Much of today’s writing on children treats the child of any age as a problem or a set of problems to be solved, effectively reducing the child to a complex of biological and chemical factors, explainable in scientific terms, Read more
The Child in the Bible
In this volume nineteen biblical scholars collaborate to provide an informed and focused treatment of biblical perspectives on children and childhood. Looking at the Bible through the “lens” of the child exposes new aspects of biblical texts and themes. Read more
The Bible: A Child’s Playground
The issue of teaching children the Bible remains a distressing and perplexing problem for many. We have observed with discomforting frequency that many adults want first to know how to teach children the Bible without considering what the task Read more
Special Children? A Theology of Childhood
This is a book for Christian parents who want to know what the Bible has to say about their children. Are they different from other children? Are they different from the children of the old covenant? Read more
Precious In His Sight: Childhood & Children in the Bible
Though numerous volumes have been written on human observations about children, very few volumes present God’s perspective on them as recorded in the Bible. Precious in His Sight fills this gap admirably.
Not only is this volume unique, it Read more
One Generation from Extinction
When Robert Raikes started his first Sunday School in 1780, he saw his idea grow to reach 300,000 unchurched children within five years – this in a nation widely ignorant of Christian ideas and values. Mark Griffiths has used Read more
Offering the Gospel to Children
This book calls on parents and Christian educators to allow children to participate fully in the gospel of Jesus.
Parish education programs for children often distort the canon, substituting children’s Bibles for Holy Scripture and simple moralism for imagination. Read more
Lost Icons: Reflections on Cultural Bereavement
‘There is a confidence that arises from being utterly convinced that the Christian creed and the Christian vision have in them a life and a richness that can embrace and transfigure all the complexities of human life.’ ARCHBISHOP Read more
Like a Child: 70 Thoughts for Busy Grown-ups
The aim of this book is to raise a smile and inspire your thinking. We decided to write down some of the things our children said and did, not to show them up to be ignorant or misguided, but Read more
Let the Children Come
Raising children is one of the most highly charged moral and religious events of human life. Although we strive to raise healthy children, negative cultural trends like consumerism, media violence, and erosion of community and extended family conspire to Read more