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In this brief book you’ll discover what a biblical worldview is, why it matters, and how to establish this foundation in the life of a child. Filled with practical tools and ideas, Biblical Worldview will help you lead children to lifelong faith in Jesus and a fruitful ministry serving him in the world. It’s a helpful resource for parents, grandparents, teachers, and church leaders–anyone that leads children in their spiritual development. There is a battle being fought for the hearts and minds of children, and much is at stake. The world is working diligently to assimilate young people to its way of thinking. The beliefs our children develop inevitably shape their decisions and determine their eternal destiny. In a word, worldview is about beliefs. This book will equip you to help young people develop a strong biblical foundation and doctrinal framework for a biblical worldview. Biblical worldview is built on the foundation of the authority, inerrancy, and sufficiency of the Bible. This book will help you establish this foundation in the hearts and minds of young people so that they trust the Bible, think about life from a Christian perspective, and live according to biblical principles. Our worldview is developed as we establish beliefs about four critical topics: 1. Creation: How did I get here? What is my purpose? 2. Rebellion: What went wrong? Why is there evil and suffering? 3. Salvation: What is the solution? Where do I find hope? 4. Restoration: What happens in the future? How do we transform lives and change the world? These four pillars create the framework for a person s worldview. It is critical that all four pillars of faith are firmly established and that deep-down convictions are developed around these biblical truths. Biblical Worldview is a serious call to shape the next generation s beliefs with the Bible. The aim of biblical worldview is embracing gospel truth for godly living. This book is a short introduction to biblical worldview and will equip you to help children develop a biblically-based view of life that will transform their homes, communities, and nations.
Families today are busy, and it’s tough to make time for devotions. Parents want to pass on their faith to their children, but sitting down doing a devotion workbook might not be feasible or desirable for them. But everyone needs to eat! What if making time to dive into God’s Word together could be the same as getting ready for breakfast, lunch, or dinner? The Family Cookbook Devotional combines family devotion time with the everyday experience of cooking and enjoying food together as a family.
Each Weekly Devotion Includes:
- 1 fun, easy-to-do recipe for kids to follow (with simple ingredients and step-by-step instructions)―adults are the helpers!
- Easy-to-understand devotion to practically connect the recipe to the Bible lesson
- Memory verse
- 7 days of devotions (including discussion questions and prayers)
- Prayer prompts to use all week (before meals, at bedtime, etc.)
Each devotion starts out with a fun, delicious treat for families to create together in the kitchen. This is not a complicated book of recipes for adults to make, but rather a fun activity book for kids to cook with them! The recipes are simple enough that even young children can participate, not just standing and watching. From cakes being baked to creating your own popsicle recipe, there are treats and snacks to delight kids of all ages. After the recipe is complete, families will read the devotion, learning from the Word of God by actually diving into and using their Bibles. Each devotion also includes scripted discussion time.
Take your family on a 30-day journey in God’s Word, discovering what praise is, why God deserves praise, and how we should praise. Parents are called to disciple their children (Deut. 6:4-9), teaching them the truths of God’s Word and passing on their faith. The Praise Him Devotional will help you fulfill that calling. Each devotion begins with your family reading from God’s Word, then goes on to give you the Biblical context of the passage you are reading, and then challenges you to dive deeper before moving into a time of prayer of praise. This Bible-centered devotion is perfect for busy families who desire to make family devotion time intentional. You won’t need to gather a list of random supplies or set aside an hour for devotion time. Grab your Bibles, devotion book, and set aside ten minutes to discover the what, why, and how-to of praising God.
50 Things Every Child Needs to Know Before Leaving Home: Raising Children to Godly Adults
In 50 Things Every Child Needs to Know Before Leaving Home, Dr. Josh and Jen Mulvihill help parents put a biblical plan into action to raise children to maturity in Christ. A clear and simple guide, this book will help you holistically disciple your child to godly adulthood. It’s also designed to become a treasured keepsake―a place where you can capture milestones and memories associated with each of the fifty areas and give it to your child when he or she is older. Establish a plan and be proactive for each season of your parenting journey in the following areas of your child’s life: firm foundations, Christlike character development, biblical beliefs and worldview, spiritual growth, life skills, relational skills, work and money management, home management, personal care, and educational essentials. This book will help you: Capture a vision for parenting, Write a family mission statement, Develop a discipleship plan for your child, Record milestones and memories, Create a keepsake to give as a special gift, Schedule a DIY parenting retreat, Raise your child to be a godly, mature adult. Imagine a builder having no plan to construct a home. What would it be like if he tried to build a house without a blueprint? Inevitably, there would be problems. Yet many parents attempt to raise children without a blueprint. Just as a builder needs a blueprint, parents need a good parenting plan. Part of having a plan is understanding the target we are aiming for and having a step-by-step vision to discipleship our children spiritually, relationally, emotionally, financially, and physically. Learn how in 50 Things Every Child Needs to Know Before Leaving Home.
