For the Heart of Holland

For the Heart of Holland, Piet Prins Struggle for Freedom Series, vol. 4 (Inheritance Publications, 2008; English translation), pb., 162 pp. Ages 8+ I have commented on the previous three volumes of this series here, here and here. Our favorite one is still the first volume. When we heard that the fourth volume was out …

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Reading the Bible and Praying in Public

Reading the Bible and Praying in Public, by Stuart Olyott(Banner of Truth, 2008), pb., 22 pp. This brief little booklet is an excellent tool to help pastors think through how our doctrine should shape these elements of leading public worship. Public reading of scripture has especially fallen on hard times in my circles, and I …

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C. S. Lewis on the Importance of Imagination

Just yesterday I came across this quote from a letter by C. S. Lewis. It captures a truth important to me about reading to children, and the sorts of things they need exposure to. Of course Lewis also argues elsewhere that stories themselves have a keen power in pointing us to Christ. So awakening the …

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