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| A Token for Children by James Janeway and Cotton Mather (Soli Deo Gloria publishers)We were blessed in our family worship time recently by reading A Token for Children by James Janeway and Cotton Mather (Soli Deo Gloria publishers). This was the best-selling children's book in America in the 1600s, 1700s, and early 1800s. It contains the story of several children who were converted, some shortly before death. Although each child in the book eventually dies at the end of its chapter, it's not a sad or grim book. Many had some of the most glorious deathbed scenes I've ever read. I don't know that any other book has had such an impact on Laurelen. While reading such dated language, I sometimes had to edit on the fly, but she had no trouble with the language, even when she was the one reading aloud. No other book we've read as a family has (1) made the Gospel so evidently a message for children as well as adults, and (2) made it so plain that children, too, may die and should prepare for death while young, and (3) made a relationship with God by children so winsome and attractive to children. If you're interested, call Audubon Press at 800-405-3788 about it, and tell them you read about it here. |
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- A Review of Eckhart Tolle's A NEW EARTH
"The Power of Now was just another New Age, man-centered, self-help manual claiming to be the solution to every problem. And whether by design or default, the net effect of the book was to present itself as a replacement for the Bible and the Christ-centered faith the Bible produces. . . . Tolle's A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose is simply more of the same."
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- A Review of The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
"In the final analysis, The Secret is nothing more than Name It-Claim It, Positive-Confession, Prosperity Theology (without God and the Bible), built on a foundation of New Age self-deification. In other words, the book is just another version of what some TV preachers have taught for decades, namely, if you will sustain the right thoughts, words, and feelings, you will receive whatever you want. But The Secret adds this important twist: your thoughts can bring anything into your life because you are god."
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- Secrets of the Vine: A Brief Evaluation
"I feared that undiscerning readers—particularly unconverted people looking for ways to manipulate God to get what they want—would be drawn to this book for the wrong reasons. But while it may, as The Prayer of Jabez can, have the potential to appeal to the improper motives of nonChristians, much of this book will have little appeal to unbelievers (especially the parts on discipline, pruning, and intimacy with Christ)."
. - The Prayer of Jabez: A Brief Evaluation.
"We should also be aware that the plea, 'Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory,' while inspired by God, can appeal to the greedy and materialistic tendencies of our fallen condition. Dr. Wilkinson makes it clear that we should pray these words with the kingdom-oriented motivation of 'Lord, use megive me more ministry for You!'"
. - The Listener's Bible
"One of the benefits of hearing Max McLean read the Bible is the recovery of the vision of how meaningful and worshipful public Scripture reading can be. McLean reads the Bible like it is the Word of God. When he reads it, you want to listen to it."
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