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Our Favorite Church History Books for Kids
Celebrate church history month with the kids in your life by reading through some of these great books on church history. I’ve organized the books by suggested age range. So many wonderful biographies of Christian men and women have come out in the past decade! Comment below if we are missing any good ones, and
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List of Women in Church History
From the Woman at the Well to Elisabeth Elliot, ordinary women have been involved in gospel spreading work for two millennia. This is a growing list of women throughout church history, alongside biographies and memoirs, to learn more about them! New Testament (0 – 27 AD) Early Church (27 – 325 AD) Late Antiquity (325-476AD)
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You Count! A Five-Sense Countdown to Calm by Champ Thornton
Book Review: You Count! A Five-Sense Countdown to Calm by Champ ThorntonB&H Kids, 202324 pages The day You Count! arrived in the mail, I went and read this story while putting my six-year-old to bed. She preceded to ask me to read it two more times that night, and then we read it every night
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Caprock Canyon State Park | Quitaque, TX
We almost didn’t stop at Caprock Canyon State Park on our roadtrip through west Texas, but I’m so glad we did! It ended up being everyone’s favorite Texas State Park to visit on our roadtrip! Caprock Canyon State Park is located around 4.5 hours west of Fort Worth and 2.5 hours south of Amarillo, but
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Copper Breaks State Park | Quanah, TX
During our road trip out through west Texas to the Palo Duro Canyon, our family camped one night at Copper Breaks State Park outside of Quanah, Texas. While the swimming area was closed due to the drought, we enjoyed the Dark Sky Viewing Area! We camped during a night in September, and since we weren’t
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The Whiteside Museum of Natural History | Seymour, TX
On our road trip out through west Texas to Palo Duro Canyon State Park, our family stopped at The Whiteside Museum of Natural History to check out their dinosaur exhibit! Located about 2.5 hours outside of Fort Worth, is a small community museum “specializing in the education of the public regarding natural history”. We enjoyed
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God’s Daring Dozen by Wright & Brown
Book Review: God’s Daring Dozen: A Minor Prophet Series by Brian J. Wright and John R. BrownChristian Focus Publications, 2021 & 2023 As a child, I can’t recall learning much about the Minor Prophets, and when I read them as a young adult I was often confused, as they are full of poetry and prophesy.
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A Child’s First Book About Marriage by Jani Ortlund
Book Review: A Child’s First Book About Marriage by Jani OrtlundChristian Focus Publications, 2018 Our young children are growing up in a society that views marriage in a completely different way than previous generations. While most of us grew up within a culture that held views on marriage similar to that found in the Bible,
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Christian Books on Human Sexuality and Gender
Here is a list of books our family has found helpful that address gender and human sexuality from a biblical perspective. I’ll add to it as we read more books on the topic. For Young Kids: God Made Boys and Girls by Marty Machowski (New Growth Press) “In a world where there is so much
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How Can I Feel Closer to God? by Chris Morphew
Book Review: How Can I Feel Closer to God? by Chris MorphewThe Good Book Company, 202392 pgs My son and I read How Can I Feel Closer to God? during the summer. Every single book in the Big Questions series has been phenomenal and Chris Morphew does such a great job at giving good and
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To Be a Woman by Katie J. McCoy
Book Review: To Be a Woman: The Confusion Over Female Identity and How Christians Can Respond by Katie J. McCoyB&H Publishing193 pgs I pre-ordered To Be a Woman thinking that it would address women in ministry, but it was a pleasant surprise to find out it was speaking on gender dysphoria and gender transitioning. This
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Tiny Theologians series by Amy Cate Gannett
Book Review: Does God Sleep??: A Book About God’s Power, Did God Learn His ABCs?: A Book About God’s Knowledge, and Does God Go on Vacation?: A Book About God’s Presence by Amy Cate GannettB&H, 2022Board Book Amy Cate Gannett has written some of the first Christian board books for kids that I actually enjoy,
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Homeschool | Maps for Lewis & Clark
This year we are studying early American history with AmblesideOnline. The biography for this term covers Lewis and Clark’s journey across the North American continent. While we read we are supposed to do mapwork to become familiar with the geographical locations. One great way to do that is coloring on a map! I found two
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Free Latin Flashcards Printable
For those who are using Getting Started with Latin. Here are some flash cards for the first 36 lessons that you can print for free to accompany the lesson book. Download Printing Instructions: To print these flashcards index card size, when printing, go to page sizing and choose “multiple”. Then choose 4 pages per sheet.
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East Texas Road Trip with Kids
This summer I took my two kids on a short three-day road trip out to East Texas. We started in the DFW area and made our way to Caddo Lake State Park down to Caddo Mounds and then back up to Tyler State Park before returning home. Since it was July and hot, we were
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Little Black Books by Scott Petty
Book Review: The Bible and Sex by Scott PettySeries: Little Black BooksMathias Media, 201057 & 78 pgs In searching for some books on Christian topics, I found the Little Black Books series from Mathias Media — books that get to the point. These short books written by Scott Petty, a youth pastor in Australia, are
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