The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name: 1

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As a child, even though I was a Christian, I grew up thinking the Bible was filled with rules you had to keep (or God wouldn't love you) and with heroes setting examples you had to follow (or God wouldn't love you). Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). She loves retelling the stories and the best part is that I didn’t have to ask her to read it, she was drawn to it!

Beautifully written by New York Times bestselling author Sally Lloyd-Jones and illustrated by awarding-winning artist Jago, The Jesus Storybook Bible invites children to discover for themselves that Jesus is at the center of God’s great story of salvation—and at the center of their story, too. There are also multiple pages where the lines of text overlap, making it *completely* impossible to read. As with all children's bibles the stories have been chosen from the bible and therefore there is a lot missing - I find it frustating when teaching sunday school that often the story I want is not in any children's bible! Sally has captured the plot line of redemption in a children’s story Bible that sings the praise of Jesus and his saving grace on every page, in every story… To discover The Jesus Storybook Bible is to have a unique resource for communicating the gospel to children in all it’s fullness. Even the Old Testament stories of `The young hero and the horrible giant' and `Daniel and the scary sleepover' come full circle to Jesus, the greatest Hero, King, Lover and Rescuer the world has ever known.Winding along the road to Emmaus, Join two friends on the road as the joy of the first Easter dawns. Excerpted from The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones Copyright © 2009 by Sally Lloyd-Jones . Sometimes she does this with startling insight: Her take on the story of Leah and Rachel is an ancient reading of the text that points straight to the gospel and the doctrine of election. The author is sensitive to her readers, there are areas where she may be accused of glossing over - eg she tells us Joseph was imprisoned for something he didn't do - which I feel then leaves the parent to make a choice if and when to explain further and to what extent.

Each story is simply told and ends with a simple pointer as to how the story fits into the 'bigger story' of God's redemptive plan. Available in an Anglicized Edition for an international audience, the multiple award-winning Jesus Storybook Bible tells the Story beneath all the stories in the Bible. I can only imagine what it will be like to sit with the book open to this scene, a child at my side, and try to read it aloud.The Jesus Storybook Bible is, in my opinion, one of the best resources available to help both children and adults see the Jesus-centered story line of the Bible.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. What follows is a paraphrase of John 1:11–13, and an invitation to say yes to Jesus and receive his wonderful gift. Lloyd-Jones was born in Kampala, Uganda and studied Art History with French at University of Sussex and Paris-Sorbonne University.I love this book, and those words about it are amazing not just for children, but and essencialy for all of us. I remember being tormented by that Sunday school chorus "Dare to Be a Daniel" because, hard as I tried to imagine myself daring to be a Daniel, being thrown to lions and not minding . A Bible like no other, The Jesus Storybook Bible invites children to join in the greatest of all adventures, to discover for themselves that Jesus is at the centre of God’s great story of salvation – and at the centre of their Story too. I bought this book for my little one when she was 3 and it fast became her most requested bedtime story material.