Tell Me the Stories of Jesus

Tell me the stories of Jesus I love to hear;

Things I would ask Him to tell me if He were here;

Scenes by the wayside, tales of the sea,

Stories of Jesus, tell them to me.

First let me hear how the children stood round His knee,

And I shall fancy His blessing resting on me:

Words full of kindness, deeds full of grace,

All in the love light of Jesus’ face.

Tell me, in accents of wonder, how rolled the sea,

Tossing the boat in a tempest on Galilee!

And how the Master, ready and kind,

Chided the billows and hushed the wind.

Into the city I’d follow the children’s band,

Waving a branch of the palm tree high in my hand;

One of His heralds, yes, I would sing

Loudest hosannas, “Jesus is King!”

Tell how the sparrow that twitters on yonder tree

And the sweet meadow-side lily may speak to me—

Give me their message, for I would hear

How Jesus taught us our Father’s care.

Show me that scene in the garden, of bitter pain.

Show me the cross where my Saviour for me was slain.

Sad ones or bright ones, so that they be

Stories of Jesus, tell them to me.

—William H. Parker, 1885

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God’s Miracle—Milk264726 $4.95 40 pages, CLP

God’s Miracle—a ButterflyIllustrated by Lana MartinThrough lovely verse and detailed illustrations, children learn secrets about the butterfly’s life. From stationary eggs to creepy, crawly caterpil-lars, from a cozy den to wet wings, the wonder of a butterfly points to our amazing Creator.

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Eight Eggs Christina PeightCarlos carefully carried a gift of eggs to the neighbors. Sharing made him happy. But the happiness didn’t stop there! Watch how his gift sparks other acts of kindness. This full-color children’s book set in Central America shows that God loves cheerful givers!

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Carlos has six speckled chickens. Every night before dark the six speck-led chickens go clucking up their little ladder to a tiny house that Carlos’s papi made for them. It is Car-los’s job to go out at night and close the door so the chickens are safe. In the morning when he opens the door, the chickens run down their ladder. They spend all day scratching in the yard and pecking under the coffee bushes as they look for bugs.

Someone New at Caleb’s HouseA tiny bed sits in the corner of Mama and Daddy’s room. Caleb knows what it is waiting for. Someone new is com-ing to his house. When Caleb’s baby sister arrives, he is the first one to hold her! Caleb practices the home-made manners Mama and Daddy are teaching him. A big brother must be kind and gentle, because new babies are small and fragile. Second book in the Manners are Homemade series.

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A Birthday for CalebChildren aren’t born with good manners. Home is where manners are first taught and practiced. “Manners are homemade, and we want to make good ones at our house,” Mama often says. Caleb tries, but he doesn’t always remember his man-ners. It’s even harder when he’s excited about helping to make his very own birthday cake! In this book, Caleb learns the joy of sharing his fourth birthday with his big brothers, the rest of his fam-ily, and his elderly neighbors. First book in the Manners are Homemade series.

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Caleb Finds His TreasureCaleb works hard to remember to say “please” and “thank you,” and not to ask for candy when visiting the neighbors. His older brothers Andrew and Ben each have a treasure to show Daddy. I wish I could find a treasure, Caleb thinks. Then he finds something special outside in a pile of leaves. He puts it in his pocket to keep it safe until he can show Daddy what he found. After he loses the treasure, Caleb thanks God when it reap-pears in a very unusual place. Third book in the Manners are Homemade series.

264857 $5.95 32 pages, CLP

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Homemade

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SERIESManners Are

Homemade Series

Brenda Weaver

Illustrated by Charity Hoover

Manners Are Homemade is a series for preschoolers portraying courteous speech and behavior through the lives of Caleb and his family. Simple, expressive watercolor illustrations help children

to learn along with Caleb as he practices his homemade manners in everyday situations.

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Listen to this story Jesus told about a man who invited his friends to eat at his house. When the food was ready, the man sent his servant to bring his friends.

“Come, everything is ready,” the servant said.

But the man’s friends didn’t really want to come. Every one of them

had an excuse for not coming. One man told the servant, “I have just bought a field, and I need to go look at it. Please excuse me.”

One man said, “I bought ten oxen today, and I’m planning to work with them. Please excuse me.” Another man said, “I just got married, so I can’t come.”

How would you feel if your friends didn’t want to come to your house? The servant hurried back home and told his master that no one wanted to come.

The master was angry. Who would eat his special meal? The master decided what to do. He told the servant, “Go out into the city and invite all the poor, crippled, and blind people you can find. Make them all come, because I want my house to be full.”

This story tells us something about God. Just as the man wanted his friends to come to his house, God wants you and me to come to His place in Heaven someday. God wants Heaven to be full of His friends.

The Story of a Full HouseLuke 14:16-24

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Tell Me the Stories of Jesus Caleb CriderThis new hardcover Bible storybook is a beautiful way to help children learn to love Jesus. The seventy stories from the life of Jesus—each one illustrated with a full-color oil painting—are designed to be read aloud to preschoolers. Each story includes three questions that promote interaction with children about the story.

In a time when so many Bible storybooks include fictional details and cartoon-like pictures, Tell Me the Stories of Jesus will become a trusted storybook that your family will return to again and again, forming in children’s minds the picture of Jesus as a caring, understanding, and trustworthy Friend.

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What was one excuse the man’s friends made for not coming? Where does God want us to come someday? Do you like to have friends come to your house?

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Lighthouse Books in Spanish¿Necesita la Iglesia Normas Escritas?Are Written Standards for the Church?John CoblentzA balancing perspective in a day when many say written standards are unnecessary, that the Bible is our only written standard, or that we cannot speak to issues unless they are specifically spelled out in the Bible.

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El Peregrino y la TecnologíaThe Pilgrim and TechnologyLuke BennetchTechnology has brought us a host of new forms of com-munication, many of which we find very useful. But are we masters of our tools, or have these gadgets become our masters?

241626 $2.25 44 pages, CLP

Cuando Fallece un ser QueridoWhen a Loved One Has DiedJohn CoblentzThe death of a loved one can leave us devastated and confused, facing questions we have never faced before. This book of Biblical answers helps hurting hearts, affirms the hope of believers, and looks at what death teaches us.

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Señor, Vengo a TiCompiled by Mary Jane YoderThis devotional book includes seventy-six meditations covering motherhood, virtue, grief, commitment, and more. A third of the selections are from Tea Leaves. Con-tributors for the new selections are from Canada, Peru, the United States, and six Central American countries.

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La Larga Sombra de AdánAdam's Long ShadowJoseph StollWe learn from our mistakes. Such learning is a part of life. But we also learn from the mistakes of others. We even learn from the mistakes of people who lived long before our time. We take warning from those who fell. Because someone else stumbled, we watch our own steps more closely. Adam’s Long Shadow is a book of 14 different sins committed by groups or individuals. Studying these sins can be a means for living more carefully in the day and age in which we live. While these lessons are presented from a negative perspective, apply-ing the lessons to our own lives can be overwhelmingly positive.

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Author Johnny Ruhl is an experienced horse trainer. When

working with horses, he often thought of the parallels between

training horses and the important life lessons that people need

to learn in order to live a fulfilled, God-honoring life. That is how

this collection of artfully crafted horse stories came to be.

The stories are fascinating in themselves, but more importantly,

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Horse storiesfrom the Man Who Played With sticks