Youth & Family

by Shawn Wooten - Kiev, Ukraine — Friday, 09 January 2009 05:41

Family Devotionals from the Mission Field

Shaw Wooten provided these devotionals to the Boston Church of Christ with these devotionals that would allow families together, to think about, pray about and connect in a special way with the missions churches they support.

by Michael Burns - Appleton, Wisconsin — Monday, 05 January 2009 01:18

Family Devotional Unit 5, Lesson 2: Out of the Driveway, Into the Game

The third commandment is usually translated to read something like “don’t take God’s in vain,” but is this simply a ban on swearing? That is no doubt included, but the thrust of the third aspect of God’s description of what it looks like to be the people of God goes farther deeper than that. It goes all the way to the very core of God’s purpose for humanity and what it means to be human.

by Michael Burns - Appleton, Wisconsin — Monday, 15 December 2008 01:45

Family Devotional Unit 5, Lesson 1: Out of the Driveway, Into the Game

It is becoming increasingly popular these days in American religion to define the love of God by the world’s version of love. The problem with that is that the world’s idea of love means to accept someone just as they are without any required changing on the part of the individual. Our kids will be raised in a culture that will tell them that anyone who desires change for them hates them.

by Michael Burns - Appleton, Wisconsin — Monday, 08 December 2008 07:43

Family Devotional Unit 4, Lesson 7: Out of the Driveway, Into the Game

In contrast to young children, pre-teens and teens are prone to have doubts about the validity of their worldview. Unless they are specifically taught otherwise, the natural tendency of children will be to gravitate towards the consensus worldview of their peers.

by Michael Burns - Appleton, Wisconsin — Monday, 24 November 2008 03:11

Family Devotional Unit 4, Lesson 6: Out of the Driveway, Into the Game

According to some polls, the average American family spends about 58 hours a week watching television, as opposed to 40 hours working for adults and approximately 30 hours in school for students. If we were to take out the time spent eating, sleeping, and working, the average American spends 80% of their time engrossed in the world of television.

by Michael Burns - Appleton, Wisconsin — Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:26

Family Devotional Unit 4, Lesson 5: Out of the Driveway, Into the Game

Movies are one of, if not, the most popular forms of entertainment in our world today. We often decide whether or not our children can watch a movie based on overt things like violence, language, and sexual content. What we rarely reflect on, however, and almost never teach our children is the fact that most movies contain elements of a worldview that is diametrically opposed to the biblical worldview. . .

by Michael Burns - Appleton, Wisconsin — Monday, 10 November 2008 02:48

Family Devotional Unit 4, Lesson 4: Out of the Driveway, Into the Game

The final question of the four worldview questions that lay the foundation of the Biblical worldview is what happens when we die? The Bible gives a clear answer on this topic as well as it does the previous three topics that we have already considered.

by Michael Burns - Appleton, Wisconsin — Monday, 03 November 2008 00:49

Family Devotional Unit 4, Lesson 3: Out of the Driveway, Into the Game

The next question resolved by the worldview of Biblical Christianity is that of how we fix what has gone wrong. The obvious answer for the Christian is that we do not fix anything. It is only the resurrection and redemption of Christ that will resolve our individual problem of sin.

by Michael Burns - Appleton, Wisconsin — Monday, 13 October 2008 07:00

Family Devotional Unit 4, Lesson 2: Out of the Driveway, Into the Game

The Bible answers the question of what has gone wrong in the world in Genesis 3. Satan is described as coming to Eve in the form of a servant and attempting to convince her that God was lying to her and Adam and that they could become like gods if they ate from the forbidden tree.

by Michael Burns - Appleton, Wisconsin — Monday, 06 October 2008 07:00

Family Devotional Unit 4, Lesson 1: Out of the Driveway, Into the Game

Worldview is the way we look at the world and everything in it. Everyone has a worldview whether we recognize it or not, or even know what ours is. Our children certainly have a worldview and will continue to develop it. If we, as parents, do not intentionally help our children to form their worldview they will get training in doing so from sources that we might not appreciate.

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