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Teaching Rich Truths Through Christmas Carols

Teaching Rich Truths Through Christmas Carols

Jill Nelson

Recently, I listened as children from our church practiced singing for their Christmas program. I was delighted as the director carefully explained, stanza by stanza, the meaning of the words of a...

Teaching Rich Truths Through Christmas Carols

Jill Nelson

Recently, I listened as children from our church practiced singing for their Christmas program. I was delighted as the director carefully explained, stanza by stanza, the meaning of the words of a...

Reading to Make HIM Known This Summer

Reading to Make HIM Known This Summer

Jill Nelson

The best kind of books for family reading are those that communicate the best things, prompt the best kinds of discussions, and inspire them to pursue the best goals. This is what we had in mind when we...

Reading to Make HIM Known This Summer

Jill Nelson

The best kind of books for family reading are those that communicate the best things, prompt the best kinds of discussions, and inspire them to pursue the best goals. This is what we had in mind when we...

Teach, and Pray, Toward Children’s Faith

Teach, and Pray, Toward Children’s Faith

Jill Nelson

What characterizes good Bible teaching for children? Number one on the list is obvious: teaching that acquaints children with the whole counsel of God through the faithful proclamation of the...

Teach, and Pray, Toward Children’s Faith

Jill Nelson

What characterizes good Bible teaching for children? Number one on the list is obvious: teaching that acquaints children with the whole counsel of God through the faithful proclamation of the...

Are You Reaching the WHOLE Child with God’s Word?

Are You Reaching the WHOLE Child with God’s Word?

Jill Nelson

Looking back on the first five years as a teacher, I now realize that the resources I was given and the training I received were not designed to reach the whole child....

Are You Reaching the WHOLE Child with God’s Word?

Jill Nelson

Looking back on the first five years as a teacher, I now realize that the resources I was given and the training I received were not designed to reach the whole child....

Helping Children to Interact Redemptively with the Culture

Helping Children to Interact Redemptively with ...

Jill Nelson

Our children and youth are going to interact and engage in the world in which they live—a world increasingly hostile to anything remotely “Christian.” So, the question becomes: How will...

Helping Children to Interact Redemptively with ...

Jill Nelson

Our children and youth are going to interact and engage in the world in which they live—a world increasingly hostile to anything remotely “Christian.” So, the question becomes: How will...

Making Room for the Cross Between Palm Sunday and Easter

Making Room for the Cross Between Palm Sunday a...

Jill Nelson

Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. Both lend themselves to all sorts of exciting possibilities for the Sunday school classroom — special colorful crafts and activities, joyful and boisterous songs, and...

Making Room for the Cross Between Palm Sunday a...

Jill Nelson

Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. Both lend themselves to all sorts of exciting possibilities for the Sunday school classroom — special colorful crafts and activities, joyful and boisterous songs, and...