Reviews

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 the story online from their website, but had not printed it off for real world use. The booklet has two main sections.

My three-year old is sleeping right now, all snuggled up under her beloved princess blanket.  Most likely, her dreams have set her on a frantic search for Cinderella’s lost slipper in a faraway land.  I adore this stage of her life – the tea parties, the dress-up gowns, the pretend play and the creativity.  However, I am not as crazy about the princesses themselves.  Most often, they lack a good bit of substance. On a search for literature that

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 a diary. I am wanting to bring this book to your attention because, truth be told, your children do not need to be

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, chapter-a-day format. More from the publisher: The book covers ten topics of systematic theology, devoting several brief chapters to each subject,

This post is a review and summary of Perspectives on Family Ministry: Three Views. Ed. by Timothy Paul Jones. Nashville: Broadman and Holman Academic, October 2009. 213 pp. Introduction Dr. Timothy Paul Jones, the editor of this book, served for fourteen years in vocational ministry. He is now an Assistant Professor of Leadership and Church Ministry at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. His passion is to see the church come alongside families and teach

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 foreshadowed in the book of Exodus. I would recommend this book for any child who can read, any child who enjoys

The Pilgrim’s Progress needs no introduction nor would any review do it any justice.  However, this particular rendition of the classic-that word does not suffice for the second most sold book of all time behind God’s Holy Word, the Bible-is not a well know resource for children.  With the help of illustrator Alan Parry, Oliver Hunkin set out to arrange the story of Pilgrim so that young children could meet with Everyman who journeys from this world

This book has come out in a new edition titled “Our Home is like a Little Church.” and the original version is no longer available. Blair, Lindsey and Bobby Gilles.  Pastor Daddy.  Louisville:  Sojourn Community Church, 2008.  16 pp.  $11.95. (out of print) 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

Brown, Alison. A Bible Alphabet. Edinburgh: The Banner of Truth Trust, 2007. 31 pp. $8.00 (Buy from Westminster Books and save 40%) We just released a major new review of the best children’s bibles for your family. I knew coming from Banner of Truth, this book would be a solid resource for young children learning their alphabet.  I was pleasantly surprised to see just how much of a resource this book can become.  Beginning with “a is

** This is a guest post from Terry Delaney who blogs at Diary of a Seminary Student, Said at Southern, and Going To Seminary.Ascol, Thomas K. Truth and Grace Memory Book, 3 Volumes. Cape Coral: Founder’s Press, 2005. $15.00 (or $5.95 ea.). Buy From Amazon.comIntroduction and Background InformationDr. Tom Ascol has been the Senior Pastor of Cape Coral Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Florida since 1986. He also serves as the director of Founder’s Ministries which, according

My wife and I have two boys, one girl and a third boy on the way! So, when I heard about Landel Bilbrey’s Christian fantasy novel about two boys becoming men — I was interested. He graciously sent me a copy and I am glad to share a little information about it with you. If you want more details check out the book’s website. You can even sample the first 6 chapters! The book is available at

Raising Kids God’s Way by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones The world is full of advice about parenting, but what has God said about raising kids? This 96-page paperback is a series of expositions from Ephesians 6 by the late British pastor D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. One of the strongest proofs of the Gospel is how it changes lives – but not just individuals but whole families. Jesus makes us better parents. This difference should shine in the way our