March 2006 - Posts

  • Is Your Children's Curriculum Really Biblical? Find Out Now!

    Curriculum EvaluationMany children’s curriculums include biblical material but fail to bring the teacher and students “back to God.”

    What do I mean by this? Well, let’s say that the lesson is about Moses. The content of the lesson is about when Moses stood before Pharaoh. The conclusion of the lesson is that “Moses was brave.” The application of the lesson is for the hearers to “go and be brave like Moses.”

    But what about Moses’ God?

    Since the truth of the Bible is God’s truth, we must not stop short of seeing how all truth relates to God and glorifies Him. If we miss God, we’ve missed everything. (Romans 11:36)

    God is passionate about believers teaching the next generation His precious truth, and He has not left us to wonder what His thoughts are concerning how and what we should teach boys and girls. Two passages of Scripture, Deuteronomy 6 and Psalm 78, are the tallest skyscrapers in the City of God’s Thoughts About Children.

    Dr. Matthew Hoskinson has developed a thorougly biblical, God-centered curriculum evaluation form based on these two foundational texts. I want to thank Matthew for allowing me to post this. He created it for his own church but it is a fantastic resource for every truth-loving church.

    Acrobat_pdf_iconDownload the PDF (about 80KB)

    Word_icon  Download the WORD doc (about 300KB)

    Posted Mar 23 2006, 10:54 PM by BobRoberts with no comments
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  • Kids 4 Truth On The Air

    Cindy SwansonStu epperson on truth talk liveRecently, I had the opportunity to talk about the ministry of Kids 4 Truth and the philosophy that drives it on the air. Since this blog is primarily about both those things, I am posting two of the radio broadcasts. Admittedly, I have struggled with whether or not to post these broadcasts since it seems like self-promotion to a degree. But it’s not. By God’s grace, it’s “doctrine for kids is really good Deuteronomy 6 and Psalm 78” kind of promotion.

    There, conscience appeased.

    Show #1 (LISTEN) — Truth Talk Live with Stu Epperson.

    Stu’s program is a nationally syndicated, live-call-in broadcast. Stu is fun. Stu is controversial in a mostly good sort of way. Stu also loves Jesus. I have been rebuked by Stu’s “off-air” life in which he demostrates consistent and continual evangelistic fervor and zeal. It is not uncommon for him to abruptly pause a conversation (whether on the phone or face-to-face) to share Christ with some passerby. “Stu” is also a très chic name for a talk show host.

    As for the show, I only made one live blunder when I proffered my opinions on A.D.D. It is now forever etched in mp3.

    Show #2 (LISTEN) — On-the-Air with Cindy Swanson.

    Cindy is one of the kindest, most gracious persons I think I’ve ever met. She is a Rockford-based Christian talk show host and a great interviewer. Thank you, Cindy!

    As for the show, it’s a decent, 15–minute, big-picture summary of why Kids 4 Truth exists.

    Posted Mar 22 2006, 05:39 PM by BobRoberts with no comments
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