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Helping Our Children Learn Better Ways to Communicate

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All parents want their children to whine less, but few notice that they might have a problem with whining too. In Sam and the Sticky Situation: A Book About Whining (part of the Teaching Children to Use Their Words Wisely Series), Ginger Hubbard and Al Roland help families think about whining with a silly story that will not only make them laugh but will also encourage them to see how whining...

Exploring the Hearts Alive Sunday School Curriculum

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We would like to introduce you to Hearts Alive, a church-wide children’s curriculum that offers Sunday school and children’s church lessons for preschool and elementary-aged kids. The goal of Hearts Alive is to ignite the hearts and minds of the next generation. Hearts come alive as children learn the truth of Scripture and experience Jesus’s love and grace. Hearts Alive is written by Bible Study...

Bodily Training Is of Some Value

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The Lord gave me a driving passion years ago to help Christians recognize that the wellbeing of their bodies matters and then to equip them with the basics of bodily care. Because we were created as embodied spiritual and physical beings, the condition of our body impacts our soul and vice versa. As a personal trainer whose doctoral study focused on a theology of the body, I have a background and...

Your Tears in His Bottle

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You keep track of all my sorrows.You have collected all my tears in your bottle.You have recorded each one in your book.Psalm 56:8 NLT Your tears are important to God. They must be. He collects them in a bottle. Tears are a gift from God, a means to embracing your pain, releasing emotion, and revealing the depth of your love. Poetically, if God collects all the tears you cry during your life’s...

Introducing Kids to Theology—From A to Z

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With The Acrostic of Jesus: A Rhyming Christology for Kids, authors Jonathan Gibson and Timothy Brindle give children an alphabetical list of the titles and attributes of Jesus written with a rhyming beat, making learning about “Christology”—the study of Jesus—fun and effortless. The result is a tool to help kids gain a greater understanding of Christ. The more we learn about Jesus, the more...

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