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January – February 2006
Jumping Ship (part 4) p. 3 • Tomato Head p. 10 • Which Curriculum is Best? p. 12 • Bble Story Book/Missions p. 15

I Am A Mommy
JOSHUA AND KELSIE STEELE, MISSIONARIES TO UKRAINE
By Kelsie Steele
It was Christmas morning, 1983.
The scent of a Christmas roast,
telltale of a delicous dinner to
come, wafted through the house.
Happy voices and laughter rang out
with expressions of delight. Paper littered
the floor, and children ran in all
directions. Lights on the tree twinkled
merrily as one of the older kids
selected packages, parceling them out
to their various recipients. The scene
must have been an absorbing one to
the little 18 month-old girl sitting
waiting for her gift. Soon someone
handed this tiny observer a package
and said, “Here Kelsie, this one’s for
you.” Mom and Dad helped to tear off
the wrapping paper and open the box.
Inside was a tiny baby doll with a soft
pink flannel dress and bonnet. Kelsie
picked up her little
doll, wrapping her
chubby arms tightly
around it. Oblivious
to a stack of presents
that sat waiting
for her to open, she
turned around and
toddled off with her
new treasure. She
had her baby.
That was the
beginning of my
journey toward
motherhood. New
dolls replaced older
ones, each doll as
realistic and life-size as possible.
My dolls went with me everwhere.
I remember pushing my “babies” in
my own plastic cart down the grocery
store aisles, and taking them on family
excursions. Hardly a day of my
childhood passed that I did not spend
hours playing with my babies and
dreaming of the day when I would
be a mother. I was well into my teens
when I finally packed my dolls away
to be stored in the attic.
Twenty-two years have passed
since that first “baby,” and now I find
myself enjoying a gift of far greater
worth. My own tiny bundle of joy
arrived safely in this world September
25th. Ever since then I have felt a new
purpose and fulfillment. As I bathe
little Abby,
change her, or
get up with her
in the night, I
realize that I am living my lifelong
dream. I am a mother.
Joshua and I thank God for our
precious little Abigail. She delights
us daily with her bright eyes and cute
little smiles. We are looking forward
to bringing her home to America to
visit her Grandmas and Grandpas and
all her cousins. We are so thankful
to all of you who pray for us as we
minister in Ukraine.
For more infomation on Joshua
and Kelsie Steele, sign up for their
e-report at www.OFReport.com
(Steeles are currently involved in
the translation of the Illustrated
Bible Story Book into the Ukranian
language.)
All Scripture taken from the Authorized Version (King James) Holy Bible January - February 2006 Vol. 12 No. 1
On the Cover: Newborn, Jeremiah, getting a life-giving sun bath. Cover Photo: Clint Cearley
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Jumping Ship
PART FOUR
By Michael Pearl
becomes a
consuming interest.”
“Mating
Provide entertainment
“All work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy,” so says the popular
children’s rhyme. “No play” will also
make Jack very dissatisfied with the
life ship he is on, and when he gets
old enough, he will observe the gaiety
of others and begin to think about
jumping ship for one that is more fun.
If you are going to keep your children
from longingly looking at other passing
vessels, you must meet their need
for diversion and entertainment. It is
true that if left to themselves, children
will overdose on entertainment, and,
like Pinocchio, they will come to ruin
on Pleasure Island. Yet, even with that
danger in mind, the fact remains that
children, just like adults, have both a
legitimate and physical need to indulge
in playful fun.
Mature, well-adjusted adults live
to produce, and recreational play is
clearly secondary, whereas small
children live to play (“…when I was a
child I thought as a child…”). Children
would never work if not constrained
and trained to do so. During their first
twenty years, they evolve from fulltime
life of play to full- time working.
There is also a rapid transition
in their forms of play. In a period of
fifteen years, they will go from tasting
everything on the floor to riding motor
cycles in competitions, or competing
in international chess games. It
becomes very difficult for parents to
keep up with their children’s changing
interests. I now clearly understand why
God chose to give babies to young
people, and not to us old folks. It takes
a lot of energy to meet their everchanging
and increasing needs.
The key to providing proper and adequate
entertainment is that you must
It you want to almost guarantee that your children will not
jump ship (other factors being equal), provide a community life
that holds promise of suitable future mates.
thoroughly enjoy seeing them immersed
in good healthy fun. Children
have always loved pushing or riding
something. They love the thrill of simple
things, like sliding down a steep,
grassy hill on a piece of cardboard, or
sledding on snow and skating on ice.
Kids love wheels, even at the earliest
age, and will continue to do so until
eventually they are begging to take
“your wheels” out for a joyride. I just
love putting one-year-olds on plastic
riding toys and teaching them to push
themselves along with their feet. They
soon graduate to a tricycle and then
on to a bicycle. Can you remember
their thrill when they first rode without
training wheels, and how exhilarated
they were when they mastered roller
skates, skateboards, and skies–the
faster the better?
