PARENTS! Provide Truth to Your Children: The Only Secure Anchor in the Storms of Life

By Ruth A. Reppert

It offers a two-week plan that enables Christian parents and others with conservative values to teach their young school-age children a few basic Bible truths at home at the children's level of understanding. By knowing God's unchanging truth, the average young schoolchild can learn to recognize untruths and resist deception.

This plan was created by an experienced elementary school teacher, and it is exceptional in two ways. First, instead of presenting familiar Bible stories, the book features original modern-day parables to which kids can easily relate. Second, there is a designed course that is short, simple, and adaptable to any lifestyle. There are just fourteen one-page stories to read aloud—one story for each sitting. Immediately following each story is a "Lesson Plan and Follow-up Activities" page with suggestions for fun projects that parent, and children can enjoy if they wish and whenever they wish.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Jan 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9781667875248

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I highly recommend this book. The stories will charm the children because they are familiar everyday events to which they can easily relate. They will enjoy the discussions with their parents and the brief follow-up activities they will share.

Dr. Steve Harris

Baptist State Convention of North Carolina

Copyright © 2023 Ruth A. Reppert

Parents! Provide Truth to Your Children

The Only Secure Anchor in the Storms of Life

by Ruth A. Reppert

Produced in the United States of America as an eBook.

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eBook ISBN: 978-1-66787-524-8

The author warrants that all contents are original and do not infringe upon the legal rights of any other person or work. No part of this book may be copied or reproduced in any form without the written permission of the author.

Because of the variations in human aptitudes and abilities, neither the author nor the distributor guarantees that all who follow this curriculum will successfully achieve the predicted results.

Scripture quotations marked NIV are taken from the New International Version (NIV)®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. TM. Used by permission of Zondervan.

Scripture quotations marked ESV are taken from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV) ® Copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked CEV are taken from the Contemporary English Version (CEV). Copyright © 1995 by the American Bible Society. Used by Permission.

Scripture quotations marked NKJV are taken from the New King James Version (NKJV) © Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked MEV are taken from the Modern English Version (MEV) Copyright © 2014 by Military Bible Association. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked ICB are taken from the International Children’s Bible ®. Copyright 1986, 1988,1999, 2015 by Tommy Nelson. Used by permission.

Scripture quotations marked CEB are taken from the Common English Bible. All rights reserved. Copyright 2012.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TECHNICAL ADVISOR:

Dr. Neil Starr

THEOLOGICAL CONSULTANT:

James E. Reppert, Th.M.

FIELD TESTING:

Debra Etkie

"…and you will know the truth,

and the truth will set you free."

John 8:32 ESV

Contents

MEMORY VERSES

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

RESPECT MATTERS

Chapter 1: THE WORD

LESSON PLAN and FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

Chapter 2: THE FLASHLIGHT

LESSON PLAN and FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

Chapter 3: THE BEGINNING

LESSON PLAN and FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

Chapter 4: THE TENT

LESSON PLAN and FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

Chapter 5: THE RULES

LESSON PLAN and FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

Chapter 6: THE TICKET

LESSON PLAN and FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

Chapter 7: THE STAIN

LESSON PLAN and FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

Chapter 8: THE GPS

LESSON PLAN and FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

Chapter 9: THE DOLLHOUSE

LESSON PLAN and FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

Chapter 10: THE GIFT

LESSON PLAN and FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

Chapter 11: THE PLANNER

LESSON PLAN and FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

Chapter 12: THE LINK

LESSON PLAN and FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

CHAPTER 13: THE SURPRISE

LESSON PLAN and FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

CHAPTER 14: THE BUTTERFLY

LESSON PLAN and FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

APPENDIX

POSTSCRIPT

MEET THE AUTHOR

MEMORY VERSES

THE WORD

For the word of the lord is right and true (Psa. 33:4) NIV

THE FLASHLIGHT

Your word is a lamp to my feet, a light to my path. (Psa. 119:105) ESV

THE BEGINNING

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. (Gn. 1:1) ESV

THE TENT

Great is our Lord and mighty in power... (Psa. 147:5) NIV

THE RULES

If you love me, you will keep my commandments. (Jn. 14:15) ESV

THE TICKET

For the Lord is our judge… (Is. 33:22) ESV

THE STAIN

All have sinned and fall short of God’s glory… (Ro. 3:23) CEB

THE GPS

…repent…that your sins may be wiped away… (Ac. 3:19) MEV

THE DOLLHOUSE

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son… (Jn. 3:16) ESV

THE GIFT

We believe with our hearts,…say…we believe, and…we are saved. (Ro. 10:10) ICB

THE PLANNER

A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. (Pr. 16:9) NKJV

THE LINK

If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it. (Jn. 14:14) ESV

THE SURPRISE

You are the one who put me together inside my mother’s body. (Psa. 139:13) CEV

THE BUTTERFLY

…if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation… (2 Cor. 5:17) ESV

PREFACE

We adults are flooded with propaganda through smartphones, computers, tablets, social media, and