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The Need for Illustrations in Teaching

As a curriculum writer, one of the most difficult aspects of developing a lesson is coming up with appropriate, concrete illustrations. Why bother with these illustrations? Why not just stick...

Meditating on the Word in a Sound-bite World

As someone who is passionately committed to teaching children the Word of God, I have grown more and more concerned with the effects that the frequent use of digital media...

Growing Up in a World of Terrorism

As parents, we long to protect our children from a myriad of dangers. And, in increasing measure, western affluent cultures have minimized these dangers through the development of safety innovations:...

A Child, Catechism, and Cancer

In his article, “In Peace or Crisis, Instruct Your Children in the Lord,” William Ross makes a heart-felt and biblical plea to parents to take seriously the catechizing of their...

Helping Us to be On Guard Against Sexual Abuse ...

Sexual offenders are not dumb. They are deliberate and calculating. The very things Christians see as strengths—love for others, a trusting disposition—perpetrators see as weaknesses on which they can prey…Many...

Responding to Discouragement

[caption id="attachment_6731" align="alignright" width="200"] John Angell James[/caption] Every cause which is worth supporting, will have to encounter difficulties—and these are generally proportionate to the value of the object to be...