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Big Truths for Young Hearts – Great for Reading with Your Kids!

Crossway’s homeschool book reviewers recently looked at Big Truths for Young Hearts. With Big Truths for Young Hearts, Bruce Ware encourages and enables parents of children 6-14 years of age to teach through the whole of systematic theology at a level their children can understand. Parents can teach their children the great truths of the faith and shape their worldviews early, based on these truths.

9781433506017A handful of snippets from some of the reviews:

“Honestly, when I first looked at this book, I groaned. I didn’t want to read it. I thought it would be dry and boring. However, once I started reading, I was captivated from the very first sentence. To say this book is phenomenal is an understatement.”

“I appreciated the respect that he shows to his young readers and their parents by not watering down each topic with the overuse of illustrations.  Too many children’s books oversimplify the truths of Scripture to make the book more appealing. Ware goes straight to the Scriptures in patiently discussing and explaining harder-to-grasp truths.”

“We have recently acquired another copy of Bruce Ware’s book Big Truths for Young Hearts – and not a moment too soon as we had given ours on permanent loan. I really can not say enough about this book! And the second reading is just as exciting as the first.”

“Here is something discussed among my 7-year old and I during our reading: My daughter began to understand the concept of Jesus being fully man in the section How Jesus Emptied Himself. She didn’t realize that Jesus could feel the same pains and temptations we face, and that, as a human, he has gone through much of the same things we go through.”

You can read the rest of the reviews by visiting the following blogs:

If you would like to join Crossway’s Homeschool Book Review Program or find out more about it, feel free to e-mail Crossway at marketing(at)crossway.org.

December 16, 2009 | Posted in: Books,Children,Parenting,Reviews | Author: Crossway Staff @ 9:06 am | 0 Comments »

What Parents Are Saying About “What Does the Bible Say About That?”

9781433502132Crossway’s homeschool book reviewers recently discussed What Does the Bible Say About That? by Carolyn Larsen on their blogs. Here are some of their comments:

“I was overjoyed to receive my copy of What Does the Bible Say About That? to use with my twelve year old. I immediately began incorporating it into our daily Bible study. Not only does it include the usual subjects such as truth and honesty, it includes subjects such as sarcasm, obesity, and world hunger.”

“Love it. It’s another wonderful book from Crossway. It’s simple and direct so that my oldest can understand the topics without problems. It gives some scriptures to relate to as well as some food for thought on each subject.”

“With over 300 topics (listed in alphabetical order in both the Table of Contents and the book itself), it contains something about almost anything your child might have questions about.”

You can read the full reviews by visiting the following blogs:

If you would like to join Crossway’s Homeschool Book Review Program or find out more about it, please e-mail Crossway at marketing@crossway.org.

May 28, 2009 | Posted in: Children,Parenting,Reviews | Author: Crossway Staff @ 11:06 am | 1 Comment »

Bruce Ware Brings the Seminary Classroom to the Home

Russell Moore, author of Adopted for Life, posted a review of Bruce Ware’s new book Big Truths for Young Hearts. Moore writes:

“My favorite part . . . is the foreword. The foreword is written by Bethany Strachan and Rachel Ware, the daughters of Bruce and Jodi Ware. I teared up as I read their words about their Dad. They talked about how Bruce would teach them as they grew up, sometimes by singing hymns, sometimes as they drove along on trips, sometimes on one-on-one dinners together. They write: ‘Dad really believes the things that are in this book.’

They further write: ‘To parents: it may sound cliche, but we followed our father’s teaching in part because he practiced what he preached.’

Moments after I read those words, I said, through tears, to a friend in a similar context: ‘Oh, how I pray one day our children could write words about loving and following the same gospel we’ve preached and taught.’”

Read the rest of the review here.

See What Some Other’s Are Saying here:

The Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood

The Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood (2)

Jim Hamilton

Shannon Jordan

Between Two Worlds

Grace Crossing

Jeff Wright

Take Your Vitamin Z

Gretchen Reads

Pastor Tony’s Blog

Bruce Ware’s new title helps equip parents to disciple their children in theological truth by taking ten topics of systematic theology from the seminary classroom to the home. Ware discusses the trinity, the nature of sin, the work of Christ, salvation, and much more in a non-intimidating chapter per day format. Join him as he interviews live with Kevin Boling today at 1pm EST. Listen here.

May 12, 2009 | Posted in: Children,Parenting,Reviews | Author: Crossway Staff @ 6:38 am | 0 Comments »