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The Bible App for Kids

The Bible App for Kids is the newest member of the YouVersion family of apps.

The Bible Project

Our mission is to help people experience the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesus.

Student Life Application Study Bible

It’s perfect for those looking for an innovative NLT study Bible.

By Tyndale

New Year, New You:

365 Bible Readings and Prayers for Teens

By Lauren Groves

Parenting Bible Study Guide

 Plus Streaming Video: Getting It Right

By Andy Stanley & Sandra Stanley

Practical resources to help you grow in your relationship with God and Experience His Best in your everyday life.

Helpful Bible verses for everyday
life struggles.

 

Historical information about the Bible
that every Christian should know.

 

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Family Resources

Digital Parenting

Gain peace of mind when it comes to technology in your home. Give your family a bold, Christian approach to our digital world.  We believe families can thrive in the digital age. We partner with churches around the world to equip parents to successfully manage the technology surrounding their families.

Focus on the Family

Focus on the Family is a global Christian ministry dedicated to helping families thrive. We provide help and resources for couples to build healthy marriages that reflect God’s design, and for parents to raise their children according to morals and values grounded in biblical principles.

The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding

The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding (CPYU) endeavors to increase the ability of home and church to nurture children and teens into a lifetime of biblically-faithful, whole-life Christian discipleship.

Rooted

Equipping and empowering parents to faithfully disciple students toward lifelong faith in Jesus Christ.

 

Blog: Raising Christian Kids

Christian parenting 101! Read through our faith-guided library of insightful articles, our favorite resources, recommendations + more. Raising Christian Kids exists to equip and empower ministry leaders, parents, grandparents, teachers, and all who are raising the next generation to help little ones to have a strong foundation in Jesus!

 

Article: The Best Parenting = Simple Parenting (as told by a recent kid)

Time Alone with God

The P.A.T.H. of Prayer

To Experience God’s Best in any relationship, communication is key. Prayer is the way we communicate with God. This resource will provide you a PATH to an effective prayer life.

Reading the Bible with Purpose

Reading the Bible is an important part of Experiencing God’s Best and growing in your relationship with Him. This resource will give you the tools to begin reading the Bible with purpose.
FOLLOW ALONG THIS SUMMER AS WE READ THROUGH THE NEW TESTAMENT.

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Recommended Apps

Parent Cue App

Raising Kids with Faith and Character Just Got Easier. Download the free Parent Cue app now!

Aro App

Don’t just reduce screen time. Take control.
Develop the habit of putting down your phone when you want to focus, engage, connect, or simply be present.

The Bible App for Kids

Through interactive adventures and beautiful animations, kids explore the big stories of the Bible. The Bible App for Kids is a delight-filled experience designed to encourage kids to return again and again. It’s the beginning of a lifelong love of God’s Word.

Recommended Podcast

For the Gospel Podcast

For the Gospel Podcast provides sound doctrine for everyday people. By discussing practical topics, answering tough questions, and interviewing influential guests, we want to inspire you to live for the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Practice Makes Parent

Dive into the heart of Christian parenting with “Practice Makes Parent,” your go-to podcast for actionable insights, faith-based inspiration, and real-life strategies for every stage of parenthood.

The Christian Parenting Podcast

With Steph Thurling

As believing parents, we know how important it is to raise our kids with love and intentionality. We want to give our kids a full picture of God’s love for them every day! But some days, it’s really hard! We are stretched thin, tired, and often feel unequipped. The Christian Parenting Podcast gives parents the space and resources to set aside perfection and grow into the perfectly imperfect parents God made them to be. Join host Steph Thurling and her guests as they discuss practical tips and spiritual guidance for your parenting journey.

Recommended Books

Bibles

My First Bible Memory Verse Cards

Encourage and create engaging family time as you teach your little ones the value of learning God’s Word.

52 verses; 26 two-sided, hole-punched memory cards with ring for easy sorting and storing: 4″ x 4″

Convenient storage box with rope handle for on-the-go learning – perfect for family devotions at home or Scripture memorization in the carpool line

NIrV Adventure Bible for Early Readers

NIrV Adventure Bible for Early Readers

The Adventure Bible for Early Readers takes you on a fun, exciting journey through God’s Word. Along the way you’ll meet all types of people, see all sorts of places, and learn all kinds of things about the Bible. Most importantly, you’ll grow closer in your relationship with God. Here’s a quick tour through the features:

The Beginner's Bible

Zondervan

The best-selling Bible storybook of our time, with over 25 million products sold! Introduce children to the stories of the Bible through vibrant art and compelling text with The Beginner’s Bible— full of life and fun, and featuring brand new vibrant, three-dimensional art.

NLT Student Life Application Study Bible

Tyndale

The visually engaging NLT Student Life Application Study Bible brings learning to life for those who want to get serious about their study of Scripture. It invites readers into an ever-deeper knowledge of God and his work in the world. It features a beautiful, four-color interior that appeals to younger readers as well as adults of any age. Bible features the easy-to-read New Living Translation and is equipped with the Filament Bible app. It’s perfect for those looking for an innovative NLT study Bible.

