Children

  • Children Are a Heritage by

    A biblical vision of parenting and childrearing is urgently needed in today’s world. Common assumptions about children tend to be unbalanced. Some people have naïve and unrealistic expectations about children, while others view them as unwanted burdens. Sadly …

  • OPTIONAL SESSION: Parenting By God’s Promises by

    In this optional session, Dr. Joel Beeke explores what nurture and admonition looks like and offers gems of practical wisdom for parents on topics such as instituting and leading family worship, teaching children, modeling faithful Christian living, and exercising discipline …

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  • Who Shall Teach? by

  • Who Is the Expert? by

    While God provides children as a wonderful gift to their parents, they still belong to Him.  Parents, therefore, have a privilege and a responsibility to train up their children in righteousness.  Dr. Sproul Jr. concludes this series by reiterating the …

  • Rethinking the Model by

  • The Parents Calling by

  • The Content of Teaching by

    In the third message of this series, Dr. Sproul Jr. focuses his attention on the content of Christian education.  He explains what Christians should teach their children, and expresses concern over the education of covenant children, for it does not …

  • The Goal of Education by

    The covenant family endeavors to train up its children in righteousness, yet popular culture makes achieving this goal increasingly difficult. Dr. Sproul Jr. examines this issue in an attempt to encourage Christians in this task, as well as to prompt …

  • The Covenant of Christian Education by

    Very few people deny the importance of both education and the educator.  Dr. Sproul Jr. examines further the value of education and the teacher, declaring the task of instructing as not only a primary, Christian responsibility, but a tremendous blessing.  

  • The God Who Acts by

    R.C. Sproul Jr. moves from the responsibility of education in the covenantal context and focuses on God and His actions in human history. He encourages Christians to teach their children about God’s sovereignty over all things throughout all …

  • Evangelizing Your Children by

    Scripture repeatedly emphasizes the importance of teaching our children (e.g., Deut. 6:7; 11:19). We are to be concerned not only with our own salvation, but with the salvation of our families. What exactly is our responsibility before …

  • The Lightlings by

    Scripture describes fallen sinners as lovers of darkness who hate the True Light. But there is remedy for that. In this special message, Dr. Sproul narrates his book entitled “The Lightlings” – a children’s story he wrote to explain how …