When I was a kid, my daddy assisted
me by bringing home old wagon
wheels and axles and scrap boards.
Lawn mower wheels are excellent. At
eight years old, along with the rest of
the neighbor kids, I would build what
we called a push car—something with
four wheels, a seat, and a way to steer
it. Dad would bring home buckets with
the remnants of bright-colored paints,
and we would paint our push cars to
be the snazziest in the neighborhood.
Then we would find a hill where
the road was momentarily empty of
cars, and, while one person rode and
steered, the other would push him
as fast as legs could go. It was then
“freewheeling” it to the bottom of the
hill to see whose car was the fastest.
Yes, there was many a wreck, and the
pusher would sometimes fall flat on his
face in the road. And, yes, occasionally
the cars would turn over or crash into
the ditch. But, the “challenge and the
thrill” is what made it all fun.
My parents played their parts quite
well. Daddy provided the raw material
and an occasional suggestion as
to improvements in the design. Mama
was fitly admiring of my paint job and
ingenuity. Grandma liked to watch the
races, especially if there was a crash.
To finally get Dad to sit on our masterpiece
of a push car and let us push
him was the ultimate thrill. And to see
him sitting there so vulnerable and so
stiff and scared, just added more to our
“great” achievement.
Times change and toys change, but
children remain the same. They have
an inherent need to tackle challenges
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and turn them into thrills. They will
climb to the top of the tallest tree,
jump into the water from the highest
spot they dare, and then later they will
“need” to see how fast the family car
will go. It is dangerous being a kid,
always has been, but to them it is just
sheer fun. We adults must provide
restraint and caution while we still can,
before they get big enough to get out
of our sight too quickly. But play they
will, and play will inevitably find the
thrill in everything, whether it is a tenmonth-old
climbing to the top of the
stairs, or a ten-year-old climbing to the
top of the fire tower, or a twenty-yearold
checking out hang gliding.
Girls start off playing much like
the boys, but with a little less of
thrill seeking. They love horses and
bicycles, but they also enjoy practicing
to be mothers. Young girls, right down
to the one-year-olds, entertain
themselves with playing
house and family. Mama
Pearl, my wife, just bought
a two-foot-long broom for
ten-month-old Gracie. She
spends a lot of time “sweeping”
the floor. Almost
three-year-old Laura Rose
has her own little china tea
set. She will spend an hour
playing with the dishes and
pouring tea for everyone.
When my daughters were
six years old, they would
bake something and expect
the whole world to stop and
indulge in their delectable
delight. I was delighted
with them for their many
attempts, even when I often
had to pretend to swallow and then
slip outside unnoticed to get rid of the
unpleasant mouthful.
Parents who habitually push their
children aside, not wanting to be bothered
with their frivolous play, will lose
the hearts of their children. It is not
enough to allow time for your children
to play; you must “sacrifice” your time
and yourself and play with them. You
don’t have to physically be there at the
swing set all the time, but they must
feel that your eyes are watching them
from the kitchen window. You can
even stop your work and run outside
occasionally to laugh at them or to be
“amazed” at their abilities.
I sought to be the most thrilling
source of entertainment available to
my kids. I actually pushed them to do
the daring thing. I helped them set up
a jump for their bicycles, encouraged
them to swing higher, do flips off of
the rope swing into the pond, or difficult
dives from the diving board. I took
them skating, and we raced around
the rink. When it snowed, which was
only once or twice a year in Memphis,
I stopped everything I was doing just
to play with them. We would make a
sled and go find the highest hill. We
would even try at full speed to make
it through the sharpest curve, and
“piled up” time and time again until
we finally got it right. We were rightly
proud of ourselves and congratulated
each other profusely.
At times I took the boys into the
swamps where we regularly caught or
killed snakes, and caught sacks full
of fish. We speared the very large fish
or shot them with arrows. Exploring
new “uncharted” territory was exciting,
something we greatly enjoyed. I
practiced baseball with the boys until
they were good enough to not be embarrassed
playing on a local team. But
one season was enough for them. They
liked the wild places much better, and
throwing knives filled in the empty
spots between their exciting outings
with me.
We had a pond for the kids to swim
in, but they would get bored swimming
alone by themselves and started begging
me to join them. When I headed
toward the pond, they all got excited,
and the ones who were not already in
the pond would rush to join us. They
knew I was going to add a new dimension
to the fun, even though it might
be nothing more than my watching and
laughing as they did some new stunt in
the water.
