10/26/22 TELLING TRUTH IN LOVE AND WISDOM

10/26/22 TELLING TRUTH IN LOVE AND WISDOM

I bought (at a low price) a really nice looking, well packaged, popular children's Bible Storybook. The artwork, colors, layout, Bible portions, text, binding are all very nice.

I like books that make the Bible record easy to follow. I still use this kind of writing to help me prepare my more advanced lessons. I bought this book, intending to give it to my two youngest granddaughters. However, the way the author dealt with the Biblical accounts was weak and misleading, so I will look at another book I saw. Both of these girls are artistic and I thought a GOOD book would be nice for them. However, this one did not meet the standard.

I preach to and teach even very young children in such a way as to not distort the truth of God. They can handle truth (often times better than adults can). I teach on a level that children can understand, but I don't corrupt the truth in order to make it simple. No, I do not tell them everything about everything, but I don't distort what I do tell them. For instance, when teaching about the perversity of Sodom and Gomorrah I don't address the specifics with little children, at least in the more mature and graphic terms. I can tell them that men do not marry men and women do not marry women but I don't explain the sin of homosexuality. 

Telling the truth without twisting the word of God is the goal, even for children. Books that do not meet this standard should not be part of their library. But as I though about it, I realized that most churches and most families avoid or twist Biblical truth. We must be careful to give our children what they need, while guarding their minds and understanding.