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In the fundamentalist church where I grew up, we never did advent.  I never even understood what the word meant until well into my twenties, ...

Today's Theme: Finishing Well From the clutches of Giant Despair, Christian and Hopeful escape into pleasant places of the Delectable Mountains.  We see them refreshing ...

Today's Theme: The Key of Promise After surviving Vanity Fair and the hill of Lucre, Christian and Hopeful "espied a stile which led into a ...

If you're just joining us, here's the Introduction, Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. For the Project Gutenberg online version, go here. The worst ...

  Chapter 6: Vanity Fair Today's Theme: Faithful to the End As our narrator says, "Most fairs are merry places.  But not this one--not for ...

Introduction Part One Part Two (The online text we're using is located at Project Gutenberg, here.) Vanity Fair After leaving Talkative behind, Christian and Faithful ...

  CHAPTER FIVE: The Valley of the Shadow Today's Theme: God With Us Today, following on the heels of his fight with Apollyon and his ...

This post is part of our Pilgrim's Progress read along during our Reformation Month celebration.  You can find an introduction and sign up for an ...

Reformation Heroes, by Diana Kleyn with Joel R. Beeke.  Reformation Heritage Books, 2009, 250 pages.  Age/interest level: 11-up. October 31, 2017 (only six years from ...

  Chapter 3: The Hill of Difficulty Today's Theme: Lions on Chains Salvation is the beginning of the battle.  In Chapter 3, Christian is now ...

  Chapter Two: The Interpreter's House Today's Theme: A Burden Lost, Heaven Gained In this section, Christian comes into the Wicket Gate, is taught by ...

This is Part One of our read along of The Prilgrim's Progress for high school age and up.  Here's the Introduction. The City of Destruction ...

Welcome to our Pilgrim's Progress Read Along, part Redeemedreader.com's Reformation Month celebration!  We'll be pursuing two tracks over the month of October, 2011--this one for ...

John Bunyan was a dissenting pastor of the mid-17th century: “dissenting” meaning that some of his biblical interpretations differed from those of the established (state-supported) ...

The basic premise of Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Ted Tripp is this: “Behavior is heart-driven, therefore, correction, discipline, and training—all parenting—must be addressed to ...

Previous Posts: Introduction Part One: Setup Almost all the main characters have been introduced and the potential conflicts are in place.  Now development: that phase ...

*The Dragon’s Tooth (Ashtown Burials, Book One), by N. D. Wilson.  Random House, 2011, 482 pages. Reading Level: Young Adult, ages 12-15 Recommended for: ages ...

In the summer of 1945, George Orwell wrote a review for the Manchester Evening News, beginning, "On the whole, novels are better when there are ...

Book 2 of the epic adventures of the three children who are heirs to a kingdom, sought by the Fangs of Dang, and as normal ...

The Confessions of April Grace: In Front of God and Everybody, by K. D. McCrite. Thomas Nelson, 2011, 390 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages ...

Last week, Janie had the privilege of sharing radio waves with Chris Fabry on his national radio show.  You can find out more about the ...

"For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him ...

Beautiful: Truth's Found When Beauty's Lost, by Cindy Martinusen-Coloma.  Thomas Nelson, 2009, 272 pages. Reading Level: Young Adult, ages 12-15 Recommended for: Ages 12-14 and ...

Love Will Keep Us Together, by Anne Dayton and May Vanderbilt.  Hatchett: 2010, 287 pages.  (Miracle Girls series #4) Reading Level: Young adult, ages 12-15 ...

Becoming Me, by Melody Carlson.  Multnomah, 2010.  (Diary of a Teenage Girl series #1.) Reading Level: Young Adults, Ages 12-15 Recommended for: Ages 12-14 and up ...

Motorcycles, Sushi, and One Strange Book, by Nancy Rue.  Zondervan, 2010, 211 pages.  (Real Life series #1) Reading Level: Middle grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ...