For more than a century, Sheldon's "In His Steps" has been one of the most beloved Christian novels ever. In this retelling of the original story, updated characters and settings shed new light on the question, "What Would Jesus Do?
Colorful art and rich storytelling engage young children with the unforgettable story of the birth of Jesus. Perfect for reading aloud with kids, The Story of Christmas includes fun activities and questions to help children connect with the narrative—as well as Squiggles, an expressive little caterpillar that responds to the story. Spark Bible Stories are designed to help kids grow in faith as they explore, discover, and wonder about God’s Word. The Story of Christmas is a 2016 Illumination Book Award winner—an international contest designed to honor the year’s best titles written and published with a Christian worldview.
Retells the story of Michal, King David's first wife, and interweaves it with the the story of the author's own experiences as a survivor of the Holocaust.
People in our culture today desperately need explanations for the big questions of life: Who am I? Where did I come from? Why am I here? Where am I going? People in the twentieth century concluded that God did not exist, so the vastness of the universe and the finitude of man came together to create a crisis of existence for them. Their skepticism has been passed on to those of us who live in the twenty-first century, so that crisis is still with us. The great questions still demand answers, but none will be forthcoming until we begin to see our existence in light of the existence of God and His story.
A follow-up to the previous boxed set from Ideals entitles Little Books of the Bible: Old Testament Stories. The beautiful box will remain on the child's dresser for years to come.
This is the account of the most exciting story in all of human history. Something truly remarkable occurred when Jesus Christ rose from the dead and gave His disciples a great commission. The world would never be the same again. Kevin Swanson takes the reader through the 2,000-year, worldwide saga of this epochal mission to the world. From Judea to Rome, Ireland, Denmark, China, Japan, Uganda, New Zealand, and to the uttermost parts of the earth, the light of Christ shines into the darkness, transforming every nation throughout the centuries. This book describes the condition of the nations before Jesus came, and follows the missionary work that confronted formidable strongholds and brought about the transformation of nations. This book tells the story of the Lord Jesus Christ’s transforming influence in countries across every continent over the last 2,000 years.
Teens can have a hard time recalling abstract concepts and lists of facts, but they can remember and retell a good story. (Re)Tell: Jesus is a stand-alone leader’s guide for teaching students about Jesus using the stories of people whose lives He changed. Though it is filled with highly interactive and creative learning experiences, what makes it unique is its focus on Bible story and Scripture memory.Outcomes are focused on personal transformation, not information and applicationPresentation is gender neutralLearning plan can be done in 45 minutesNo other books are necessaryActivity-based curriculum is ideal for Sunday mornings or small groupsIncorporates Bible story, Scripture memory, and group interactionPerfect for sixth graders and younger teens
The dynamic teachings of the New Testament are often lost in the dryness and formality of academic study. In The New Testament with Imagination William Loader seeks to solve this conundrum. He brings imagination into play to enter the world of the New Testament and carefully reads key sample passages to go right to the heart of its message. This book offers a unique new way of approaching the New Testament -- nothing else like it is in print -- and will be accessible to a broad readership, although it will also give longtime students of scripture a fresh perspective. Loader's historically sound methodology remains focused on imagining what we know through established research, not fanciful reconstruction. Loader's distinctive work has the strength of a standard introduction, but without an overload of information, and the depth of a New Testament theology, but written in language accessible to readers new to the New Testament.
A bible theological didactic is not principally reduced to learning and teaching Bible alone but rather extended to understanding and interpreting Bible in one's own religious and pedagogical context. Bible didactic, moreover, does not circumscribe itself only to biblical knowledge in virtue of deducing some abstract and moral principles, but it rather prospects to strengthen and reconstruct one's identity within the choices offered by culture and context. This book aims to engage in an intercultural interpretation of the parables and the miracles of Jesus by dialoging with the culture of Tamils. This comparative study subsequently proposes an alternative synchronic hermeneutic in biblical didactics replacing a deep-seated diachronic model in Tamil land. It also develops a model of sync-culturation superseding fossilised model of inculturation. This book capitalises Tamils' texts and narratives of masses reflected in the archives of Tamil literatures and legends in the process of theologisation. Bearing on the aesthetics of parables and miracles and contextual reading of them, this study brings forward ‘the world in front of the text' leaving behind the conventional exegesis of `the world behind the text’.