Reading the Bible with your children

I recently posted a picture on Facebook of Joshua and I (with Leoni joining in) reading the Bible together one Friday afternoon after work. A few days later, I was speaking with a friend who commented to me how they loved the idea of reading the Bible with their children but wouldn’t know how to do it or where on earth to begin.

I am convinced that reading the Bible with our children is not only the main way of bringing our children up to know and follow Jesus, but is also really easy and straightforward (certainly once you have done it a couple of times and overcome the initial uncertainty of what you are doing). And so I’ve written down some brief thoughts on why we should read the Bible with our children and how to go about actually doing it.

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Word Alive 2015: Day 6

This week my family and I have been at Word Alive 2015.

Day 6 (that is, the last day of Word Alive 2015) pretty much featured lots of packing, cleaning, queuing, more queuing and a last session back in the repaired and refitted Grand Marquee (well done, those darn fine technical and site teams!). 

Here are my notes from Day 6…

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Word Alive 2015: Day 5

This week my family and I are at Word Alive 2015.

The adventures of Day 5 included paddling in the (ice cold) sea, buying more books, and trying to listen to a talk without needing a wee while water trickled down the walls from a burst pipe.

Here are my notes from Day 5…

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