Thoughts on Children

by Johann Christoph Blumhardt, Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt

In a time when thousands of children are abused every year, and even the most well-meaning parents fall prey at times to the pressures of our postmodern world, this small anthology stands as a timeless reminder of Christ's words about the necessity of becoming like a child.

58 pages, Paperback

First published July 4, 2005

About the author

The elder Blumhardt, Johann Christoph (1805-80), was educated for the Reformed ministry and, after a brief term as executive for a missionary society, became pastor in Möttlingen, an obscure village of Württemberg, southern Germany. His career was uneventful until, in 1842, he had to deal with one of his parishioners, a young woman, Gottlieben Dittus, who suffered some sort of severe nervous disorder and whose household was visited with strange psychic phenomena. Blumhardt concluded that the case was of a kind with those reported in the New Testament as demon possession. After two months of pastoral care and reverent hesitation, discovering that he had no wisdom or power that could help, he and the girl prayed together: “Lord Jesus, help us. We have watched long enough what the devil does; now we want to see what the Lord Jesus can do.”

Reviews

[Yvonne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple presentation of ideas on how to bring up our children. Direct, concise and practical.