Son of Charlemagne, Barbara Willard(Doubleday, 1959; Bethlehem Books, 1998), 183 pp. This is essentially an overview of the career of Charles the Great, King of the Franks, written from the perspective of his son and heir, Carl. According to information in this new edition, the book was originally written for a series which aimed to …
I am sure you are well aware by now of John Piper’s cancer. It has been good to see so many expressing concern and praying. I want to point out here his letter to his church which announced the cancer. You may have already read it. When I read it last week I was especially …
The Picture Bible By Iva Hoth. Chariot Victor Publishing. 800 pages We bought this one because I remembered enjoying it so much as a kid. I had encountered it as a series of smaller volumes in our church library, and loved them. It took us a long time to find it and then we discovered …
I picked up this excerpt from Martin Luther some years back and have used it often. I came back to it today, and then thought it could be of use to pass it on here. There is much helpful wisdom here. 1. Prayer. For this reason you should despair of your wisdom and reason; for …
Here is a link to another piece I have written on bible material for children. I have posted this on my pastoral ministry blog previously, but it has been edited a bit (e.g., prices now in US dollars) and its subject is suited to this blog. This edition was recently printed in the Dec 21 …
Here is another book I reviewed a few years ago. Raising a Modern-day Knight: A Father’s Role in Guiding His Son to Authentic Manhood Robert Lewis (Tyndale House, 1997; now from Focus on the Family) This is a super book in pointing out the importance of a vision of authentic manhood and of a father …
A few years ago I reviewed briefly some (then) recent publications for children from Christian Focus Publications, one of our favorite publishers of Bible material for children. Here is a link to that review.The books mentioned here are: For children about ages 7 and up:Carine Mackenzie, The Bible Explorer: God’s Truth from Genesis to RevelationIrene …
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I have been planning a follow up to my previous post on the importance of the church, and a recent column from Christianity Today has pushed me to go ahead and post at least part of it. According to the CT article, George Barna’s latest book argues that there is a great spiritual revolution going …
Susan and Richie Hunt, Big Truths for Little Kids. Good News Publishing, 1999, hb., 160 pages. $12.50. ISBN 1581341067 This book quickly became a favorite of ours after my wife purchased it 5 or so years ago. It can be used with kids as young as three and then continues to be of much interest …
Often times renditions of classic books for children are disappointing. However, we have found two renditions of Pilgrim’s Progress which we have really enjoyed. The first one came across and used is The Evergreen Wood, by Alan and Linda Parry. In this book the Parry’s retell the story with all animal characters. For example, Christian …