Hi. This is the first time I've posted on these boards. I have a question that I think could be easily fielded my many on these boards.
But first, just a bit of personal background on me: I am reformed <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/BigThumbUp.gif" alt="" />, our family attends a typical non-denominational church <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/Banghead.gif" alt="" />. We have two girls, 5 and 8. They attend AWANA at our non-denom. Last night as I was heading to bed, I was thinking that I needed to teach my girls the Apostle's Creed because they certainly won't learn it at our church. However, my girls have been in AWANA and have been taught that Jesus created the world (all things were made through Him, without Him nothing that has been made was made), no problem with that other than that the Apostle's Creed starts out with "I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth." And of course, several passages in the OT refer to what I would assume is the Father's role in creation.
This issue has been raised by my 8 year old already, so I guess the good news is that she is paying attention in AWANA. She's just so "concrete" at this age, if you know what I mean.
I guess I just want to have my ducks in a row when I teach the girls this creed and they likely bring this up. Has anyone else fielded such questions from kids? I know my 5 year old is having a doozy of a time grasping the Trinity. She says that God is Jesus. I tell her that Jesus is God, and she just looks at me, in typical 5 year old fashion thinking that I just said the same thing that she said.