Social life
Now, important as it is to be
involved with your children in their
younger years, the most critical time
for entertainment is when they get to
their middle teens. At around fifteen
years old, their social life becomes a
significant part of their entertainment,
and, in many cases, it is their primary
concern. Social entertainment, has
the potential of impacting them very
negatively and is much more demanding
of discerning parents. It is at this
point that many parents make the mistake
of trying to completely fence off
their growing teens from other young
people, lest they do something foolish
and destructive, either physically or
morally.
When my kids were getting into
their early teens, I set up a volleyball
net in the “holler” back of the house
and invited other families to join us.
Girls and boys their own age came to
play. We were always there to oversee
the kids together. They got to socialize
with the opposite sex naturally, and
without resorting to the dating pattern
so common in modern society.
I will be quite plain about the
social life of teenagers. When kids
go through puberty, especially boys,
mating becomes a consuming interest.
They begin to live in a daydream/
night-dream world. You can’t prevent
it. It is absolutely natural and is quite
glorious and wonderful. It is God’s
design, intended to cause them to
want to marry and reproduce. Furthermore,
by divine design, the sexual
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drive constitutes the most controlling
temptation a boy or man will ever face.
It is the ultimate test of character and
the bedrock on which self-control can
be established. On this single pivotal
point, young men either shipwreck,
sometimes never to recover, or they
grow strong in character, possessing
their vessel in honor and sanctification.
Girls are not initially possessed
of sexual drive, but their desires for
romance and their
God-given need to be
treasured and possessed
by a man renders
them vulnerable to the
predatory conniving of
immoral males. Girls
can too easily become
junkies for male attention,
selling themselves
cheap to get it. Girls in
unhappy homes are the
quickest to jump ship
into the first male arms
directed toward them.
I can understand why
many parents want to
isolate their children and
save them from their
vulnerability in this area,
but you cannot isolate
them from their imaginations and passions.
It is extremely helpful if, when
your children reach this age, they are
greatly occupied with other things.
If a boy is engaged in hard work and
hard play, he will expend much of his
testosterone in that manner. “An idle
mind is the devil’s workshop,” is not
an idle statement.
We are addressing the vital issue
of providing a safe social life for your
teenagers. Here is the delicate key:
You can inoculate them against runaway
passions by controlled injections
of a supervised social life. Children
jump ship when they think their most
pressing needs cannot be met on the
present course of their voyage. If you
continually isolate your boys on a ship
with no exposure to girls, they will
eventually go overboard, and once
they do, you no longer have a say in
the way they seek fulfillment. So, you
must provide a social life that promises
a strong expectancy of future fulfillment
in this area. Teenagers are more
likely to be patient if they can see that
their ship is part of a fleet that will
occasionally rendezvous in port with
other ships carrying handsome young
men and beautiful girls just waiting to
be swept away.
In most cases, your children will
marry someone from the circle in
which they are raised. They will
Children jump ship when they think their most
pressing needs cannot be met on the present
course of their voyage.
make their picks long before you ever
imagined they were showing interest.
Although they may change several
times, they will always have someone
in their imaginations as a suitable
future mate. Even if they end up
marrying someone from outside their
common social circle, your boys’ ideas
of what they like in a girl will have
been formed from their early contacts
(which you provided) with thirteen-,
fourteen-, and fifteen-year-old girls,
and they form them when they have
just gone through puberty! And if you
think you can replace this natural,
God-given, God-ordered drive with
teaching them Bible principles, you
are off your religious rocker! But, we
will talk about biblical admonition and
character building later.
Community
Ideally, your family should be
part of a community of like-minded
families who share the same biblical
values and worldview. If your
sixteen-year-old can look around and
see a young woman whom he believes
would make a great wife, he will hang
around on your ship, doing his chores
and making the sacrifices necessary to
wait out the opportunity to enter into
a marriage relationship on grounds
that are acceptable to the community
he is a part of. There it is. Read that
sentence again. He will wait
for the opportunity to enter into
marriage on grounds that are
acceptable to the community.
The community is a more certain,
powerful regulating factor
than is the self-control of the
kids involved. Even teenagers
who are not saved and do not
possess personal convictions
will go along with community
values if that is what it takes
for them to attain the deepest
desire of their hearts — or of
their flesh.
If you want to almost guarantee
that you children with not
jump ship (other factors being
equal), provide a community
life that holds promise of suitable
future mates. If your community
is narrow and self-righteous,
your kids may decide early on that
they do not want to live like this the
rest of their lives, and they may make
up their minds that they are not going
to marry and live in your community
circle. They will look over the railing
at other passing ships that seem to be
more sincere and friendly. Once kids
leave the natural constraining factors
of community, all that is left to control
them is their own wisdom and selfcontrol,
which is usually not enough
to keep teenagers, even “Christian”
teenagers, from doing something foolish
and regrettable.