Spiritual Growth

Christian Beliefs, Revised Edition: Twenty Basics Every Christian

 Wayne A. Grudem

Not every Christian needs to go to seminary, but there are certain teachings of the Bible that every Christian should know. Whether you’re a relatively new believer in Jesus or a mature Christian looking for a better understanding of basics of the faith, Christian Beliefs is for you.

Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

Donald S. Whitney

Spiritual discipline sounds great in theory, but putting it into practice takes time and determination! Updated and revised for a new generation, Whitney’s guide reveals the importance of the disciplines; shows how they’ll help you grow in godliness; and offers practical suggestions for cultivating them in your daily life.

Family Worship: : In the Bible, In History, and In Your Home

Donald S. Whitney

Gathering together for worship is an indispensable part of your family’s spiritual life. It is a means for God to reveal himself to you and your loved ones in a powerful way.

Mealtime Discipleship

Phylicia Masonheimer

Raising tiny disciples?
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The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

John Mark Comer

For busy parents and students going back to school, or anyone trying to build better habits, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry is a fascinating roadmap to staying emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world.

Every Home a Foundation: Experiencing God through Your Everyday Routines

 Phylicia Masonheimer

What if our homes and the work that goes on inside them are not “in the way” of our calling but are instead the way to live well and disciple effectively? Reimagine the Christian home as the firm foundation of a life filled with faith, joy, contentment, and belonging, even in the midst of everyday tasks.

New Year, New You: 365 Bible Readings and Prayers for Teens

Lauren Groves

New Year, New You provides 365 Bible passages and prayers to help teens cultivate a transformative relationship with God. The guided prayers explore relevant and pressing topics, such as dating, self-worth, jealousy, school stress, guilt and shame, helping those in need, and more.

Called - Teen Devotional: How Jesus Transformed Ordinary People into Disciples

Lifeway Students

The moment you placed your faith in Jesus, the starter pistol fired, releasing you to follow Him while inviting others to do the same. The race is called discipleship. Just as a champion athlete is recruited and coached, you were recruited by God, given coaching tips through the life and teachings of Jesus, and called to “go” for the kingdom of heaven. This thirty-day devotional will walk you through the people Jesus called, how He taught them, and what He called them to do.

Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart: The Teen Edition

J.D. Greear & Jason Gaston

The idea of “asking Jesus into your heart” or “giving your life to Jesus” often gives false assurance to those who are not saved—and keeps those who genuinely are saved from fully embracing that reality. Greear unpacks the doctrine of assurance and answers the tough questions: What exactly is faith? What is repentance? Why are there so many warnings that seem to imply we can lose our salvation?

Everyday Gospel: A Daily Devotional Connecting Scripture to All of Life

Paul David Tripp

In the Everyday Gospel devotional, Paul David Tripp provides a roadmap for readers who want to spend a full year in God’s word. Tripp, author of the bestselling New Morning Mercies, has now written a second daily devotional, offering 365 fresh, engaging entries that follow an annual Bible reading plan from Genesis through Revelation.

One Year of Dinner Table Devotions & Discussion Starters

Nancy Guthrie

Between sports practice, music lessons, and homework, we can feel like our days pass by without ever really talking with each other about the most important matters of life and faith. This family devotional by popular author and mom Nancy Guthrie serves up a year’s worth of daily truths from God’s Word to chew on and apply to real life. Going beyond Bible stories, your whole

The Bedtime Family Devotional: 90 Devotions to Help Your Family Love and Live for God

Ruth & Patrick Schwenk

Strengthen family bonds and grow in faith with ‘The Bedtime Family Devotional.’ Ruth & Patrick Schwenk offer ninety inspiring devotions that strengthen values, understanding, and purpose with prayers and action steps for daily growth. Instill faith in your kids with nightly reflections on Jesus. Perfect for busy families with children 6-12. 208 pages, from Bethany House.

Anxiety: Finding the Better Story (31-Day Devotionals for Teenagers)

Liz Edrington

Have you ever stood in front of an ocean wave, put your hand out in front of you, and said, “Stop, wave!”? That would be ridiculous! . . . But have you ever tried the same approach with your anxiety? “Stop, anxiety!” It probably hasn’t worked either. Liz gets it. As a teenager, she was stressed out and trying to survive her anxiety each day. Now that she’s a mental health counselor, she wants to pass on what she’s learned to other teenagers. Just understanding what anxiety is makes a big difference, but what makes an even bigger difference is understanding what God has to say about it.

Consider the Lilies: Finding Perfect Peace in the Character of God

Jonny Ardavanis

In Consider the Lilies, pastor, podcaster, and speaker Jonny Ardavanis shows us God’s consistent response to those who are worn down by worry and badgered by melancholy: He proclaims His own character. Drawing on that perspective-shifting model, Jonny offers biblical insight on how to ground our thoughts and fix our gaze on who God is.

