It is easy for a young child to understand, and deep and meaningful enough to inspire thought in an older child. We are halfway through and will be repeating it again after we are finished.
It begins with Part One: Looking for God, and Part Two: God is Very Great. Each "part" consists of about 5-8 individual lessons on the subject, using people from the Bible to learn from, in how God uses them. Then we are taken through the introduction of sin, God's law, what Jesus did for us, prayer, and several others, ending with Part Fourteen: Things That Are to Happen. Each lesson includes "something to talk about" (questions for the children to answer about the lesson), a related Scripture from the Bible, suggested Bible reading, a hymn to sing that relates to the lesson, and a prayer to say, asking the Lord to help us with those things we learned that day in our lesson.
Needless to point out here, I can't say enough about this devotional. It is a wonderful way to teach your children about God in a thorough and consistant way, and help them to love learning about the Lord and his nature, and what he does for his children. You'll love going through it with your little ones and watching their love and understanding for God grow.

This is an excellent book to introduce children to God; who He is; what He does; and what He has done for them; it includes short Bible stories and hymns; and the KJV quotes can easily be changed to another version if you wanted (though I can't believe someone could find that much fault with that...many Christians, myself included; still read and study the KJV!). It would be an excellent book to use for a beginning Sunday School class or Missions group; in fact I am becoming involved with a Missions group in a disadvantaged section of town where many of the children are unchurched; and plan to use this book as the backbone to draw my lessons from (along with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, of course).

For those with small children or who are teaching children who know nothing about God; this is an excellent resource.

This book has a great foundation that teaches the sound biblical doctrines in a very easy to read format. I have read some complaints about the "KJV" and Thee's and Thou's. That is SUPER easy to change just insert You into the spot and have you version of the Bible with you when you do your devotions! Love the book and devotion- so does my daughter. It is a great way to learn the doctrinally sound hymns and we add in a few praise songs as we go!

This is a nice way to introduce the basic doctrines of the Bible to children, but I found myself having to clarify things with my children to keep them from getting unbiblical ideas.

For example, Day 30: God Made Us Good. After explaining that God made all the children in the world (post Fall), it says that "He gave man a good mind..." It does not speak about how sin corrupted us. In the Bible, however, people were only truly "good" and without sin right after creation. Post Fall, it says that Jesus knew not to trust man because He knew what was in man--clearly not goodness (Jn 2:25). In Matt. 19:17 Jesus says that there is none good but God.

This is just one example of subtle, yet significant discrepancies I found. Since I like to own books that I can have my children pick up and read without my commentary, I will be getting rid of it. If you feel sure that you know your Bible well and can comment to clear up such things, it could be a valuable resource.

A recommendation or substitute that we have enjoyed is "A Child's Book of Character Building" by Coriell.

This is a nice way to introduce the basic doctrines of the Bible to children, but I found myself having to clarify things with my children to keep them from getting unbiblical ideas.

For example, Day 30: God Made Us Good. After explaining that God made all the children in the world (post Fall), it says that "He gave man a good mind..." It does not speak about how sin corrupted us. In the Bible, however, people were only truly "good" and without sin right after creation. Post Fall, it says that Jesus knew not to trust man because He knew what was in man--clearly not goodness (Jn 2:25). In Matt. 19:17 Jesus says that there is none good but God.

This is just one example of subtle, yet significant discrepancies I found. Since I like to own books that I can have my children pick up and read without my commentary, I will be getting rid of it. If you feel sure that you know your Bible well and can comment to clear up such things, it could be a valuable resource.

A recommendation or substitute that we have enjoyed is "A Child's Book of Character Building" by Coriell.

My daughter who turns nine tomorrow loves to read the stories every night. It seems to relax her and put her at ease before she jumps into dream land. It has helped her understand the stories of Jesus and makes her very curious to learn more. I recommend this book to any family that wants to become closer to God as well as closer as a family.

I can understand that a book written in 1962 would quote the Bible from the King James Version. And it's ironic that I'm reading this book to my own children who are about the same age I was when the book was first written.
But I'm disappointed that the publisher didn't update the quotes and hymns to reflect where children are today, perhaps a more "sprightly, conversational"* translation and choruses the kids might hear most Sunday Schools? (* a quote from back cover describing this book)
I'm sure we'll still be able to reap much of what was sown by the author for our children, by paraphrasing the KJV verses and singing simple choruses.
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