Carl Laferton

Sep 13, 2024 | westminsterkids.com | Carl Laferton

This article is republished with permission from The Good Book Company. Carl Laferton, the author of The Garden, the Curtain and the Cross shares 5 reasons to take kids back to the Old Testament. Fires on mountains. Warriors and battles. Lions not eating people and bears actually eating people. Queens and slave-girls speaking truth to power. The kids’ fiction shelves of your local bookstore (if it’s open) contain no stories more exciting than Old Testament narratives offer.

Oct 5, 2023 | westminsterkids.com | Carl Laferton

When it comes to theology, kids can usually handle more than we think, but they often need us to explain things more simply than we think. How do we do that? Well, as so often in the Christian life, we can look to our Lord and Savior as our model and help. 1. Use the Right Moments When you read the Gospels, you’ll notice that the majority of Jesus’ teaching occurs either in answer to a question, or in response to something happening in the world around him.

Sep 5, 2023 | thegospelcoalition.org | Carl Laferton |Brett McCracken |Hunter Baker |Russ Ramsey

“Dear God, thank you that you always keep your promises.”This has been my daughter’s go-to in family prayers for the past six years, since she was about 3 years old. My son’s equivalent was “Thank you, God, for cars.” He’s now 11 and has diversified his praise prayers away from four-wheel-based gratitude (one of my current greatest joys of parenting is to hear him praising God for his attributes each night).