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In A Wonderful Surprise, Sally Michael helps parents to instruct the mind and engage the heart of their children as they learn Scripture. Each page shows pictures and asks questions to engage preschoolers in understanding the verse. Repetition of the verse throughout the book helps children memorize the Bible verse after just a few readings. Also included are pointers for helping children memorize and suggestions for activities that will reinforce “Living by the Word.”

When you want to get to know someone, you usually start with someone's name. God not only shares His name with us, the Bible also gives us many names for God and tells us what they all mean. When we learn a new name for God, we also learn something new about Him, too! God’s Names helps parents introduce their children to the character of God as revealed by His names. It is meant to serve as a springboard to help children trust God in everyday life experiences. Each chapter of this read-to and read-along book for elementary-age children ends with personal application and activities, and includes full-color illustrations.

Though able to be read by a child alone, Gods Providence is most ideally a tool for parents to nurture the faith of their children through instruction, dialogue, prayer and personal application. Targeted at early elementary age, important theological truths are explained clearly and simply, and reviewed periodically. The goal of the book is to encourage children to see God at work in all things and to trust His sovereign hand and His good purposes. Parents are given brief instruction on how to engage in spiritual dialogue with their children and how to make application of Biblical truth in everyday life. Each chapter ends with a short encouragement toward personal application and an activity.

Every day our children are confronted with the call of wisdom and the call of foolishness. Which call will they answer? All of us start out on the path of foolishness because we are born with foolishness in our hearts. Only God can incline your child's heart toward the path of wisdom. Through these teachings and stories from the Bible, Sally Michael describes for parents and children the characteristics of the foolish and the wise, contrasts for them the way of wisdom with the way of foolishness, and shows them the end result of each path. In addition to these words from Proverbs, this full color, illustrated book includes application questions and activity suggestions.

The Reformation did not happen instantaneously; it was something God patiently arranged over a number of years. As you read this book, you will learn how the Lord used some people to plant the seeds of church reform long before October 31, 1517, when Martin Luther published his ninety-five theses. Luther's story is well-known; we trust you will find it interesting and instructive to read about him and about forty others (John Knox, Peter Martyr Vermigli, Zacharias Ursinus, Willem Teellinck, etc.) who contributed to the Reformation - some well known and others not so - most of whom are Reformation heroes. To provide a more full picture of the many sided Reformation, chapters are also included on the Anabaptist and Counter Reformation movements. The book concludes with a brief summary of the influence of the Reformation in different areas of life.

Featuring easy-to-understand storytelling and whimsical illustrations, this accessible and informative book offers kids a fun way to learn about key events, ideas, and people from the Reformation. Written for kids ages three to six, but engaging enough for the whole family.

In William Carey: Expecting Great Things, Linda Finlayson examines how God used William Carey, a shoemaker from a working class background, to impact the world. Learn how he went on to form the Baptist Missionary Society and translated the Bible into multiple Indian languages. Expect great things from God and attempt great things for God! Part of the Trailblazers biography series for ages 8-11.