Kideos

From Josh Harris

"Kideos & Totlol: Online Videos for Children: YouTube can be a sketchy place (even for adults). I just heard about www.kideos.com a kid-friendly version of Youtube that divides videos by age group. TotLol.com does the same thing--all the videos are moderated by parents. (I still wouldn't encourage you to let your kids roam around these sites unattended, but they could be useful tools for your family.)"

Do You Have a Children's Ministry Philosophy?

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Family Worship Guide

The subject of "Family Worship" can make parents feel overwhelmed. Most want to participate in it but where to begin?

Check out Family Worship Guide.net - It is great for families with older kids (those that can read and up)

The site is updated every day and features the following:

- A text for family worship
- Some texts for private worship
- What to pray for that day (related to the passage)
- A related hymn to sing
- A passage to memorize
- A question or two to ask (aka catechism)

Check it out.

Five Arguments

It's never too early to teach the discipline of apologetics to your children. Here are Thomas Aquinas' five arguments for the existence of God:

1) Argument from Motion: if things are in motion, they must have been moved by an ultimate mover.

2) Argument from Efficient Causes: if there are effects, there must be an efficient cause for the effects.

3) Argument from Possibility and Necessity (Reductio argument): if contingent things exist, there must be a non-contingent explanation for them.

4) Argument from Gradation of Being: if there is gradation in being (some things are better than others), there must also be something perfect, a standard which is to all beings the cause of their being, goodness, and every other perfection, including their perception of these things.

5) Argument from Design: if there is purpose and design to all things, then there must be a sufficient designer which births, guides, and directs all purpose and ends.