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11 December 2017
365 Bible Answers for Curious Kids by Kathryn Slattery Book Review
December 11, 2017
How do I know the Bible is true? What does it mean when the Bible talks about the kingdom of God? How can God be three persons at the same time? Help the kids in your life find answers to the questions they ask and deepen their faith along the way with 365 Bible Answers for Curious Kids, a unique daily devotional full of biblical answers to curious questions about God, the Bible, and Christian faith.
My Thoughts:
This
little book is a hardback book around 8”x9” with 392 pages. There are no
pictures on the pages. I would say that the age is for around 6-10. There is a
ribbon bookmark to keep your place.
It written
as a daily devotion that goes by days throughout the year. It covers many
topics that you can read to your child for further discussions. You could
easily jump around if you wanted to read it that way.
Each of
the devotion has the date at the top, then the topic of discussions, a
commentary from the author with a scripture verse or two. It ends with a prayer
you can say. At the very bottom of the page it may direct you to another day
pertaining to that same topic.
At the
back of the book there is an Index of Questions from Time, God, God’s Promises,
Jesus, God’s Holy Spirit, The Bible, Topics in the Old and New Testament,
Christianity, Prayer, The Church, Christian Seasons, Holidays, and Traditions,
Being a Christian Here and Now, Being a Forever and Ever, Big Questions, and
Famous Christians.
Would I recommend this book?
NO! I
wouldn’t! I found many inaccuracies throughout.
Granted
there are a few topics that I thought where well written. I’ll talk about what
I felt was good first. I enjoyed the Famous Christian Section and learned
something new. This was unique as I haven’t seen this written in this type of a
format before. I appreciate May 8th and how they explained the
differences between a Jew and Gentile. It was well written and not bias towards
the Jews.
On May 9th- “Why Does God’s Name Sometimes Appear as Lord
in the Old Testament?” She does a good job explaining there are no vowels in
Hebrew and how it was translated in English. How the Jewish people today
substitute God’s name with Adonai, or HaShem, and spelling God’s name by
leaving out the middle letter G-d. They do this in reverence of God.
Now for a
few inaccuracies and parts that I didn’t care for:
January 2nd topic is, “Why Do
Christians Celebrate Special Seasons and Holidays” it uses the scripture: You
will announce the Lord’s appointed feast as a holy meeting. These are my
special feast. Leviticus 23:1-2 The days the author list is Epiphany, The
Season of Lent, Holy Week, Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter, Pentecost, All
Saints Day, The Season of Advent, and Christmas.
My Bible says
that the feast covered in Leviticus weekly Shabbat, Passover, Unleaven Bread,
First Fruits, Pentecost, Feast of Trumpets(Yom Teru’ah), Day of Atonement (Yom
Kippur), Feast of Tabernacle (Sukkot). If I was a child or parent and if I read
the scriptures portion first I would be confused if they didn’t match the list
she wrote.
There are
a lot of other holidays covered like Saint Valentine and Saint Patrick and other holidays that are covered. I didn't care for these as I don't see them as Biblical.
September
13 & 14: talk about Saint Francis and Saint Patrick Prayer. I consider
these man-made prayers not Biblical. These are based off a religion. There are a
few other dates that are like this also.
April 2nd-“Why
Do We Celebrate Easter in Springtime and the Easter Bunny and Painted Eggs” She
says that Easter is linked to Passover. Just because they are celebrated in the
spring doesn’t mean they are linked. Some European Jews put a roasted Egg on
the Passover Seder Plate. It has nothing to do with Easter. Historically the
egg is a pagan practice. Jesus rose of First Fruits.
October
30: Talks about Horoscopes, Fortune Telling, and Ouiji Boards-not a topic for
younger kids so this is more of a warning. She does a great job explaining these items
but, some parents may not want to deal with this with younger kids. October 31
explains that Halloween was originally a pagan practice-nice job.
November
1- What is All Saints Day”-a Christian Holy day that honors saints. Maybe for
some religions but, the only honor I want to give is to my Savior Jesus. There
are other holidays like this mentioned also.
There are
many questions that are helpful in this book but, many that are inaccurate and
are not in God’s word. So if you do have this book I would recommend you read
it first before introducing this to your children.
I just
didn’t care for this book and I can’t recommend it.
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