- ISBN13: 9781433506017
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Product Description
Equips parents to guide their young children through all major doctrines in an understandable, chapter-a-day format. Sure, it’s easy to teach your children the essentials of Christian theology when you’re a theology professor. But what about the rest of us? With Big Truths for Young Hearts, Bruce Ware, (you guessed it!) a theology professor, encourages and enables parents of children 6-14 years of age to teach through the whole of systematic theology at a l… More >>
Big Truths for Young Hearts: Teaching and Learning the Greatness of God
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Great book. Not really one to read to kids , unless they’re older, but one to read yourself and then talk to them as you have opportunity. I like that he explains big truths in a way that a child ( or adult!) can understand.Big Truths for Young Hearts: Teaching and Learning the Greatness of God
Rating: 5 / 5
This is for anyone who understands the importance of having an accurate view of God and Biblical doctrine. The book makes the difficult easy to understand. Especially good for parents, young teens throught Big Truths for Young Hearts: Teaching and Learning the Greatness of Godto college and even those who teach the Bible and want to communicate concepts about God and theology with clarity and simplicity.
Rating: 5 / 5
Finally…the book I’ve been searching for! As the overseer of my church’s children’s ministry, I have been searching high and low for a book for parents to help them lead their families in discipleship. This book is it. One of our ministry’s main goals is to teach parents to teach their kids the greatness, sovereignty and worth of God. This book teaches exactly that through small daily studies.
My wife and I have been using this book in our family devotions with my six year-old son. He “gets it.” As a suggestion, we have broken up the daily studies into two. One to introduce the topic and the second day to reinforce it. We also briefly review the previously taught topics to keep them in memory.
I would disagree with the reviewer and commenter who said it was too deep. Our culture has come to assume that anything with any depth is too deep for kids. With my son, I read the book straight through and change only have to modify a few words here and there to make it a little more understandable.
I won’t go into too much detail as the book has been covered here. We have several family devotionals, many good, a few not so good. This one is my favorite. As the book suggests, it could be used in homeschool, in a Christian school or even in a church setting. This book could also be used as an adult theological primer, which would be very valuable for new believers. But for its designed purpose, this book is a great way to teach your kids how great our God is!
Rating: 5 / 5
I admit it . . . I judged a book by its cover. Honestly, when I first looked at this book, I groaned. I didn’t want to read it. I thought it would be dry and boring. However, once I started reading, I was captivated from the very first sentence. To say this book is phenomenal is an understatement.
Let me just explain. Bruce A. Ware, the author, taught his two little girls all about God. He worked as a Professor of Christian theology in a Seminary and then came home each night to teach his precious daughters. These were his bedside talks with his children. The book is full of amazing explanations of our religious faith. He describes deep truths such as Sanctification, Trusting God, Our salvation, the Holy Spirit and so much more. I was literally comforted and reassured by his gentle and knowledgeable words. This man knows what he is talking about and knows how to teach it.
The book itself is designed for children ages 6 and up. I read this myself and found it perfect for adults as well. I plan to use this for a weekly study with my children. Imagine, if you will, a godly Pastor who has written a guidebook of lessons. You, as a parent, get to read these to your children. You get to teach and train and guide and comfort your little ones, using this excellent resource! The title of the book is perfect: “Big Truths for Young Hearts.” My only qualm is the cover. It needs a major overhaul.
*I received this book, for free, from the publisher for the purpose of sharing my opinion.*
Rating: 5 / 5
The doctrinal quality of the titles published by Crossway never fail to amaze me, and Big Truths for Young Hearts has only served to cement my opinion. Theologian Bruce A. Ware has penned a work that attempts to capture the bedtime conversations he had with his own adult daughters (now grown), so that parents can step up to the plate in equipping their own children to understand the great, fundamental truths of the faith.
Ware writes from a distinctly Reformed perspective though classic Calvinistic terms familiar to believers aren’t often seen throughout the text. For our family, this work is a Godsend; new believers are often ill-equipped due to a lack of sound doctrinal instruction in the church as a whole, and Big Truths is just what we needed to guide us through the big questions our children ask us. Ware’s work is essential for any parent, or new believer seeking to beef up on the main tenets upon which Christianity stands.
Broken into nine major topics, Big Truths provides six three-page readings for each major section. At the end of each reading a memory verse and questions for discussion with your children are provided. You can look forward to tackling “God’s Word and God’s Own Life as God”, “God as Three in One”, “Creator and Ruler of All”, “Our Human Nature and Our Sin”, “Who Jesus Is”, “The Work that Jesus Has Done”, “The Holy Spirit”, “Our Great Salvation”, “The Church of Jesus Christ”, “What Will Take Place in the End”.
While written for children age nine and over, Ware can’t entirely break free of the language of theologians. Though he does try to simplify complex subjects for young ones, he still reads like the professor of Christian theology that he is.
Here we’ll consider three key ideas that try to explain why the cross of Christ was needed. Each of these must be a part of explaining the cross, but only as we put these together do we have a full explanation for the cross of Christ. We’re familiar with these ideas, but seeing them together here is important both for understanding the need for the cross and for understanding the gospel.
The above excerpt could just as easily be drawn from a simple book on doctrine for adult believers. As a result, parents may wish to read through the relevant reading several times in order to familiarize themselves with the key points, in order to paraphrase or summarize as necessary.
Ware’s text is filled with scriptural references, and all of the doctrine he puts forth is grounded firmly upon the Word of God. Though the text is Reformed in nature, and Ware teaches at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, he’s careful to hold only to what the scriptures state and avoids extra biblical standards. Ware takes care to point out that varying points of view exist on baptism, though he puts forth a case for baptism by immersion. He also notes that believers differ on matters of spiritual gifts and briefly touches upon both positions without adding value judgments.
A firm foundation based upon the clear teachings of God’s Word prevents confusion and the adoption of fallacious beliefs concerning the nature of God, salvation, the trinity, and the final destinations of those who die. With solid doctrinal understanding of Christian doctrine on the decline, Big Truths is my first recommendation for families in which any member of the family – large or small – is in need of instruction.
Rating: 5 / 5