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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 … Read more
Sojourn Church in Louisville KY has a wonderful children’s ministry called SojournKids. This is the same ministry behind the book “Pastor Daddy.” Now, they’ve launched a blog for parents and ministry workers. It’s very promising and will be one I visit frequently. I know some of their leaders and they share a powerful vision for … Read more
I just found this very interesting report on the Children’s Ministry Magazine website. It gives the salary breakdown for children’s ministry jobs and even lets you calculate and compare your salary based on very fine tuned demographics. NOTE: That tool is no longer available since they updated their website. You can read their 1995 survey … Read more
Have you ever had to modify a lesson plan because it didn’t line up with the Bible story it was supposed to be teaching? Children’s ministry workers and Sunday school teachers should always be careful when teaching from a Sunday school curriculum. Most publishers have a statement of faith and editorial reviews to ensure sound … Read more
I just got this great question from a reader and thought someone else might be able to help:
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 to the next.
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Alcorn, Randy. Tell Me About Heaven. Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2007. 59pp. $19.99. Buy From Amazon.com $13.59 Introduction Randy Alcorn was a pastor before founding Eternal Perspective Ministries in 1990. His ministry is dedicated to teaching Biblical truths. According to their website, http://www.epm.org, the ministry exists “to meet the needs of the unreached, unfed, unborn, uneducated, … Read more
** 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.com
Introduction and Background Information
Dr. 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 to their website, says that part of the purpose of the ministry “is the recovery of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ in the reformation of local churches.” He is editor of the books Reclaiming the Gospel and Reforming Churches and Dear Timothy as well as Truth and Grace Memory Book (3 books). His heart is for the local church and that shows through in these books that he has edited.
These three books are based upon the instructions of the Lord to fathers (and mothers) found in Ephesians 6:4: “bring them (children) up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” While these books can be used by Sunday School teachers and children and youth ministers, they are meant for use in the home during a time of family worship, dinner, or anytime throughout the day.
