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Book review: Revolutionary Parenting
Posted on 30. Mar, 2010 by Kenny.
Buy this book. Read it. Buy a copy for everyone on your team and discuss it together. Get as many parents to read this book as possible. Help them do what this book says. Period.
How’s that for a review?
I honestly think that this is one of the most important books I’ve read in the last 3-5 years. Several years before that Barna released Spiritual Champions which was essentially hailed the holy grail of Children’s Ministry resources. Children’s Pastors from around the world heralded this book as the stamp of validation for what they do as being really important. It was a great book, but I think this one is even more important. This book speaks to results.
In case you don’t know what it’s about, George Barna researched, polled and questioned kids (now young adults) who possess a biblical world view that they developed as they grew up in Christian homes.… Read the rest
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Refine the message: Additional thoughts
Posted on 18. Jan, 2010 by Kenny.
I’ve been thinking a lot about this very thing lately. At my church we use 252 Basics and My First Look. It’s great curriculum. However, I do think that every church needs to evaluate their own unique situation, determine their target and evaluate what message needs to be presented. Obviously, there are central biblical truths that need to be communicated in every church, but not all churches are the same and neither is the demographic of the people they’re trying to reach.
Here’s what I’ve been wrestling through the last few months. In George Barna’s book Revolutionary Parenting, he defines a biblical worldview.
A biblical worldview, as defined by the Barna study, is believing that absolute moral truth exists; the Bible is completely accurate in all of the principles it teaches; Satan is considered to be a real being or force, not merely symbolic; a person cannot earn their way into Heaven by trying to be good or do good works; Jesus Christ lived a sinless life on earth; and God is the all-knowing, all-powerful creator of the world who still rules the universe today.
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