The Grand Expedition: A Practical Guide to Praying for Your Grandchildren
Prayer is our first line of defense in the spiritual battle for our grandchildren and the generations coming after them. Join us as we embark on an expedition designed to strengthen our prayer lives so we can battle successfully for the hearts, minds and souls of our children and grandchildren. During this expedition, we will enjoy rich narratives at selected destination points in Luke’s gospel. We will sift through stories from Jesus’ ministry, all the while being led along dirt roads, under olive groves, through the Temple gates and into our own hearts. We will uncover biblical truths for unleashing the power of prayer and garner applicable tools for stepping-up our prayer lives. We will encounter present-day grandparents whose faith stories inspire even the most cynical among us to believe miracles still happen.
Family Ministry: How Your Church Can Shepherd Parents and Grandparents to Make Disciples
Capture a biblical vision for family ministry at your church. Family Ministry will help your church shepherd parents and grandparents to make disciples. In this book you will discover what family ministry is, why it matters, and how to establish a family ministry in your church as we explore nine biblical characteristics of a vibrant family ministry. Family Ministry will help you grow in your theology and create a comprehensive and customizable strategy that is biblical, sustainable, and fruitful. It’s a helpful resource for senior pastors, executive pastors, men’s and women’s ministry leaders, children’s pastors, youth pastors—anyone that cares about family discipleship. Imagine the impact of parents and grandparents in your church intentionally and actively discipling their children and grandchildren for lifelong faith in Jesus. I believe it can happen, and this book will show you how.
Biblical Grandparenting: Exploring God’s Design for Disciple-Making and Passing Faith to Future Generations
What is the role of a grandparent? While the world tells you it’s time to retire and relax, you have an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of your grandchildren and leave a lasting heritage for your family that will bless generations to come. Biblical Grandparenting explains culture’s misleading messages about grandparenting, provides a biblical overview of the role of grandparents, and shares groundbreaking research that will give you a vision to impact the next generation for Christ. In addition, you will be given practical methods to disciple your grandchildren and navigate your place in the family. You are needed as a grandparent–and not simply as a babysitter or a playmate. If you want to care for your grandchildren, give them something that will truly last: a firm spiritual foundation and a close personal relationship they will cherish forever. Discover how in Biblical Grandparenting. Biblical Grandparenting is a full-length leadership book that places grandparenting ministry on a firm scriptural foundation. It is ideal for pastors, church leaders, individuals who like meaty books, as well as for use in the classroom at seminaries.
Grandparenting: Strengthening Your Family and Passing on Your Faith
Many powerful voices are influencing our grandchildren, from those at home and in their schools to those in the world of entertainment and media. What can you as a grandparent do to speak wisdom and godliness into their lives? Grandparenting gives you a biblical foundation for investing spiritually in your grandkids, walking you through the principles of influencing them for Christ–from sharing with unbelieving grandkids to discipling them into a mature faith. Josh Mulvihill, a leading expert on Christian grandparenting and an experienced pastor, explains the role of a grandparent according to the Bible, discipleship practices, and biblical principles to strengthen family relationships. Perfect for individuals, small groups, or Sunday school classes, this book gives you the tools you need to intentionally influence grandchildren for Christ.
Discipling Your Grandchildren: Great Ideas to Help Them Know, Love, and Serve God
As a grandparent with a passion to impact your grandchildren for Christ, do you sometimes struggle to find fun and meaningful ways to disciple them and leave a lasting legacy of faith? Help is at hand in Discipling Your Grandchildren, which contains dozens of suggestions and strategies to help you do just that. With an assortment of actionable ideas–from practical tips on how to better connect with your grandchildren to fun, age-appropriate activities–Discipling Your Grandchildren is an invaluable tool chest for grandparents who want to build a biblical foundation, lead by example, and point their grandchildren to Christ. Practical yet powerful, the information, ideas, and best practices shared in this book can be implemented and adapted in ways that work for your unique grandparenting situation, whether your grandchildren are two or twenty, around the corner or across the globe.
Saving Our Children in a World Gone Crazy: Why We Must Give Our Children a Biblical Worldview
Jeff’s passion for raising up a new generation of young people with a biblical worldview flows from his heart and mind onto every page of this inspiring book. This book challenges, confronts, encourages and motivates parents to be highly focused and intentional in giving their children a biblical worldview. It was written to encourage parents who are already engaged in the effort to give their children a biblical worldview and to help those parents who haven’t thought much about it to begin the process. If you are raising children or want to help your grandchildren, this is the book for you.
