Can a Bedtime Story Change a Life?
Marty Machowski’s new offering for families
transforms
hearts one story at a time
Sometimes it’s easy to forget Jesus in the midst of frantic
schedules, family squabbles and conflicting priorities. For many Christians, God
often becomes little more than an afterthought after days absorbed and depleted
by the busyness of life. But the truth is that he is the hero of every
story—including the mundane, ordinary ones we experience on a regular basis.
That is why Marty Machowski beckons families to take time out from the daily
grind to be transformed by the message of the Good News in his latest release, The
Gospel Story Bible: Discovering Jesus in the Old and New Testaments (New
Growth Press, November 2011).
Based on the ESV Bible, this uniquely illustrated Bible
storybook uses 156 stories to present God’s plan of salvation in Christ from
its opening narrative in Genesis to its finale in Revelation. This easy-to-read
storybook written for children from preschool to high school introduces readers
to many captivating people, places and events from the Bible’s Old and New
Testaments. At the same time, Machowski skillfully connects the individual
stories to the overall gospel narrative of how God redeemed a broken world
through sending his son Jesus to save his people. Each story ends by connecting
to Jesus and his gospel of grace. By sharing these Bible stories with each
other, young and old will learn together the life-changing habit of recognizing
the presence and workings of Christ in every moment of their day.
“The gospel is deep enough to keep the oldest and wisest
parents learning and growing all their lives, yet simple enough to change the
heart of the first grader who has just begun to read,” says Machowski. “That’s
what makes The Gospel Story Bible ideal as a storybook for a
preschooler, a devotional for a grade school student, a refresher for the adult
believer or an introduction for the new one. Parents and children will learn
together to read the whole Bible as one story, with one hero—Jesus Christ.”
Vibrant illustrations by A. E. Macha, child-friendly
discussion questions and Scripture references accompany each story to help lead
families in exploring the Bible. Parents and teachers will be delighted to
discover how easily even a young child can understand the original text of a
story that he or she has already come to love. A companion to the family
devotional Long Story Short: Ten-Minute Devotions to Draw Your Family to God
and the soon-to-be-released Gospel Story Sunday school curriculum
(February 2012), The Gospel Story Bible is also a great resource for
churches, Sunday school classes, home-schoolers and Christian schools who want to teach their children to apply the
gospel to every situation and make Jesus the most important part of their
everyday lives.
About the Author: Marty Machowski is a Family Life
Pastor at Covenant Fellowship Church, a Sovereign Grace Ministries church in
Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, where he has served on the pastoral staff for
twenty-three years. Marty leads Promise Kingdom, the children’s ministry
of Covenant Fellowship. He is also the author of Long Story Short:
Ten-Minute Devotions to Draw Your Family to God and the forthcoming Gospel
Story Sunday school curriculum. He and his wife Lois and their
six children reside in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
The Gospel
Story Bible: Discovering Jesus in the Old and New Testaments by Marty
Machowski
New Growth
Press/November 2011
ISBN
978-1-936768-12-7/328 pages/hardcover/$24.99
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Audra Jennings - 800-927-0517 x104
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