Comments on: Already Gone by Ken Ham and Britt Beemer

By: Terry Delaney

Terry Delaney — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:42:27 +0000

@Monica Luithle I think Bible intake is a must for all children. I believe that immersing yourself and your children in Scripture is necessary if we are to combat this falling away. However, the argument by Ham and Beemer is not so much that churches are not engaging in Scripture memorization and such; rather, it is that we are not offering up reasons as to why they should trust the Bible as the word of God. We need to cultivate this high view of Scripture as we lead the children to memorize passages from the Bible. I, too, am encouraged by the statistics of AWANA. I also am pretty sure that those children who stick with AWANA for 6+ years have parents who disciple them on a fairly regular basis as well as hold to a higher view of Scripture.

By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:15:14 +0000

hi, i look forward to checking that out. Barna’s stats are stagering as well. I am a s/s teacher and see a battle consistently with the public school teaching.We battle obedience to authority, origin, serving oneself vs serving God. Faith vs fact. Kids are so caught up in visual that they dont understand the reality of faith. Dont mean to sound so preachy. i am very concerned about the youth of this generation. God help us.

By: Monica Luithle

Monica Luithle — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:06:18 +0000

I am excited to pick up this book. I have recently attended a CM conference that continuosly shared these alarming statistics. I have been reading and teaching the book Modern Day Joseph by Larry Fowler which is a similar book. Have you seen the AWANA stats that say 93% of kids that participate for 6 more years Stay with their faith post high school? Just a glimmer of hope for what hiding God’s word in your heart can do when given priority. Just wondering what your thoughts are?

By: Susan K. Stewart

Susan K. Stewart — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:40:04 +0000

… I’m sorry, my pinky hit the wrong key.

Back to the dreaded two-year rotation. Most Sunday School programs follow the same rotation and children learn stories from the Bible, but little about faith or trust.

Later when they leave their parents’ faith to find their own, we parents are aghast. At some point, every person must make God their own.

I’ll be anxious to see if this information makes a change in the System

By: Susan K. Stewart

Susan K. Stewart — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:37:04 +0000

Thank you for the review. I have for years thought there was something wrong with the Sunday School System, as we know it. I taught 8- to 10-year-olds who were so bored because they had been in the System from birth. They knew every “lesson” of the two-year rotation of most