When I speak of providing a community,
I am not necessarily speaking
of the traditional “small town,” old
friends and family, all in one accord,
going to the same country church, and
having picnics at the city park after listening
to gospel music and a political
speech. That would certainly be nice,
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ut in most cases, such an idyllic environment
is gone forever in America. In
some areas it can be partially recovered,
but only at great difficulty and
sacrifice.
Your family may be part of a very
small church and community, offering
few possibilities for your teenage children
to find mates. It is a ship-jumping
waiting to happen unless you can
enlarge the community and the pool
of possible marriage partners for your
children. If you are in this situation,
you must give immediate attention to
increasing your community. One way
of doing that is to get out and travel
with your fifteen- to eighteen-yearolds,
visiting other families with kids
of a suitable age. Start attending camp
meetings or Bible conferences, any
gathering of Christians of like values.
Your family must stay loosely connected
in a way that provides your
budding adult children with hope of
finding suitable mates. Seeing other
families with possible mates, even
once or twice a year, can be enough
to give your young dreamers hope.
When teenagers start dreaming of a
particular mate, it creates a stabilizing
influence in their lives. They will now
have incentive to preserve their virtue
for one whom they feel is worthy of
nothing less.
There is a popular teaching that
you should just tell your children to be
patient, and God will bring into their
life the one person created in heaven to
be their mate. For a few very dedicated
kids, who have committed their lives
to serving God on the mission field
or in some full-time capacity, this is
doubtless true. But, the average kid
who has never experienced a walk of
faith is not going to have faith in this
one area and just sit around until he
is thirty years old waiting for that one
special female to fall out of heaven
into his arms.
We receive many letters like a recent
one where a 28-year-old daughter
has jumped ship and married an older
divorced man with a smeared past
and three children. As she was getting
older, she saw the small pool of “possibles”
dwindling away to nothing.
She lost hope and needed love. She
foolishly rejected her captain and her
family, and threw herself to the sharks
rather than continue on a hopeless voyage
leading nowhere. Older children
and young adults must have a tangible,
visible hope, one with a social life that
provides potential mates of the same
caliber as themselves.
I know that kids should exercise
more self-restraint, that they should be
more patient, and that they should listen
to the counsel of their parents and
their church elders. I agree that they
should be wise and spiritual and seek
God’s will first and foremost—but few
do, whereas virtually all of them will
eventually marry. Don’t risk throwing
your children away by setting the marriage
standard so high that they despair
of reaching it. You are making a grave
mistake if you fail to provide for the
possibility that your teenage children
may not be spiritual, discerning giants.
They may just end up marrying an acquaintance
— one whom you provide
or, one they meet at the video store.
God has chosen you as the captain
of your ship. You are authorized to
command your crew, but remember
that many a voyage has ended with
a very disheartened crew abandoning
ship, or worse, in mutiny. Provide
community for your children.
Don’t fail in this one last task you are
commanded to carry out: providing
adequate community for them so that
you can happily send them ashore to
produce Godly seed. Give them hope,
and they will stick it out until you have
safely delivered them to a lifemate
worthy of the time and prayer you
have invested in them.
City Dwellers
If you live in an apartment in a big
city, you can still provide community,
but it will certainly not happen by
default. It will take wise judgment and
careful control. You must actively seek
out others of like faith and convictions
and create an association with them.
In the city, you are not likely to find a
church that provides a proper community
life for your children. A church
receives anyone and everyone who
chooses to come through the door, as
it rightly should. But to have a proper
community for your teenage children,
you must exercise your freedom not
to associate with some families. You
must pick and choose with wisdom.
If you are a pushover, welcoming into
your home all who would seek your
association, you might as well throw
your children to the dogs, for they are
prone to adopt the worst influences
you allow into their lives. If you can’t
judge between right and wrong and
don’t exhibit the courage to flee the
company of evildoers, your children
are in danger from your weak-kneed
attitude. Learn to say “no” to companying
with ungodly people, and mean
it! Use the word, “No!” in ways that
cannot be mistaken for, “Maybe some
other time.”
“No we don’t want to go there.”
“No, my children are busy this
weekend.”
“No, that is not our idea of fun.”
“No, I think it would be better if
our families did not mix; we have
convictions that your children don’t
seem to share.”
Will they call you “hypocrites,
self-righteous, isolationists”? Yes, they
will, and things a whole lot worse,
but when you live in Sodom (any city
in America), you will either let the
popular trend be your guide, or you
will set your own agenda and enforce
it, no matter whose feelings get hurt.
