The Return

Review: The Whole Bible Story, The Illustrated Edition: Everything that Happens in the Bible in Plain English Dr. William H. Marty Baker Books 2017 Originally published in 2011, this edition adds numerous illustrations to the text.   Most of them are full color and add life to the reading.   Pictures help fix the story in my mind and suppose it helps others too.   The author has taught undergraduate level students for a number of years.   And it is my guess that this book was produced to help his students grasp the historical context more easily.  Plain English certainly describes the text.   Simple, straight forward narrative and written at a level that suits the entry level student.   It could be used rather successfully in levels down to middle school in my opinion, depending on the students. That would be the reason to use this book.  Personally, I found it an arid read.    With all the translatio...

Review: WOW! The Good News in Four Words Dandi Daley Mackall Tyndale House Publishers 2017 This is one of several books that attempts to explain the gospel to children.   It’s not as easy as it sounds since us grownups have made it pretty complicated, in some respects.   I had heard someone say that they found it quite difficult to explain things especially around Easter time, so I decided to give this book a look. It is meant to be read to children.   That’s a plus right there.   It isn’t something you place in front of them and walk away.   That meets the first criterium in my opinion.   Parental involvement.   The size of the book works for sharing it with someone.   Nice big pages, colorful illustrations done by Annabel Tempest, and print that fills the space left for it nicely.   The story is told in rhyme and mostly simple terms.   There are some words like grace or Savior that might trip up a young...