Prayers that Stir the Heart of Grandparents
Do your prayers for your grandchildren and their parents seem powerless and ineffectual? Prayers that Stir the Hearts of Grandparents is a collection of forty prayers, which are grounded in the Word of God. Designed as a prayer journal and written to boost your prayer life, this unique book encourages and equips you to pray specifically and boldly for your grandchildren, adult children, future grandchildren and even yourselves.
Equipping Grandparents: Helping Your Church Reach and Disciple the Next Generation
Grandparents are one of the most valuable resources in your church! Equipping Grandparents was written by family ministry experts to encourage church leaders to think about a demographic that has been overlooked and under-resourced in most churches: grandparents. Contributors include Josh Mulvihill, Larry Fowler, Cavin Harper, Sherry Shuman, Wayne Rice, John Coulombe, and Joanne Lundberg. This book provides ideas and resources to help your church reach and disciple the youngest generation through grandparents. Get ready to see the lives of families changed as you help grandparents pass on their faith to their children’s children.
GrandCamp Field Guide
If you have the desire to do your own version of a GrandCamp, then this resource is for you. Whether you call it GrandCamp, Grammy and Grampy Camp, or Cuzins’ Camp, this impactful experience can be a unique opportunity to personally impact your relationship with your grandchildren and their faith journey. Our DIY Field Guide is an effective tool to help you create a successful GrandCamp event at your home.
The GrandCamp Field Guide is packed with ideas and resources to make your work easier. You won’t have to start from scratch, or scratch your head trying to figure out how to put it all together. The book is based upon our experience producing GrandCamp for three decades, and the accumulated knowledge gained from others who have created a similar experience. We provide a valuable information guide to help you figure out what will best work for your unique family.
Intentional Children’s Ministry: How Your Church Can Disciple Children with a Lifelong Faith in Jesus
Serving in children’s ministry is one of the best jobs ever! You get to share the life-changing love of Jesus with boys and girls at church. You get to pour into and partner with parents as they fulfill their calling and command to disciple their own children. Day in and day out, you get to do Kingdom work. You don’t have to—you get to. Children’s ministry isn’t just entertaining kids. It’s not meant to be a Bible-lite approach, sprinkling in a little Jesus with the fun. The cookies and coloring sheet approach won’t cut it in the world our kids live in.
Each and every minute that boys and girls are at church matters. The lessons you teach matter. The relationships you form matter. The events you plan, the resources you send home, and even the look on your face when kids walk into the room matters. Every single thing you do in children’s ministry needs to be done with intentionality.
Intentional Children’s Ministry will help you to establish the goal of children’s ministry, then practically walk you through how to lead with intentionality in every area:
- Choosing the right curriculum
- Building a child’s worldview
- Recruiting and training volunteers
- Partnering with parents
- Effective teaching
- Sharing the gospel
- Growing as a leader
- Balancing hats in ministry
- Strategic programming
- Discipling children for life
Believer’s Baptism: A Guide for Families and Churches
Believer’s Baptism will help parents or grandparents guide their child through the baptism process, share the baptism experience together, and nurture a child’s faith in a significant way. In this book you’ll help your child understand the details of baptism-the why, the what, the how, the who, and the when. Believer’s Baptism will help you determine if a child is a Christian and can articulate the gospel message. Each chapter includes a Talk About It Together section to facilitate conversation and study what the Bible says about baptism. It’s a helpful resource for parents, grandparents, and church leaders.
Preparing Children for Marriage: How to Teach God’s Good Design for Marriage, Sex, Purity, and Dating
Your children will make few decisions more important than their decision to marry. But they must make other choices before then―decisions about purity, dating, and their roles as men and women. Are they prepared? In this highly practical guide, Joshua Mulvihill lays out a biblically grounded plan for preparing young children for later challenges. Our culture is zealous in reaching children with its own take on sex and marriage, but shouldn’t we be able to talk about these things and their place in God’s larger narrative? Parents, grandparents, and others in the church will learn how to bring the truth home by starting the conversation with their children early―and returning to it often.
When You See Fireflies: Equipping Leaders and Parents to Minister Effectively to Generation Alpha
Do you know Generation Alpha? Do you understand them? Generation Alpha are the children who were born between 2010-2024. If you are a parent, grandparent, or leader of these children, you need to understand the unique culture they have been born into. For the earlier generations, technology has been introduced gradually, but Generation Alpha is the first generation to be born into technology. They are a unique group that needs unique answers. This book is full of research, information, and helpful suggestions. If you have children or grandchildren under the age of 13, you need to read this book!
Courageous Grandparenting: Building a Legacy Worth Outliving You
It is abundantly clear that parents have the more powerful influence on a child. What is not always acknowledged is that grandparents are, hands down, the second most powerful influence in a child’s life. In many cases, they are the most significant influencer in their grandchild’s life.
