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What Do I Say When…?

by Andrew and Christian Walker

Reviewed by Matt Tramp

The fact that raising children can be one of the most challenging and surely one of the most crucial tasks that we are faced with today underlines the importance of having accurate, applicable, and accessible resources when we need them. What Do I Say When…? by Andrew T. Walker and Christian Walker is no doubt one of those resources.

It is required by the proactive parent to have the ability to speak confidently in a biblically sound manner on topics that include technology, abortion, transgenderism, and many others that our children are face with daily. These sometimes-difficult topics are covered in this easy-to-read book, followed by a simple list of biblical, theological, and philosophical truths and a memory verse.

At the end of each chapter, the author lays out the groundwork for approaching the topic with your children in three different ways (depending on your child’s age). As if all those things were not enough, I contend that the “Conclusion” chapter alone is worth having the book as a resource for the four pieces of “on the ground advice for how to move forward with your child in this culture.”

“… it is those small conversations (with our children) along the way that accumulate into a worldview.”

Suggested Book of the Month, April

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Reviewed by Isaac Stanley

We are keeping up our habit of promoting a book of the month.

For April, it is “The Beginner’s Gospel Story Bible” by Jared Kennedy. It is available on Amazon, or (for cheaper) at wtsbooks.com.

This is a great resource for family worship with young children, aged 2-5. Fifty-two chapters cover the highlights of both the Old and New Testaments while keeping Christ at the center from the very beginning. The lessons are short (6 brief pages), feature colorful full-page illustrations, have ways to engage children (i.e. “Can you count [Joseph’s] brothers?”), and include scripture references.This story Bible is strongly doctrinal but has simple writing for children and interactive questions to keep them engaged. Read it over-and-over to your kids, even before they can understand, and they will begin to assimilate the foundational stories and principles of scripture that, by God’s grace, will bear good fruit in your children’s lives.

November Suggested Book of the Month

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SUGGESTED BOOK OF THE MONTH
The Attributes of God
by A. W. Pink

There are myriads of things we can pursue in our lives. Some things we might look back on as a waste of time and energy, other things we can look back at and see that our pursuit was worthwhile. For the Christian, our pursuit of God will never be wasted time. It is never a futile activity for us to seek to know God more. A.W. Pink in his book, The Attributes of God helps us grow in our knowledge and love of God.
Pink seeks helps us think more deeply about our God and his many and varied attributes. This however is not just an exercise of the mind, but is a spiritual exercise. Pink says in his preface that we need, “more than a theoretical knowledge of God…God is only truly known in the soul as we yield ourselves to him, submit to his authority, and regulate all the details of our lives by his holy precepts and commandments.”

This book is not just theoretical pontification about God, but the attributes the author highlights are rooted in scripture. We know God best as he has revealed himself in his Word, and this little book helps us see God more clearly as he has revealed himself in his Word. Some of the attributes we are helped to think through are, the solitariness of God, the supremacy of God, the power of God, the goodness of God, the wrath of God and the love of God.

Charles Spurgeon once said, “Nothing will so enlarge the intellect, nothing so magnify the whole soul of man, as a devout, earnest, continued, investigation of the great subject of the Deity.” So, grow your mind and your heart and commit to study the greatness of our God.

We found a good price for this book here.

Reviewed by Graham Parker

March Suggested Book of the Month

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SUGGESTED BOOK OF THE MONTH
Lord, Teach Me to Pray
by John MacArthur

This book is “an invitation to intimate prayer” and sidesteps much of the unnecessary mysticism that some writers would ascribe to prayer.

Many Christians across our nation view prayer as simply an option and something that is not really necessary except during times of trouble.

In easy-to-understand English, John MacArthur shows Christians from The Word of God how it is God’s will for all His children to pray and that He wants us all to pray consistently.

The book also covers aspects of prayer including confession, praise, petition, hindrances to prayer and motivation to prayer.

Finally, throughout the book are sample prayers by John Macarthur and Charles Spurgeon.

We found this book Here.

Reviewed by Tom Scheimo