I know we’ve discussed the Jesus Storybook Bible from the pulpit and on the blog before, so it’s no stranger to the Concord family. Our Children’s ministry has several copies. I know at least a dozen families (including ours) who use them at home. It even made an appearance during Pastor David’s “Jesus Glasses” series on Wednesday nights – remember the story of the Tower of Babel? It’s a favorite resource for telling kids (and adults) the story of Jesus throughout the Bible.
Well, the big news from Zondervan is a brand new addition of the Jesus Storybook Bible coming out in October of 2009. What’s great about the new addition is AUDIO CDs! It sounds fantastic, and I look forward to using the stories on car trips, during family quiet times, and other creative ways. Maybe Jonathan will perform a puppet show of the story of Jonah for us. You can see more info at their new website.
In full disclosure, posting this blog gives us a chance at winning a case of the JSS for our church. Wouldn’t that be great? If we don’t win, I’ll be placing my order for the deluxe addition in October.
I noticed him staring into the water along the shoreline. He was a strong-looking man, no doubt enjoying a week on the beach with his family. Only, in this moment, the furrow on his brow indicated concern. My own eyes traced the path of his gaze, trying to determine what it was he saw. Was it a shark? A child in trouble in the surf? Before I could determine the danger for myself, the man got out of his beach chair, strode resolutely into the water, and withdrew a large jellyfish with his bare hands. (more…)
Parents, there’s a big pile of gold with your name on it right here. A hundred thanks to Justin Taylor for pulling this together and a million thanks to Covenant Life Church for having a vision to disciple families.
I’ve recently been reading and posting quotes from Future Men, Doug Wilson’s provocative book (aren’t all his books provocative?) about raising boys with the end in mind — the end being godly manhood. Yesterday’s quote had to do with glorifying God in sports.
How does a follower of Jesus glorify God in sports? Not by holding back in competition or by refusing to keep score or by calling everybody a winner, especially when all the kids on the team know that’s not true. No, we glorify God in sports by…. (more…)
When the time came for great deeds, whether the enemy was Smaug, or Sauron, or the Witch, or Long John Silver, or the dragon that St. George killed, these stories were ready to do what Scripture commands us to do. “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there by any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things” (Phil. 4:8). Christians are a race of dragon-fighters. Our sons are born to this. Someone ought to tell them.
(Doug Wilson, Future Men, 106-107)
