Bible Stories and Why Children Respond to Them
Making Sense of the World!
Children posses an innate curiosity and Bible stories give them a way to make sense of what is happening in the world around them.
Children respond to Bible stories as a link to the more grown up world. This is because Bible stories can be memorized and recited as relevant and worthwhile lessons of life.
Imagine the positive feelings that come from not only hearing Bible stories from parents, but also in being able to share them with younger siblings.
Children feel proud when they are able to use a Bible story to explain a problem of life.
The Appeal of Bible Characters
As suggested, the concepts of theology can be a bit challenging for children's minds to comprehend, regardless of how imaginative these minds are.
The omniscience of God, for example, as He is willing to protect us from enemies can seem far removed from children's everyday grasp of life.
Yet, as it is brought to life in the colorful characterizations of David and Goliath, for example, God's omniscience in protecting human beings becomes more personalized and comprehensible.
Children respond to Bible stories because they can understand how David probably felt in that situation. They can relate to David as a small person who needed to be brave just as they do.
Children respond to Bible stories because they can feel the emotional impact of human experiences through the colorful characters who are influenced by these experiences.
The Appeal of Familiarity
Children also respond to Bible stories due to the comforting familiarity of these stories. They like to hear them again and again, to relive the shiny tales of Jonah and the whale or the parting of the Red Sea.
There is always an appeal to stories when the ending is already known. Children respond to Bible stories as positive and familiar friends.
Children respond to Bible stories with affection because these stories are like movies which stimulate their imaginations.
Bible stories let children stay children forever, even while they are at least indirectly partaking of a theological significance which is more relevant to the adult world.
In sum, children respond to Bible stores because these stories bring a more colorful approach to the adult concepts of theology.
Bible stories let children make sense of the world around them even as they provide hours of story telling entertainment.
Published by Dan Reveal
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13 Comments
Post a CommentVery insightful ideas, well done!
Thanks for the great article
***** some of the 1st things i read ..after those little golden books haha
Great article and points, Dan! Have I taken the time to thank you for your compliments on my writing? I am humbled and really appreciate it. Unfortunately, I haven't had a lot of time lately to stop by other peoples' files. Thanks again!
You have been busy, my friend. Gonna take a spell to catch up. Bible stories for kids sure seems like a good place to start.
Excellent, Bible stories were some of my favorites, and I learned an interest in the Bible from childhood!
David and Goliath and Jonah and the whale are two stories that I remember a lot from Sunday school.
Outstanding! Thanks!
excellent :)
Bible stories imparted a great amount of wisdom and comfort to me when I was a child!