To select a righteous community out
of your church or your city and guard
its borders is not an easy task, but I
know many families who have been
successful at it. If a deadly virus were
to sweep through the world, no one
would fault you for quarantining your
family. How much more deadly is the
disease of sin that so infects the world
today! Just make sure that your family
“quarantine” shares its isolation with
enough families so that it does not feel
like isolation to the children. The point
is not to cease having a social life, but
to build your social life around your
own worldview. There are families out
there who are part of God’s remnant,
just like you. You might find some of
them on this web site:
www.fellowshipdirectory.com
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Ain To Train Up A Child, we hit a rough spot. Our oldest was then four, and
she became so defiant that no amount of discipline reached her. One mornloud,
begging God for wisdom. And God answered!
I sat up and told her there would be no spanking. Today, she would stick to
Mommy like GLUE! If I changed a diaper, so did she. If I had to sweep, make
and laughing together.
Kimmy is now seven, and she is my best helper. Yesterday, when I had a lot
of work to do, she made a cake, peeled potatoes, cleaned the living room, and,
vision, but sometimes asks if we can “glue” today!
and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him” James 1:5.
Sincerely,
Shannon Windham
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When I get sick of some behavior in my children, we all play The Raisin
Game. Last month, it was my children’s lack of acknowledging that they heard
me when I spoke to them. I just wanted them to say “Okay, Mom” (with a smile)
whenever I’d make a simple request. So first thing in the morning, we ALL put
on our Raisin Game Necklaces. These are Ziploc sandwich bags tied around our
necks with yarn. Everyone starts the day with 25 raisins. Every time I make a
request, the kids who answer “Okay, Mom” with a smile get one of my raisins.
But if they ignore what’s said, or respond with a less-than-enthusiastic response, I
get one of theirs. At the end of the day, we all get to eat our booty. Good fun and
great results guaranteed!
Valerie Marsh
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sister-in-law to help her train her unhappy children. Meanwhile, our 2-year-old took up
playing with the stack of paper plates near his chair. I didn’t stop the conversation, but
To prove her point about our cruel child training, my mom said, “It’s like put-
My parents dropped their forks and looked in amazement. I asked, “Do my
children look unhappy?” And that has been the end of it! Thank you for all you’ve
taught us. -S.W.
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I recently read “Created to be His Help
Meet.” I was always taught that when you
have a husband ‘like that” (a Mr. Steady)
that it is necessary the wife/mother assume
the position of head, otherwise the marriage
is like a chicken with its head cut off.
Depression runs in our family’s women.
Coincidence? I now think not. You mentioned
that the wives of Mr. Steady are
more prone to emotional disorders, and you
nailed it on the head! I, too, am married to
a Mr. Steady, and have struggled with emotional
strain, but I never thought that it had
anything to do with my marriage. I can now
see that it is because I have stepped out of
my rank as help meet and have assumed a
position I cannot do. Period! I choose now
to fulfi ll my calling as Help Meet to my
man and to break the chain of depression
in this family. My girls will grow up seeing
a mama who is happy and content and one
who honors her man. - J
Bless you for letting God use you to write
“Created”! Even though my husband and
I have had 20 years of a happy marriage,
I have to admit that there was always this
secret disappointment in my heart because
my husband was not the spiritual leader
I thought he should be. The part about
the three types of men was so freeing for
me. It seems so often we as wives expect a
Mr. Command Man type of guy to lead us
in Bible study, actively disciple the kids,
etc., and if he does not, then he is not the
spiritual leader. Now, I feel so free to love,
enjoy, and respect my wonderful, GODLY
Mr. Steady– God’s precious gift to me. I
can see a Mr. Command Man would have
been very hard for me to be married to, but
–WOW—God knew what we both needed!
I feel an urgent need to get this book in the
hands of some of the ladies in our church,
as so many of our dear friends are having
marriage problems. I’m saving my money
for a case. - Proud to be B’s wife
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I just fi nished listening to Sin No More and Romans, by Michael,
and I can say with all honesty that they have changed my life. I
fi nd that I’m fi nally able to think about Jesus, to think about His
death, burial, resurrection and ascension, without wondering
what this or that ‘christian life’ writer says about it. There are
quite a few brothers in the Lord in our area that feel like they
have fi nally been freed from the bondage of ‘works sanctifi cation’.
I would have to say that for the fi rst time I’m not thinking about
who said what, but I’m actually thinking about Christ. God bless
you. - Dan
I want to let you know, I am extremely thankful for the free downloads.
We always look at ministry tools and add them to our wish
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Lord! He provides every need, thank you! - J.H.
I just wanted to tell you thank you for presenting the heart of God,
especially in regards to repentance when it comes to conversion.
