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| Many of you have requested that we post a list of informative, Christ-honoring and biblically accurate books on our website, and in response, we are beginning to compile this list. New titles will be added regularly. If you have book suggestions, you can send it to us at contactus@mythslayers.com.
Authors, if you would like to have us review your books and possibly post them on our website, shoot us an email. However, only books that are consistent with our statement of beliefs and are deemed to be appropriate for younger audiences will be reviewed and posted.
Bible History:
The Guideposts Journey Through the Bible:
This visually appealing reference book includes historical tidbits that help students place Scripture in real-time. Beginning with creation and continuing to the life of Paul, it talks about the Fertile Crescent, ancient Egyptian culture, the Jewish temple and more. It also includes a model of Noah's Ark.
Positives: The book is easy to read and is very visually appealing. Each section begins with a paraphrase of the portion of Scripture that is being addressed and then is followed by a more in-depth explanation as to the historical events surrounding the passage. This book could easily be paired with great historical fiction novels like Journey to the Ice, Tirzah, Adara, The Bronze Bow and Twice Freed and the informative text, Solomon and His Temple. Activity books like the Ancient Hebrews and Their Neighbors would also make great supplements.
Negatives: This book does not necessarily adhere to a young earth view. Therefore, parents who want to teach from a young-earth perspective should be alert to this.
To use this book as a study-guide: Start from page eleven (the beginning of the book). Read the Bible passage that is typed in bold in the upper left hand corner and then read the information presented in this book for that passage. Have you students draw a picture onto an index card for that period and use these cards to create a timeline. For pages 1-17, read and discuss Journey to the Ice and Michael Oard's Life in the Great Ice Age. For pages 18-39, study ancient Mesopotamia using online sources and library books. For pages 40-79 read the Bronze Bow and Tirzah. For pages 132-135 read Solomon and His Temple. For pages 136-153 read Adara. For pages 348-401 read Twice Freed. (Note: if you know of any great historical fiction books about King David, Samuel, Jesus and other portions of the Bible that we have not addressed, please send us an email (contactus@mythslayers.com) so that we can include them in this list.)
Streams of Civlization:
This book is similar to Guideposts Journey Through the Bible in that it follows Scripture book by book, but it goes into much more depth regarding the history surrounding biblical events. This book is also good in that it discusses in great detail the different views on world history, such as uniformitarianism and catastrophism. The same historical fiction novels listed for Guideposts Journey Through the Bible could be used to supplement this text.
Positives: As a text book, ths book stands on its own and does not require additional material.
Negatives: Because it is more of a textbook, some students might loose interest in the many details and facts presented in the text. Pariing this text with great historical fiction could increase students' interest level.
Apologetics:
Shatterproof: Developing a Faith that Stands:
This hands-on, activity-based curriculum addresses some of the core evolutionary theories from a biblical perspective and helps the student develop a biblical worldview by providing them the analytical skills necessary to interpret what they see and hear from a biblical perspective.
Positives: informative, thorough and easy to follow. This text could be used as a science springboard or a science supplement.
Negatives: Because of its "hands-on" approach, it requires some prep-work from the teacher.
Answers for Kids:
This is the first of four different volumes. As always, nationally acclaimed apologist Ken Ham does a wonderful job of addressing many of the tough questions young students face in today's anti-Christian world. This small, easy to read book is very visually appealing and makes a wonderful conversation starter.
Positives: biblically accurate, easy to read and visually appealing.
Negatives: Very sparse on information. This book should be used as a supplement to a study and not as a study in and of itself.
Dry Bones And Other Fossils:
Although this is an older book, it still contains very valuable information regarding fossilization, creation and evolution that will enable the student to interpret geology from a biblical perspective. Dr. Gary Parker, a former evolutionist, does a great job of explainig fossilization and sediment deposition in a way that even very young children can understand. This book is not a textbook and should be used as a supplement to your normal geological/earth science studies. Bob Jones has an excellent and biblically accurate earth science text. This book could also be paired with the geology book, from the Wonders of Creation Series.
Positives: This text is very visualy appealing and is written in an engaging manner.
Negatives: None that we could find.
Skeletons In Your Closet:
Although slightly outdated, this wonderful book by apologist Gary Parker addresses many of the assumptions evolutionists make when attempting to prove human evolution. Like Parker's Dry Bones and Other Fossils, this book is an easy, yet informative read that captures the child's attention through visually appealing illustrations and an engaging diologue.
Topics discussed:
Neanderthals (would be excellent paired with Jennifer Slattery's Journey to the Ice)
Human Race and skin pigmentation
The Tower of Babel
The search for the "missing link"
The Piltdown hoax
Java Man (Pithecanthropus)
Ramapithecus
Australopithecus (Lucy)
The Laetoli footprints
Positives: This book helps students interpret fossils through a biblical perspective by brining everything down to the presuppositional level.
Negatives: Because this book is older, it does not address some of the newer "hominoid" fossils that have been found.
Come back soon to learn about our earth-science recommendations. |
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