Courageous Grandparenting establishes a biblical, gospel shaped foundation for understanding the significant roles God expects grandparents to have in a child’s faith journey. Sharing from more than two decades of experience as a grandfather and the leader of the first ministry organization dedicated solely to grandparenting, Cavin Harper provides the biblical foundation and practical applications of the roles grandparents are expected to play in their families.
If you want to make an impact in the lives of your grandchildren, Courageous Grandparenting will help you do that. There is more to effective grandparenting than simply have good times with your grandchildren. Your grandchildren need grandparents who will boldly declare the Good News of Christ and intentionally build a legacy worth outliving them.
A Guide to Great Grandparenting: It’s Not Just About the Grandchildren
A grandparent might ask, “Who needs a book on grandparenting?” because it seems so simple. First, you do only fun things with the grandchildren, give them lots of candy and gifts, let them break all their parents’ rules, and then send them home sugared up and spoiled rotten! If you feel like this, Paul and Diana Miller have some new good ideas for you in this enhanced edition of their faith-based book, A Guide to Great Grandparenting. This book is unique because it explains to grandparents that they will have their greatest positive effect on their grandchildren only when they have a mature adult-to-adult relationship with their adult children.
Specifically, Paul and Diana will help you understand that you, as grandparents, will have a profound effect (for good or bad) on your grandchildren’s future. In addition, your decisions will make the parents’ job easier or much harder.
The Millers’ key concept is the “Family Trinity” framework for building and keeping healthy and enjoyable relationships between all three generations. The Trinity shows that the parents are totally responsible for not merely providing for their children but also teaching them essential values and tools for becoming productive and fulfilled adults. It also shows that grandparents are responsible for helping the parents raise their children without getting in their way. To gain these benefits, the book explains why grandparents must first release the parents to be fully independent adults and then coach them without expecting full compliance. Further, it explains why grandparents should be good models for the grandchildren and otherwise reinforce the lessons and skills their parents are teaching them. The book is filled with stories based on the Millers’ interviews with many families as well as their personal experiences as grandparents of ten grandchildren and long-time professional educators and Bible teachers for children and senior adults. They describe with great clarity what spoiling is, why it occurs, and why grandparents should not engage in it. They also discuss the beauty of “gracious” gift-giving that primarily benefits the recipients as compared to “lavish” gift-giving that primarily benefits the givers. They also advise grandparents on what they can do to become “gracious givers.”
A Parent’s Guide to Grand Partnering: Harvesting the Grandparents Wisdom
As a parent, you might ask, “Where can I find a helpful book on grandparenting?” because your kids’ grandparents seem to want to do only fun things with their grandchildren, give them lots of candy and gifts, let them break all your rules, and then send them home to you sugared up and spoiled rotten! In addition, you know they have lots of experience and wisdom that could be useful to you as learn how to be a better parent. If you feel like this, or if you’re an expectant parent who wants to avoid these issues, Paul and Diana Miller have some new good ideas for you in their faith-based book, A Parents’ Guide to Great Grand-Partnering. This book is unique because it challenges parents to harvest the grandparents’ wisdom for their family’s benefit while also establishing boundaries to prevent interference and undermining.
Specifically, Paul and Diana will help you understand that grandparents can have a profound effect (for good or bad) on your children’s future. It’s also true their decisions will make your job easier or much harder. Further, parents and grandparents can come together to reap the bonus of enjoying a mature adult-to-adult relationship with each other. The Millers’ key concept is the “Family Trinity” framework for building and keeping healthy and enjoyable relationships between all three generations. The Trinity shows that the parents are totally responsible for not merely providing for their children but also teaching them essential values and tools for becoming productive and fulfilled adults. It also shows that grandparents are responsible for helping the parents raise their children without getting in their way. To gain these benefits, the book explains why parents need to embrace their own adult-level independence. Likewise, grandparents should release the parents to be fully independent adults. Once these attitudes are established, the parents are free to allow the grandparents to coach them without having to comply with their advice. In addition, parents can encourage the grandparents to be good models for the grandchildren and otherwise reinforce the lessons and skills they are teaching them.
Raising Your Grandchildren: Encouragement and Guidance for Those Parenting Their Children’s Children
You thought you were done raising children. But now, unexpectedly, your child isn’t able to raise their own kids, so you step up to fill in the gap. But what comes next? Do you have the energy to get the job done? Are you equipped in this ever-changing world? And will you be able to help your grandchildren draw close to the God you love? In Raising Your Grandchildren, you’ll discover the practical tools as well as the encouragement you need to find hope in Christ and strength for the journey. With wisdom and compassion, this book focuses on common emotional and spiritual challenges, and along the way readers will hear true stories from other grandparents going down this road themselves. No one expects to be a grandparent raising a grandchild, and it can be a daunting task. But take courage–it can also be a blessing. Let this book be your guide to finding hope and joy in the journey.
