The Doctrines of Grace, Student Edition, by Shane Lems.  P&R Publishing, 2013, 143 pages, included appendices.  Reading Level: Young Adult, ages 12-15 Recommended for: ages ...

(Giveaway is now closed) Reading-Oriented New Year's Goals I'm one of those folks who enjoy making New Year's Resolutions. I prefer the term "goal" to ...

Christmas brings into focus the mystery of the incarnation, when God, in the person of Jesus Christ, took on human flesh in order to meet ...

C. S. Lewis at War: The Dramatic Story Behind Mere Christianity (Radio Theatre) by C.S. Lewis and Paul McCusker.  Tyndale Entertainment, 2013.  Ages 12 and ...

As Hayley noted earlier this week, the much-heralded final volume of Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy was a disappointment.  Much-heralded final volumes often disappoint, but what's ...

As we celebrate my firstborn’s seventh birthday soon, my husband and I are looking forward to introducing our children to C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia. ...

Newbery Award Janie and I are back to discuss another potential Newbery contender (see our discussion of The Real Boy). The prestigious Newbery and Caldecott ...

Many of our cultural Christmas celebrations are just that--cultural, not biblical. That being said, we can be Christians and still enjoy many of our cultural ...

This seems like an odd time of year to talk about death, but the joy of the Christmas season wouldn’t be joyful at all if ...

Pilgrim’s Progress: John Bunyan’s Classic Story Adapted for Children, by Anna Trimiew, illustrated by Drew Rose.  Great Commissions Press, 2013, 109 pages, including glossary and ...

Pilgrim’s Progress: a Retelling, by Gary Schmidt, illustrated by Barry Moser. Eerdmans, 1994, 96 pages. Reading Level: Young Adult, Ages 12-15 Recommended for: ages 12 ...

If you have any interest in youth literature at all, you know that the Newbery Award, announced in January by the American Library Association, is ...