Here's Barbara Riyoc.

Behavior modification techniques are not effective when it comes to changing the heart.

Heart transformation is the work of God.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss-Walkimuth, author of Surrender, for July 23, 2018.

One of the most important things parents can pass along to their children is an understanding

of the Bible, of who Jesus is.

Nancy, how'd your parents pass that on to you?

Oh, wow, there were so many different ways.

For sure, I saw in my parents' lives their heart for God's Word, their love for biblical doctrine,

their love for Christ, and then reading the Bible as a family, family devotions, being in gospel,

preaching, biblically sound churches over the years. That was a huge thing. And the advantage of a

Christian school education, which I'm so, so thankful for. But, you know, one of the pitfalls when we're

trying to pass on biblical

truth to children is what is sometimes the tendency to reduce the message to some simplistic

rules. It's easy to tell kids, be good like this biblical character, or don't be bad like this

biblical character. But that can really miss the heart of the gospel

that says we're all sinners in need of a savior. Well, our guest today will help us learn how to

effectively pass on the truth of the gospel to children. Barbara Riyak leads the children's

division for Bible Study Fellowship or BSF. I know that many of our listeners have been

involved in that over the years. And perhaps your children have as well. Barbara's an author,

and she's contributed to the True Woman blog for Revive Our Hearts. Well, one of our staff members

here at Revive Our Hearts heard a message that Barbara gave to parents about how to pass on

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