I believe this is what I needed to hear. I didn’t need someone to
sugarcoat it for me; I needed to be told “unless I repent I will
perish.” Thank you!!! I can’t be a punk about this. I want to
get married one day, and if I am able to get married, I can’t be
a pervert. The battle begins today, and I must by the grace of
God fi ght to be a man after God’s heart. I thank God that you, his
servant, have spoken to me, as this was God’s way of showing me
mercy. It is up to me to respond. Thanks! - A Reader
Bless you Mike Pearl! I had often looked longingly in your magazine
at the Romans CD’s, and have wanted to hear good Bible
teaching, but I did not have the money to purchase them. How
excited I was to read in last month’s magazine that they are now
available for download for FREE on your website! I am in the
process of downloading them and burning them to CD to listen
to. What a great blessing! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK
YOU! - Steve
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At the San Antonio seminar,
you encouraged me to read my
Bible, then map out what I see!
I have begun with a freshness
to simply read the Word and not
spiritualize it like I was taught
in the past. It has increased my
faith and caused me to see God
in truth.
In Christ,
Mike
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I listened to the 1st CD about
being born again, and I realized
to my shock, I don’t think I am
truly born again. I sure don’t
hear this kind of message at my
church. I just wanted to thank
you again for everything.
Love, C
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Tomato-Head Kids
By Michael & Debi Pearl
It is easy to recognize when a child
has had significant interaction
with his parents. His eyes are
bright and alive with the pleasure of
everything happening around him.
He is always “in the way,” not wanting
to be left out of anything interesting—
and everything is interesting! He is full
of meaningful questions and expects
an intelligent answer. On the other
hand, children who have been raised
by cartoons and computer games, and
are relegated to the out-of-the-way
back bedrooms filled with toys and
music, are dull and unresponsive.
They lack interest and generally seem
to have a lower IQ than children of
interactive parents. The shoved-aside,
“come back when you grow up”
children, are raised like greenhouse
tomatoes, and have about as much
personality as the tomato has flavor.
The dull stare, the lack of interest in
what visiting adults are talking about
or doing, the wandering off to sit and
play with toys, and the general “I mind
my own business” attitude is obvious,
even though in varying degrees.
Of course, personalities differ, but
when a very young child is constantly
provoked into thinking and interacting
with his parents, it becomes obvious
that his understanding exceeds that of
his greenhouse peers.
We have observed that children
who have been raised in an atmosphere
where they are challenged to use their
minds and their voices will more
likely grow up to become independent
thinkers. The tomato-head will still be
compliantly sitting, waiting for someone
to tell him what to do when he is
30 years old.
Children who have been talked to,
intellectually stimulated, challenged
to understand, and
who received explanations
before they
were “old enough” to
understand, will understand
long before
their peers. Not that
we want our children to win out over
other children in the social race. We
just want them to be wise and creative,
to be aggressive in their desires to
learn, and to be an active, productive
part of life. But, more than just being a
part, we actually want them to be that
part of life that makes things happen,
not simply to be a recipient of what
“happens” to come their way. It is the
difference between being the wind
and being a piece of paper. A piece of
paper won’t bother you, but give me a
face full of wind any day.
Some parents see it as a burdensome
chore to “have to” interact
with their children. Children who are
blessed with lots of such interaction
are interested in what adults are talking
about, to the point of having to be
told (often repeatedly) to wait before
sharing their opinion. They expect you
to want to know what is on their mind,
just as they want to know what is on
yours. If you are sewing, they want to
try their hand at it. If you are cooking,
they want to smell the food, taste
the mix, and stir everything. When
you are loading firewood or cleaning
out an old sewer pipe, they want to be
there right smack in the way, holding
something for you so as to feel a part
of the project.
The interacted-with child is no tomato-head.
He will be marked with
bubbling self-confidence, whereas
that vegetable-headed child will tend
to be easily bored and insecure. The
set-aside child is the one who becomes
self-loathing, knowing for certain
that he is pushed away because he is
clearly worthless. The interactive kid
will grow up to be a shaker and mover
of people and events.
Where the TV with its soap operas
once stole the children’s mothers, it is
now the web. Mothers surf and children
suffer. They learn to be quiet, to
not bother. In time they won’t bother
with anything. Spend your hours
talking and visiting with your friends
instead of talking with your 2-year-old
and your 2-year-old will not grow up
to be your friend.
Children who are spoken to and
listened to throughout the day grow
up to speak so that others listen. And,
they grow up to listen carefully, so as
to understand the subtle nuances of
what is being said. A good vocabulary
doesn’t necessarily come from
books; it comes more from hearing
an abundance of conversations of
which they are a part. Your babies
cannot ride around in a car seat or a
shopping cart and develop productive
brain cells.
Time at the table talking is more
important than times tables. God said
it like this in Isaiah 28:9-10, “Whom
shall he teach knowledge? and whom
shall he make to understand doctrine?
them that are weaned from the milk,
and drawn from the breasts. For
precept must be upon precept, precept
upon precept; line upon line, line upon
line; here a little, and there a little:”
Here a little, and there a little—even
while they are nursing be giving them
Bible teaching (when they come up for
air). Don’t let ignorance get a hold on
their young minds, and don’t let the
status quo become their default ambition.
