• Incorporates the latest in Godly Play® theory and practice • Revised lessons throughout, plus one brand-new lesson The Godly Play® approach helps children explore their faith through story, to gain religious language, and to enhance their spiritual experience through wonder and play. Based on Montessori principles and developed using a spiral curriculum, the Godly Play® method services children through early, middle, and late childhood and...

Today is the day you choose . . . which game you want to win, which prize you want to collect, which priorities you want to set. It's a thrill to win at checkers or Clue or Trivial Pursuit. You sweep aside the other players and you 'own' the board. It's also a thrill to win a promotion at work ... the new house you wanted ... that sports car you've always eyed. But just like the game cards, the tokens, and the timer, those prizes are temporary. When...

With the explosion of the Intelligent Design movement, many Americans are once again forced to take sides in the long-standing battle between creation and evolution. Yet many feel inadequately educated on the judicial process of this battle. In Creation and the Courts, Norman Geisler offers a behind-the-scenes look at the testimonies and arguments of the prosecution and defense of the major creation versus evolution court battles. Geisler offers a...

Tanto los maestros de trayectoria como los que recién empiezan reconocerán que las actitudes y las acciones influyen en la efectividad. Estudiarán los componentes clave en el proceso de enseñanza que ayuda a sus alumnos a asimilar la información bíblica, y ésta producirá una transformación real en la vida de ellos.

This book is a collection of writings geared towards using these hard times as the stepping stones that they are in order to build a person, a family, a village, a nation and world into a strong body that we the people make up. Taking that of which is spirit, soul and body giving all three a voice as to where they do not mind communicating as one.

To succeed in the world today, students need an education that equips them to recognize current trends, to be creative and flexible to respond to changing circumstances, to demonstrate sound judgment to work for society's good, and to gain the ability to communicate persuasively.

• Experiential activities for celebrating secular and sacred seasons of the year • Activities can be used in any setting: church, home, school Many of our experiences in life happen when several generations are together-at church, at home, in our communities. Holidays and family events are times for celebration, learning, rituals, food, and fun. For each edition of Faithful Celebrations, you will discover plenty of activities to learn more about...

There is nothing so perfect in the world as to be quite above objection and criticism. The very sun which gives us light and warmth is not free from spots, yet notwithstanding these defects it does not desist from its regular duty. It behooves us in like manner to carry on to the best of our ability what has been entrusted to us, and strive constantly to make our lives fruitful. When the truths set forth in this book were revealed to me by the Master...

If you want to know how to read and preach the Bible with simplicity, clarity and boldness, this book is for you. God's design for Christianity is for people to be saved (i.e., being forgiven of their sins) and to grow in the knowledge of the Bible. The more you know the Bible, the better you live. The Apostle Paul recorded that it is God, "who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth". (1 Timothy 2:4) Dr. Tim Cantrell,...

In his book The Spirit Behind the Music, Michael Richmond II, reveals God's original purpose for music as a form of worship to Him and a source of healing and hope. He also explains how Satan, the god of this world, perverts music and uses it instead as a form of idol worship to him: inviting evil forces into the lives of those who accept it, encouraging people to adopt negative attitudes and behavior, and eventually leading them to destruction. This...