Children and the Bible

2 Timothy 3:14-15 Holy Bible NIV
14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it,
15 and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Having a child in the house provides a wonderful opportunity to apply scripture to our everyday lives. In our family a part of introducing all of the children to the scriptures and social graces included using the DVD’s Veggi-tales and Thomas The Train. These are wonderful series which use vegetable characters to teach bible principles and train characters to explore social graces.

If you chose to use these series or others like them you have to watch them with the children. The series use concepts familiar to the child and this gives you the opportunity to discuss the differences in actual scripture and to add specific family rules and traditions. It is also helpful if the child has his own, age appropriate bible.

This all came to mind because my eight year old grandson is visiting and between sessions on the Wii he plays his favorite videos.

As we watched “Little Joe”, a westernized story of Joseph, I realized how much my grandson had absorbed over the years about the story of Joseph and how relevant his questions about the story had become. All of this without one bit of preaching or formal teaching.

Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up to salvation– if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.1 Peter 2:2-3 ESV

My now 18 year old granddaughter reminded me…”I might not always do what you say, but I always remember what you say.”

You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.Deuteronomy 6:7 ESV

We are admonished by scripture to teach the children. I think we are fortunate in this day and age that there are so many different formats for teaching and that each of us can find a style that fits us.


My God be a blessing in your life.