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Learn the Bible

Homeschool Review Crew

Bethany House Publishers

If you’re homeschooling you have children that you have influence over and it’s your job to help them learn the Bible.  That’s a bit daunting to me as it seems like such a big thing to help them to learn and to love the Bible.  Enter Bethany House Publishers and a book they publish called Help Your Kids Learn and Love the Bible written by Danika Cooley. 

I’m a lover of reading so of course I was up to reading this book and providing a review.  

This is a paperback book.  The book itself is broken up or written into three sections.  Part one, You’re the Leader.  Faithful Reading is part two.  And part three is A Daily Walk.  The book is 182 pages long.  Throughout the book, the author infuses bits of her life and story and her journey through parenting as examples. 

About the Book

In Help Your Kids Learn and Love the Bible is about making the Bible an integral part of every day in your life and that of your children. The Bible should be the number one book we teach from and learn from in our day to life but sadly it is often the last book we reach for or the one we only reach for when we have “extra” time. 

Danika Cooley offers to help you learn how to make the Bible the most important book in your life and in your children’s lives so that it is always the first one consulted.  This book will encourage you but also challenge you to move forward in your own walk and also help our children in their walk and lives. 

It is by this solid start to life with the Bible as the center that we can have hope that our children will walk with the Lord as they grow and go from our home.  This is a book that should be in every home as well as all churches in my opinion.  

Danika is an award-winning author as well as a Bible curriculum creator with her husband.  Together they have four children who they homeschool.  They are committed to raising their children to live for the Lord and want to help you do the same. 

Our Thoughts 

I found this to be a good read.  It read quickly but also had words of wisdom that made me want to highlight or take notes.  

We take so much time with our kids to work on this or that.  We find them the perfect curriculum, we find them the perfect activities for them, but do we find them the perfect Bible and study to do?

I enjoyed reading this book.  There were parts that challenged me to do better and gave me practical ideas on how to do that.  I struggle with teaching my kids the Bible.  We work on memory verses and we work on copywork of Bible verses.  My husband leads family devotions.  But is that really enough?  Are they really learning?  Are they really hiding words in their heart?  Will it serve them as they grow and are on their own?  Have I done enough to set the foundation? 

If you’re like me and have some of these questions then I highly recommend you get this book.  It answers them and more while giving you practical steps to work through and achieve your objectives. You’ll also find encouragement throughout the pages cheering you on when you feel that you’re failing. 

I would love for Danika to come out with another book geared more towards teens.  Whether that’s one for teens raised in a Christian home but maybe where the Bible wasn’t the centrepiece or one for teens who were raised in secular homes.   Both would be good I think.  This one was more geared to formative years when they’re young. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Learn More

You can learn more about getting your child to learn the Bible as well as love the Bible by reading all of the reviews linked up on the Main Blog Post.  While everyone received the same book you’re sure to find lots of different opinions and takes on what they learned or gleaned from reading.

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