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So, since Jesus is not boring and the Bible is not boring, why do so many children think they are? Why do so many children think the Bible is just a book they take to church with them and then leave in their van all week until they are on their way back to their Sunday School class? Why do so many adults think these things, too?
There are probably several reasons for this, but I think some of them are . . .
- Because we teach God's Word in a boring way. We tend to lecture and do all the talking and children tune us out.
- We have failed to communicate how exciting the Bible is and to encourage a desire in children to discover for themselves Who Jesus is and what the Bible says.
- We do not really know and walk with Jesus ourselves and do not really hunger for God's Word.
We must take seriously how essential it is for us to know and walk with Jesus and for us to hunger for God's Word if we want children to do these things. We must stop boring children and commit to engage them in God's Word so they will come to know and love Jesus and God's Word. And, while we want children to learn character development, the most important thing is for the to love God's Word and love Jesus. We need to be on guard so we do not become distracted by other things; even other things which are good and important, and are focused on keeping the focus on knowing and walking with Jesus and hungering for God's Word.
Jesus and the Bible are not boring . . . let's focus on believing and living this ourselves and on helping children discover this truth, too!
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