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7 answers you need to hear from award winning author Sally Lloyd-Jones

4 Comments / February 23, 2017

[guestpost]This is a repost of an interview I did with best-selling author Sally Lloyd-Jones. She is celebrating the 10 year anniversary of her best-selling Bible for kids ‘The Jesus Storybook Bible’ She has released a beautiful new anniversary edition to celebrate you can find out more about it here. [/guestpost] Sally Lloyd-Jones has written an […]

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Books I Read in 2016

5 Comments / December 20, 2016

This year was a change for me I started graduate school a little over a year ago, and the books I want to read are now waiting for me because of books I have to read are taking precedence. I have learned a couple of things about reading this year. 1.Reading books above what you typically read

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Books I read in 2015

2 Comments / December 30, 2015

In 2015 I read fewer books than 2014 but I definitely grew as a reader. I always thought that reading more was how you grew as a reader but it’s not true it’s reading better books. It’s reading books that are beyond you that grow you as a reader. Mortimer Adler says this about reading

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What goals and dog food have in common.

2 Comments / January 3, 2013

I remember once doing an object lesson where I took a can of beef stew and removed the label and then cut a dog food label off of a dog food can and taped it to the can of beef stew. I opened the can of beef stew and started eating it. All the kids

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The 10 best books I read this year.

4 Comments / December 18, 2012

I set a goal for myself this year to read 52 books I ended up reading 42, even though I didn’t reach my goal I read more books than I typically did because I had an agressive goal. Here were the 10 best books I read all year. The Meaning of Marriage This was by

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How the gospel informs our pain.

1 Comment / October 23, 2012

I recently finished reading Tullian Tchividjian’s new book Glorious Ruin. It was a fantastic read. In this book he talks about how our understanding of the gospel changes how we view suffering. On page 17 Tullian says this. For the life of the believer, on thing is beautifully and abundantly true: God’s chief concern in your

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Leadership books every leader needs to read and re-read.

5 Comments / August 28, 2012

The Effective Executive Tale of Three Kings A million miles in a thousand years Gospel Powered parenting The Meaning of Marriage 3 signs of a miserable Job Death by meeting The 5 most important questions you will ask any organization What are the books you would re-read?

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The Importance of Being Foolish

2 Comments / June 4, 2012

In The Importance of Being Foolish Brennan Manning does an amazing job of painting a picture of what life would look like if we truly had the mind of Christ. Manning does an impeckable job of exposing the things in our lives that keep our focus and thoughts on things other than that which consumes the mind

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Best Bible for Preschoolers!

1 Comment / May 15, 2012

I’ve written a few posts about what bible to buy for your kids. Here are a few of those posts. Helping kids love the bible: Stay one bible ahead Resources to help your kids love the bible. As a kids pastor my favorite bible has to be the Jesus Storybook Bible. I love because of

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Jonathan Foster

May 15, 2012

For a great Bible in line with the "Jesus Storybook Bible" concept (but much more visual), check out the "Big Picture Story Bible." Like the "Jesus Storybook Bible," it weaves the Biblical themes of creation, judgment, and redemption all throughout the individual stories of Noah, Abraham, David, the prophets, etc. The difference is that the "Big Picture Story Bible" has better graphics, ones that actually support the symbolization and themes from earlier stories. As a children's pastor and a father of 3, I'd recommend you give "Big Picture Story Bible" a review! I think you'll be impressed. (I'd target it between 3-5 year olds.)