Other times, especially in the case of violence, I go ahead and tell what the Bible tells for the following two reasons: It’s good to remain as faithful as possible to the whole Bible account because that’s how God gave it. It’s better if kids’ early exposure to the cruelty of this world comes through the Bible, where God’s story of healing and forgiveness is also told. It may be hard to discover violence in the Bible, but it’s much harder to discover it without the Bible. I let kids see how God is in control of death and pain and even man’s cruelty, and is rescuing us from these things in
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