It is dangerous to be a kid growing up in church. Most of them have heard about Noah and the flood, Moses and the Red Sea, David and Goliath.  

They have been taught about the animals and have colored pictures of them boarding the arc. But they were not told that this story is really about God–a God of righteousness who was raining judgment on the world. And a God of sovereign grace who was pleased to give salvation to Noah and his family.

They have done crossword puzzles on the plagues in Egypt and the Israelites crossing the Red Sea on dry ground. But they have not been told about the glory of God displayed in hardening the heart of Pharaoh, so that God would show Himself faithful to His promises thereby saving a people who did not deserve it.

They sang jingles about David and a sling and a giant falling down. But they were not told about the power of God to raise up an insignificant boy. Here is the wisdom and grace of God to defeat the enemy through one man and the whole nation of Israel benefits by this one man’s victory, like Jesus.

It is sad that many people spend their early years in the church and have never heard that the Bible is really all about God, not man.

(For helpful, Christ-exalting, God-centered children’s’ resources, check out Children Desiring God.)