Kind of a no-brainer to me but it wasn’t always that way. Why teach Theology? After all isn’t that just for the seminary students? NO!
Let’s look at it from the alternative: not teaching Theology. Where does that leave your children? Stumbling, bumbling, blabbering that’s where! I can freely talk this way because I was a stumbling, bumbling, blabbering embryo for the first 9 years (that would be the last 9 years) of being a Christian.
It wasn’t until July 2009, that Theology became a spoken word in our house. Salvation? Sure I knew what that meant and yet I HAD NO CLUE! God is so much deeper than– say a prayer, dunk and go on with life.
I am so very, very passionate about teaching our children Theology…GOOD Theology. Recently, two books came to live on our cozy bookshelves. Who Is God? (and can I really know him?)
****UPDATE: Dug Down Deep will now go live on the shelves of Hastings. Great book until page 185. I do not believe that people today have the spiritual gift of speaking in tongues. Add to it that Joshua Harris claims he often “forgets to use it.” ****
“Who Is God?” is a systematic theology for kids. Looooooove it! I even wrote a review for it on christianbook.com and I never do that. Our oldest is 7 going on 24 so I thought for sure it would be too simplistic. But when you add in a 5yo and 3yo it becomes the perfect Theology class for kids.
Even if I was going through it with just Haley (7yo) it would be on par. The units are varied and creative and logical. Trust me, if I’m not bored you won’t be. If you are looking for a resource to help you teach biblical worldview this book will help you do that.
Then, there is Dug Down Deep. Have you ever had a person come on your radar and stay there? I first discovered Joshua Harris from the Generation Cedar blog. Kelly posted a video about a sermon called Sin and the Bean Bag. It was great. Turns out God had introduced Michael to Joshua in a totally different way.
Then comes Dug Down Deep. Michael can NOT recommend this one enough! He’s read about every other page to me out loud because it’s that good!
Too many Christians have brushed off Theology in a day where we need true Theology more than ever. How are we going to prepare our children for the attacks of the world if they don’t even know the true doctrines of our faith?
The video explains it all!
DugDownDeep_Carnahan.mov from Covenant Life Church on Vimeo.
I do believe that everyone should know what they believe! Educate yourself and your children…or someone else will.
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Very good post. Lots to think about. I wonder why that video has pictures of Lincoln in it. Interesting. Lisa~