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God Counts: Numbers in His Word and His World

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Counting the Truths of Scripture Children will learn to look for numbers in the Bible that point towards God’s love for them. Children learn in different ways, and children who love numbers and patterns often find it challenging to engage with Bible stories if they aren’t naturally drawn toward reading or hearing stories. Many parents long to help their kids grow in love for God—but capturing their children’s attention requires uniquely and creatively utilizing their gifts, passions, and interests. For the children who love numbers and patterns—who are constantly seeking, finding, tracing, and counting— God Counts: Numbers in His Word and His World (New Growth Press/November 5, 2018) by Irene Sun is for them. As a mother and homeschool teacher to four boys, Sun is familiar with the different ways in which children learn, grow, and engage. Her own firstborn son loved stories, including The Big Picture Story Bible by David Helm and Read Aloud Bible Stori...

The B-I-B-L-E

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B-I-B-L-E The B-I-B-L-E Yes, that’s the book for me I stand alone on the Word of God The B-I-B-L-E

The History of the Bible and How it Came to Us

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The History of the Bible and  How it Came to Us   Award-winning historian produces a captivating history of the world’s most popular book >Recent polling data reports that a copy of the Bible can be found today in 90 percent of American homes. Although much has changed in the world around us, the Bible remains the most popular book in all the world. “ Throughout eons of human history, men and women have sought to live according to the Bible, and countless numbers have given their lives for it,” award-winning author and historian Rod Gragg observes. “Why has the Bible been so revered? How did it come to us? And why have billions of believers through the ages considered it to be inspired by God?” These are a few of the questions explored in his latest book, The Word: The History of The Bible and How it Came to Us (WND Books/$25.95/ISBN: 9781944229818). The Word offers a fresh and intriguing history of the Bible, written with the same compelling narrative ...

The Books of the Bible

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On the Wednesday nights that Rachel is in charge, we've been working on the books of the Old Testament. (I say nights she is in charge because we were both pushing it before promotion, but I didn't get all my teaching done my week. They get distracted wanting a nickname, so we get very little done.) Here, we try to make it through the Old and New both.