What does the church of Christ teach about Children?

We have provided all the sermons, studies and Bible lessons that we have available on the topic of raising children.  These lessons have been recorded and published here for the good of all.  Please feel free to use any of this material for research, edification, sermon or lesson preparation.  Thank you for your interest and may God bless you in your efforts in His kingdom.   

Proverbs 22:6
"Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it."

Studies on Child Raising from the church of Christ

Church of Christ Sermon Outlines

What I Want My Children to Believe
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Children are a gift from God, a heritage from the Lord.  (Psalm 127) “Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain.  It is vain for you to rise up early, To sit up late, To eat the bread of sorrows; For so He gives His beloved sleep.  Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward.  Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth.  Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; They shall not be ashamed, But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.” NKJV  Parents have an awesome responsibility to bring them up in the “training and admonition of the Lord.”  (Ephesians 6)  (Ephesians 6:4) “And you fathers, so not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.” NKJV  Moses, before the nation of Israel entered the Promised Land, exhorted parents as follows:  (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) “Hear, O Israel:  The Lord our God, the Lord is one!  You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.  And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.  You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.  You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.  You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” NKJV

Theme:

So, as a parent, what do I need to teach my children?  What do I want my children to believe?

I.            About the Nature of God

II.          About the Nature of Man

III.        About the World

Invitation:

Parents, what have you been teaching your children and what do you want them to believe?  

Bobby Stafford  August 19, 2018

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It is hard to believe that anyone would even think that babies are born as sinners.  Yet many Protestants and Catholics believe this.  They say that babies are born with a sinful nature and blackened with original sin.  Does the Bible, the Word of God, actually teach this?

I.  King David and His Infant Son

II.  The Sin of Adam

III.  Psalm 51 and Original Sin  

Conclusion:

Are children born sinners?  The Bible says no.  Do babies inherit a sinful nature?  Scripture again says no.  Are infants guilty of Adam’s sin?  Once again, God’s Word says no.  Babies are born pure and innocent, free of any and all sin.  They are not old enough to understand the difference between right and wrong so they cannot commit sin and are therefore safe.

Bobby Stafford  April 23, 2017