The Jesus Storybook Bible

In the beginning, God created.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

In the beginning of their lives, a foundation is laid for our children.

In the beginning of understanding, we as parents, have a responsibility to teach our children a Biblical worldview, a godly world view.

Beginnings are powerful.  For our children and even for us as adults, beginnings have quite the impact on us and affect future decisions; they often affect our futures themselves. We hear the term “worldview” but maybe we don’t completely understand what it implies and how it affects our perspectives, opinions, and decisions as we mature.

A worldview is the framework from which we view reality and make sense of life and the world. “[It’s] any ideology, philosophy, theology, movement or religion that provides an overarching approach to understanding God, the world and man’s relations to God and the world,” (David Noebe, Focus on the Family).

A Biblical Worldview is based on the infallible Word of God. When you believe the Bible is entirely true, then you allow it to be the foundation of everything you say and do (Focus on the Family).  People with a biblical worldview or a Christian worldview believe their primary reason for existence is to love and serve God.  God’s Word and Jesus’ teachings determine actions and life decisions.

A Secular Worldview is a religious worldview in which “man is the measure” — mankind is the ultimate norm by which truth and values are to be determined (allaboutWorldView.org).  This perspective encourages people to put their hope in personal happiness, and encourages people to “find” or determine their own truths.  We hear terms like “live your truth” or “all that matters is being happy” promoted by those with a secular worldview.  Personal opinions determine actions and life decisions.

Our worldview as parents greatly influences the worldview that our children will develop.  Other factors have great influence as well:  what they hear in school, what they learn in church, what they watch on television, what they read, what they listen to such as music or SM posts, video games they play, and the friends they spend time with.

Last year, we had the incredible opportunity to visit the Creation Museum and The Ark Encounter in northern Kentucky, ministries supported by Answers in Genesis.   Answers in Genesis is a ministry that is very dear to my heart; when we studied this material 25 years ago at our church, our eyes were opened to the idea that the Bible and science are not in conflict.  I understood what I had somehow always believed in faith….that God is the Master Scientist.  On the website for the Creation Museum, the words “Prepare to Believe” are bold.  There is clear evidence, scientific evidence, to support the science behind creation, design, and purpose.

We can point our littles to the fact that the Bible and “science” are not in conflict, but that one provides evidence of the other.  As we hope to establish a Biblical worldview in our children and grandchildren, we need help.  We need resources.  We need to equip them to combat the lies they will hear and to have truths to hold up against them.

One way to start this as we BOOK TIME WITH OUR KIDS is to read Biblical stories to them and with them that we can all learn from, from the start and at a young age.   We can talk about the truths within. Using content from Anwers in Genesis is a great way to start.  Today’s culture comes hard at our littles-  we have a great responsibility, an honor,  to help them find Truth.  And the best time to start this is “in the beginning”.

Creation Story, Genesis 1

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