This week the blog is sponsored by Reformation Heritage Books, with news of books that point children to Christ. Is this a familiar scene? You go to a bookstore to buy a Christian children’s book as a gift, and what you find are plenty of titles that provide good moral lessons – but are they spiritual lessons? Are they specifically Christian lessons? Do they point children to Christ and the character and nature of God? What follows is a transcript of a recent interview with Joel and Mary Beeke – the publishing duo behind books for both family worship and character building in our kids. Hello, Joel and Mary. Tell us a little about what inspired you to write your new set of books, God and Me? Joel: My dad originally said to me as a boy that when God saves someone, He puts into their heart the three jewels of faith, hope, and love, so we thought it was really important to do a series of books for young children on these three jewels—some of the basic fruits of salvation. This was important because very few books focus on a child’s need to be saved. Mary: We want children to understand that – what does it mean to be saved? Joel and Mary, how did you collaborate on this project? Did one of you take the lead? Mary: I would say we came up with the ideas together. We brainstormed together for ideas about children’s books. We came up with this as the very … Continue reading Books that Point Children to Christ