Who doesn’t love reading a good children’s book or being read to? As an English teacher, Carol Lester, author of Roo, the Kangaroo Cat, regularly read children’s books to her middle and high school students. Her students looked forward to these readings, which led to their insightful, and often emotional, journal responses. Thus, Lester’s students served as inspiration for this true story of a cat named Saturn.
Everyone has experienced an imprisoned heart, held captive as a result of unbelief and unconfessed sin. Worse, our prison comes with cellmates: guilt, shame, and regret, etc. The Keeper of the keys, Jesus Christ, has already unlocked the door to the believer’s heart using the key of forgiveness by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8–9). But sometimes we live as if we’re still imprisoned, struggling with fear, bitterness, anger—even hate. And those sins can slam shut the door of our hearts and strain our relationship with our heavenly Father and with others.
With race and skin color often used to divide and categorize, a new release encourages children to rejoice in their God-designed differences. The Color of Us by Kathy Hardee (Redemption Press, April 2019) teaches that the color of skin is as inconsequential as the color of eyes or hair. It demonstrates diversity as God’s design and a reason to celebrate.
Are you stuck in the bondage of religious tradition and legalism? It’s time to get unstuck and be free! In Donald Spellman’s latest book “Freedom from Spiritual Bondage” you’ll learn the importance of “standing fast in the liberty by which Christ has made us free.” (see Gal. 5:1)
Ministry Brands, the leading provider of software solutions for churches, announced today the acquisition of the live video streaming service, ChurchStreaming.tv™. This addition to our suite of ministry-focused technology provides churches with the ability to expand their outreach to a wider community, while connecting with those who may not be able to attend church services due to sickness, military leave, homebound, vacation or traveling for work.
Over the past several decades, belief in the Bible has steadily declined. In 2017, Gallup found that only 24 percent believe the Bible is the literal word of God, the lowest in a 40-year trend. Even among Christians, engagement with the Bible is waning. Eighty-two percent of Christians only read their Bibles in church.