Yesterday Mike came in the door
and said, “You know that 6-year-old
kid outside? He is really smart!”
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I asked Mike, “How’s that? What did
he do that was so smart?” I could see
Mike was trying to come up with an
example to explain why he thought
the child was so smart. Finally he said,
“Well, he asked me if there was going
to be a contest for knife throwing,
and if so, what would the rules be.”
Through having
conversations with
the child, I had already
observed that
he is wise, alert,
and eager to be an
important part of a
bigger world than
that of the average
boy. He seems
to be more like a
small man than a
child. This little
man has grown up
in a very interactive family. His mama
has no interest in life greater than
instructing her children.
Most dads, when they come home
in the evening, enjoy relating to their
children what they’ve done during that
day. Evenings are but a small part of a
child’s life—just the ending of a long
day. Let’s face it Mama, we mothers
are responsible for the greatest part of
our children’s education and development.
Some mamas are no more than
loving babysitters, whose children
reflect their lack of intellectual interaction.
It is common for fathers to leave
the raising of young children to mother
and not get very involved in their sons’
lives until they are old enough to tag
along and participate in their adult
work and play—usually at about 4 to
6 years old. Many fathers take their
young son out with them on a sort of
“coming out to manhood venture,”
only to discover that their son is a
dumb, insecure, disinterested sissy.
Dad can’t relate to him, and after
several more unsuccessful tries, leaves
him to Mother to finish raising. Sure,
a wise and loving father would be
more involved all along and wouldn’t
give up on his son no matter what, but
statistics indicate that only about one
out of one hundred dads is wise and
patient. Many families today are made
up of imperfect fathers and imperfect
The interacted-with child
is no tomato-head.
He will be marked with
bubbling self-confidence,
whereas that
vegetable-headed child
will tend to be easily
bored and insecure.
mothers trying desperately to raise
perfect kids—not an impossible task,
but a demanding one.
So, Mother, help make sure that
when your husband does try to relate
to your son, he finds him interesting
and challenging. Your son should be
snappy and quick-witted, interested in
all that is happening,
eager to try
everything, full of
curiosity and a zest
for new experiences.
Fathers are
not interested in
their boys being
quiet, compliant,
and kind. If your
son is going to be
able to ask an intelligent
question, he
will have to have a
genuine interest in what his dad is doing.
Your attitude and conversation can
generate that interest in your son.
We are not forgetting the girls.
Many a capable young man has passed
over a potential lifemate because she
simply had no interest beyond clothes
and hair styles. A beautiful body
without a vibrant interest in life-changing
things is like a person without a
heartbeat or like a frame without a
picture. It’s what’s inside that counts!
“Dumb” girls—girls never talked to
at home—have limited options in
life. They often become victims, and
are used by bullying men. Little Jane
should be able to sit at the Thanksgiving
table and explain how long it
took to cook the turkey, and why they
chose that particular method this year.
Six-year-old Suzie should be able to
answer questions from visitors and ask
a few of her own.
Encourage your children to speak
of their ideas, recount their dreams,
explain what they meant, and defend
their position with logic. We regularly
told our children Bible stories and
discussed the whys and hows of them.
The Bible says, “My people are destroyed
for lack of knowledge: because
thou hast rejected knowledge, I will
also reject thee, that thou shalt be no
priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten
the law of thy God, I will also
forget thy children” (Hosea 4:6). Bible
knowledge is armor to the wearer
thereof. It is wisdom. It is freedom.
Read and tell your Bible stories until
all your children can recite them back
to the family with exciting zeal. You
will also discover that it is an excellent
way to teach them to speak in public
with confidence.
Life is always about interaction.
“For none of us liveth to himself, and
no man dieth to himself” (Romans 14:
7). Give your children the gift of a vision
of who and what they can be. You
don’t have to be highly educated to
accomplish this, just highly motivated.
Talk and laugh with your children.
Listen to them, ask questions, wait
for the answers, respect their opinions,
and, share your ideas. Don’t be
surprised when they soon pass you up
in their insatiable quest for knowledge.
Praise God when you see it happening,
and pray faithfully that God will grant
them wisdom to match their acquired
knowledge that you have inspired them
to attain. And then rejoice with that
growing number of faithful parents
who, when finished with their childrearing
days, will be able to proclaim
in God’s presence, “I have no greater
joy than to hear that my children walk
in truth” (3 John 4). !
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Which Curriculum is the Best?
