Medieval Castle, Designed by Willabel Tong, Illustrated by Phil Wilson (Piggy Toes Press, 2004), hb. This is not the typical book I have discussed here. It is not a story but a visual. You open it all the way until the two covers meet revealing a 3D pop-up of a medieval castle. Doors open from …
While traveling during Spring Break we listened to the Harper Childrens Audio edition of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.. We read the whole Chronicles of Narnia series a couple of years ago (mentioned previously), but recently I have found both Dawn Treader and The Silver Chair in this unabridged audio editions for $10 a …
I’ll Love You Anyway and Always, Bryan Chapell (Crossway, 2001), hb., 28 pp. I like to see prominent theologians, pastors and professors writing children’s books. Chapell has written some very helpful books on preaching and Christian living, so I was quite interested in this book. It is essentially a gospel presentation growing out of an …
The Landing of the Pilgrims(Landmark Books), James Daugherty (Random House, 1950), pb., 149 pp. This was a much better book on the Pilgrims than the last one. Daugherty provides a good, accurate, well-told account of the Pilgrims from their time in England, to their flight to Holland, their eventual move to the New World and …
I am currently reading to my boys about the Pilgrims. In our current book (review coming soon), the author occasionally provides quotes from William Bradford’s journals. The following quote really struck me. Bradford is talking about the attempt to plant a colony in the New World. I thought of it in connection with pastoral ministry …
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I recently came across this quote while reading in Chrysostom’s sermons on John’s Gospel. I thought it was just as relevant today. Furthermore, tell me who of you, when at home, ever takes the Christian Book in his hands and goes through what is contained therein, and studies Scripture? No one would be able to …
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Our state Baptist paper just ran a short piece I wrote with this title. It arose from discussions in my Johannine Literature class. I continue to be intrigued by watching how Jesus handles people, particularly in John’s gospel. This brief column deals with Nicodemus and the woman at the well. The theme could be continued …
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I have obviously been away from blogging for a while. I took my wife to convenient care Wednesday morning (a week ago) with sharp, terrible pains in her side. We were sent from there to the ER and eventually were in the hospital until Friday. There were some tense moments as the cause was unknown, …
Voyage To Freedom: A Story of the Atlantic Crossing 1620, David Gay (Banner of Truth, 1984), pb., 149 pp. We have a couple of books on the Pilgrims but opted to begin with this one. It was not a great choice. The style of the book is ponderous, and the vocabulary is difficult. It was …
Along Came Galileo, Jeanne Bendick (Beautiful Feet Books, 1999), pb., 95 pp. The next book after a string of really good books tends to be judged hard- and the Mr. Pipes books were really good! Therefore, it was with some uncertainty we moved to this book on Galileo. It is a brief book, so in …