A Boy's Guide to Making Really Good Choices

Jim George

Encourage your boys to make smart choices with A Boy’s Guide to Making Really Good Choices from Jim George. An excellent resource for boys ages 8-12, this book is an interactive way to get boys thinking about God and how He affects our lives every day. Includes Scripture verses and sections for readers to fill in, based on their own experiences.

A Girl After God's Own Heart Devotional

Elizabeth George

George invites your tweens on an amazing spiritual adventure! Encouraging girls to spend time with their heavenly Father, she shares daily insights, Scripture verses, and fun stories to help them embrace God’s blessings, trust him in times of need, make healthy choices, get along with family and friends, and more. 160 pages, padded hardcover from Harvest.

Big Feelings, Bigger God: Discovering God's Care in Good Times and Bad

Michele Howe

With Big Feelings, Bigger God, give your kids the tools to navigate their emotions in healthy ways in an increasingly complex world.

When God Made You

David Catrow & Matthew Paul Turner

From early on, children are looking to discover their place in the world and longing to understand how their personalities, traits, and talents fit in. The assurance that they are deeply loved and a unique creation in our big universe is certain to help them spread their wings and fly.

Parenting

Don't Miss It: Parent Every Week Like It Counts

Reggie Joiner, Kristen Ivy 

Don’t Miss It (by Reggie Joiner and Kristen Ivy) reminds parents that phases are not just periods of time to be survived, but opportunities to be maximized. It gives parents a simple strategy for parenting every week like it counts. It can help them reprioritize their time with their kids; it may even change how they see their kids and themselves.

The Phase Project

The “Parenting Your…” series consists of 18 books to help leaders & parents leverage the unique opportunities in every phase of a kid’s life.

Buy as a set or one book at a time.

Biblically Handling Technology and Social Media

How do you truly submit your life to Christ in every area-including technology? This short pamphlet provides a helpful path for Christians to navigate the use of smartphones, iPods, and social media. Learn to respond to the culture through a biblical worldview that applies biblical principles seriously.

The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place

Andy Crouch

Making conscientious choices about technology in our families is more than just using internet filters and determining screen time limits for our children. It’s about developing wisdom, character, and courage in the way we use digital media rather than accepting technology’s promises of ease, instant gratification, and the world’s knowledge at our fingertips. And it’s definitely not just about the kids.

Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith

Shane Hipps

Flickering pixels are the tiny dots of light that make up the screens of life–from TVs to cell phones. They are nearly invisible, but they change us. In this provocative book, author Shane Hipps takes readers beneath the surface of things to see how the technologies we use end up using us. Not all is dire, however, as Hipps shows us that hidden things have far less power to shape us when they aren’t hidden anymore. We are only puppets of our technology if we remain asleep. Flickering Pixels will wake us up–and nothing will look the same again.

The Digital Parenting Guidebook: 7 Essential Steps for Building the Tech-Savvy Christian Family

David Tucker

Technology has more benefits than we can possibly list. As Christians, however, we have to look at its negative effects, especially on children. What if parents had a framework for safely navigating these dangers, one that combines a research-based approach with enduring Biblical principles? Through an approachable 7-step process, the Digital Parenting Guidebook equips parents with the tools and guidance needed to protect their families, while still having the benefits of technology in their lives.

Motivate Your Child: A Christian Parent's Guide to Raising Kids Who Do What They Need to Do Without Being Told

Scott Turansky & Joanne Miller RN

Most parenting approaches end up encouraging children to ask the wrong questions about life: What’s in it for me? Are you going to pay me for that? What’s the minimum I need to do to get by? But God’s Word gives us a better way to parent, one that builds strong internal motivation in children. When parents change the way they parent, kids change the way they live. This practical book explores a theology of internal motivation and then gives parents real-life solutions to equip their kids for life.

Born Again This Way

Rachel Gilson

In this powerful and personal book, author Rachel Gilson describes her own unexpected journey of coming out and coming to faith… and what came next. As she does so, she addresses many of the questions that Christians living with same-sex attraction are wrestling with: Am I consigned to a life of loneliness? How do I navigate my friendships? Will my desires ever change? Is there some greater purpose to all this?

How and When to Tell Your Kids about Sex:

Stan Jones, Brenna Jones

This book will help you establish a biblical view of sexuality for your kids. Learn how and when to talk with your children about sexual curiosity, physical changes of puberty, dating, chastity, and more.

Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Sex, Desire, and Relationships Shaped by God's Grand Story

Christopher Yuan

Dr. Christopher Yuan explores the concept of holy sexuality–chastity in singleness or faithfulness in marriage–in a practical and relevant manner, equipping readers with an accessible yet robust theology of sexuality.

Raising Screen Time Kids: Biblical Principles for Parenting in a Device-Saturated World

Josh Weidmann

Welcome to a guilt-free approach to one of the most consuming parts of our life.

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