Faith Builder Catechism: Devotions to Level Up Your Family Discipleship

by Kevin Hippolyte, Jared Kennedy, Trey Kullman

Faith Builder Catechism is a 52-week devotional that helps families press pause on screen time and develop healthy discipleship rhythms in a fun, interactive format.

The most enthralling video games take place in elaborate kingdoms with characters we root for and stories we connect with. When playing a video game, we learn to inhabit the game’s world. The same is true with our faith. Whether you’re taking your first steps in family discipleship or are a pro who has weekly devotional routine in place, the interactive questions, answers, and devotionals in Faith Builder Catechism will help your family establish building blocks of faith, one level at a time.

Authors Kevin Hippolyte, Jared Kennedy, and Trey Kullman lead the way for families to establish regular discipleship conversations and cultivate a deeper knowledge of the theology expressed in the Apostle’s Creed, the Ten Commandments, the doctrines of grace, the Great Commission, and the Lord’s Prayer.

Includes fun stickers so kids can “level up” and track their progress at each stage.
Written by three dads, raising kids in a digital world, experienced in children’s and family ministry.

Helps families build a biblical worldview step by step by focusing on God’s glory, God’s kingdom, the gospel, God’s church, and God’s mission.

136 pages, Hardcover

Published September 4, 2023

Reviews

[Jared]

Just finished proofs this week. We're so excited about it.

[Leslie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Faith Builder Catechism: Devotions to Level Up Your Family Discipleship by Kevin Hippolyte, Jared Kennedy, and Trey Kullma is an neat way to introduce young kids (I would say about 8-12) to basic Biblical Foundations that are found in the Bible and Christian Faith. The authors use inspiration from the video game world to create this 52 week devotional. Faith Builder Catechism: Devotions to Level Up Your Family Discipleship has 5 different “levels” that are what I consider as themes with 7-14 different devotion entries that explore aspects of that particular “level”. Each devotion entry within the level has a Memory Verse, a Power-Up Question, the corresponding Bible reference, a Quote, A Think About It section, and a Pray section.

Full Disclosure: I’m not that into video games so some of the video game references went of over my head, but I still enjoyed Faith Builder Catechism: Devotions to Level Up Your Family Discipleship and gleaned from it. I love that Kevin Hippolyte, Jared Kennedy, and Trey Kullma wrote Faith Builder Catechism: Devotions to Level Up Your Family Discipleship. You could tell that these Fathers were passionate not only about video games, but about God/Jesus too and wanting not only their kids to be passionate about God/Jesus, but other kids as well. I was amazed at how the Authors could correlate things that are in video games to Biblical Truths and caused it all to make sense (even if you are not familiar with video games)! Even though the devotional was peppered with video game references, the video games were secondary and still caused the Biblical Truths to shine through first. I loved how the Authors explained what Catechism is for Christians as a whole. I felt that Faith Builder Catechism: Devotions to Level Up Your Family Discipleship was very well researched too. I also felt that the way the devotional is structured that it is flexible and you can your time studying the things talked about as a family. I also think that Faith Builder Catechism: Devotions to Level Up Your Family Discipleship could be used in your Church’s Family or Children’s Ministry as a Bible Study. If you are looking for a devotional that will help you teach the children in your life about the foundations of the Bible and Christian Faith, then I highly recommend Faith Builder Catechism: Devotions to Level Up Your Family Discipleship by Kevin Hippolyte, Jared Kennedy, and Trey Kullma!

Have you read Faith Builder Catechism: Devotions to Level Up Your Family Discipleship by Kevin Hippolyte, Jared Kennedy, and Trey Kullma? What did you think of the book?

I would like to thank New Growth Press for the opportunity to review Faith Builder Catechism: Devotions to Level Up Your Family Discipleship. All thoughts and opinions are my own. My review is also on my blog Leslie's Library Escape.

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

As someone who attended Catechism classes when I was young, I love this idea of a Catechism for family devotions. Catechism classes, at least in the churches I’ve attended in my adult life, no longer exist for children. Yet, they still need to learn the basics of the Christian faith.
Hippolyte, Kennedy, and Kullman start the book with an introduction which can help guide parents in the use of the book. Since so many of the younger generation are familiar with the levels of video games, the authors use the concept of levels as they work through the topics of the catechism: God’s Glory, God’s Kingdom, The Gospel, God’s Grace, and God’s Church and Mission. Each level has multiple lessons or devotionals. Each devotional opens with a Q & A. Followed by a memory verse, a question, and a scripture passage to read. The devotionals close with some thoughts from the authors and something to think about.
For those raised on the Heidelberg Catechism or the Westminster Shorter Catechism there will be similarities. I am not familiar with Luther’s Small Catechism or the Catechism for Young Children but those works influenced the writing of this book as well.
The devotional has many uses - family devotions, a “catechism class” at church, or classroom devotions. If you want to help your children learn the doctrines of the Christian faith, I highly recommend Faith Builder Catechism. The book is appropriate for most elementary-aged children and could also be used with some middle school-aged pre-teens.
I received a complimentary copy of Faith Builder Catechism. This is my honest review.

[Angie · Rating 5 out of 5]

So thankful we found this family devotional that you can either do once a week or choose your own pace. Kids really liked the engaging questions and the mention of so many videogames and characters they know. We parents appreciated that it's a devotional that doesn't require much "prep", such a blessing that we were learning alongside our children and not felt overwhelmed with preparations. Highly recommend for family with young kids (probably best for 5-12yos) that are looking to cover all the christian faith's basics. :)

[Teresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hubby and I think this is either 3 or 4 stars. Nothing objectionable, in fact it’s a very creative approach to teaching kids some of the basics of the faith, but for our family bringing up the topic of video games each night in devotions led to loooooooong bunny trails through Minecraft land… just a little too entertaining maybe.

[Mandikaake · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was good overall. I did find some of the questions could have been asked in a more clear way for kids.