Our Sundays Schools, by-and-large, are loosing their sense of the gospel message, notes Samuel Williamson at "Beliefs of the Heart." Sam writes, The message of the gospel—the entire storyline of scripture—is God’s loving pursuit of people who run from him as fast as they can and who live lives unworthy of his love. That’s why it’s called grace. But our Sunday school lessons teach us to be good little boys and girls, and God will love us and use us. It’s the total opposite of the gospel. It’s a counterfeit of the worse kind. We teach kids to follow the examples of the the "heroes of the faith," yet Scripture presents flawed role models in need of grace. Rethinking Biblical Storytelling The solution is to start anew, teaching kids the stories of Scripture with the reason they're included in the Bible. Why did the Holy Spirit record these things for us? 1. So we could see more of Christ And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to belie...