Book Reviews

I have to admit.   I want my little guy to grow up to have a heart that follows God’s own. I want him to dream big dreams, to fight sin with the sword of the Spirit, and to rescue the wayward with the One who came to save us from ourselves.  I want him to [...]

There are many helpful tools for sharing the Gospel with children, but sometimes the most effective are Gospel-centered stories. When kids grow up hearing these stories, it can impress God’s grace upon their imagination.
Recently, the people at Christian Communications Worldwide sent me a review copy of the Eaglet booklet and DVD. I had read [...]

I am not sure about the children in your church, but my kids have been enraptured by a series of books entitled Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney. The book is called “a novel in cartoons” and consists of pencil sketches made by a “kid” as he writes about his life in [...]

I just read about a new book for children by Dr. Bruce Ware. I’m always glad to see world-class theologians tackle the important task of relating truth for young children.
The book is titled Big Truths For Young Hearts. It aims to equip parents to guide their young children through all major doctrines in an understandable, [...]

Children’s pastor and book review blogger Terry Delaney has posted a review of Caleb’s Lamb. I’m always interested in books that teach sound doctrine in ways that children can understand and appreciate. Terry writes:

This book is an excellent tool to teach your children what substitutionary atonement is and how  Christ’s death on the cross was [...]

Blair, Lindsey and Bobby Gilles.  Pastor Daddy.  Louisville:  Sojourn Community Church, 2008.  16 pp.  $11.95. (available directly from the publisher)
In 16 short pages, this book introduces the view that the home is a little church.  This was espoused by great divines such as Martin Luther and Jonathan Edwards and more recently by men like [...]