By Rebekah Joy Anast
When parents decide to homeschool,
one of the first questions
raised in their minds is
“which curriculum?” There are some
wonderful lines of material out there
for the home-schooled kid of every
grade and bent. How to choose one?
Your homeschooling friend from the
church says such-and-such worked
better for her son than anything else,
and she has tried a score of options.
The magazines you read are advertising
the most up-and-coming curriculum
available. And then, there is
your budget to consider... What if you
choose a lemon and put your kid and
yourself through misery for the next
10 months?
Good question.
I have not seen or sampled very
many curricula. As a student, I used
very little, but what I did use was a
mixture of ABEKA and ACE paces. I
don’t believe
either one of
them were tailored to
meet my needs as a student. But I
have no fear about choosing the correct
curriculum for my children. You
see, it’s not a question of “what type
of curriculum,” but rather: “what type
of child.”
Flash cards, cassette tapes, school
books, and Curious George Learns
the Alphabet was my first approach
to teaching Joe Courage his ABCs.
He was learning at a moderate pace,
I suppose, but not with the lightning
speed and enthusiasm he shows in
other areas of life. I wondered why.
An unplanned trip to Walgreen’s with
Joe was what I needed.
We strolled down the crowded
aisle, looking for a broom, and
discovered a section of coffee table
entertainment. Puzzles of all kinds, including
3D puzzles of cars and trucks,
a map of the United States, and even
a couple of children’s puzzles of numbers
and alphabet pieces. We bought
them all and spent less than twenty
bucks. The first time Joe tried to put
the alphabet puzzle together, he got
frustrated and stomped on the pieces.
His reaction was so violent that I was
amazed. He was duly spanked, but the
intensity of his emotions toward the
puzzle clued me in: Joe has a “handson”
brain.
Within twenty-four hours, he could
put the puzzle together in a matter of
minutes. He had tried and retried a
hundred times without prompting. He
would not rest until he had it figured
out. Not only would he repeat
the process again and again, Joe
would hold each piece up and ask
me what it was - or guess. “Is this
M for mama?” I had to be fast in
my response, because he was
not going to wait around for
me to reply; two seconds later
there was another piece in his
hand. A couple of days later, he
was able to put the puzzle together
while naming the letters and sounds
to himself. “A is for a-a-alligator, B
is for b-b-bear, C is for c-c-cookie,
D is for d-d-daddy...” And that was
the curriculum that Joe used to teach
himself the alphabet.
Sight, Hearing, and Touch
You are probably already familiar
with the three methods of learning;
Sight, Hearing, and Touch. Almost
everyone has at some time or other
diagnosed themselves by saying,
“Oh, I learn best by seeing something
done...” or “I need to read it for myself;
you’re not making sense...”
Ever wonder why some people
prefer a map, while others do just fine
following verbal directions? Why do
some people read instruction manuals
and information books while others
prefer fiction for entertainment and
seminars for learning? Aha! The light
has gone on in your brain. Yes. Your
child learns in a different way from
others. Some may learn well with a
good mixture of two, or even all three
methods, but many will prefer one
single method of learning.
Actions speak louder...
Joseph Courage is a hands-on
learner. He needs action and touch.
Joe needs to be physically involved
in the lessons he is learning. He likes
to work, play, sing, and talk his way
through “schoolwork.” This manner
of learning may be the most difficult
for the average teacher to work with.
Hands-on teaching requires enormous
creativity and involvement. There
are not many curricula that can meet
this learning bent, unless they are
project suggestion books and a series
of games. There may be such a one
out there, but I am not aware of it. I
had a sister and a brother who learned
this way. I believe my Mom is also
a hands-on learner, thus her manner
of teaching was more hands-on and
creative than it otherwise would have
been.
When I was a child, one of my
Mom’s most used teaching tools was
peanut-butter “play-dough.” She
made it regularly and kept plastic
containers full of decorating supplies
(peanuts, raisins, M&Ms) on hand.
We crowded around the table and
created all kinds of things, only to eat
them in the end. Almost every kid has
eaten play-dough, but we did it legally
and safely.
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Here’s the recipe for peanut
butter play-dough.
1/3-part peanut butter
1/3-part dry powdered milk
1/3-part honey
Mix well and knead for a few
minutes until dough sticks
together. Refrigerate leftovers in
airtight container to keep for a
week or more.
Another method Mom used
was the Math-It games which we
bought from the Moore Foundation
(www.moorefoundation.com or
800-891-5255). Also, for math we
counted change, and had “business”
over the kitchen table, buying and
selling snack goods to each other.
We played games that involved a lot
of vocabulary, history, and facts. We
learned to read by taking turns reading
aloud behind an imaginary pulpit,
making our voices carry and our
words clear for the “audience” of four
siblings and two parents. The critics
were very strict.
Mom had project after project
going for her own interest, from
mushroom farming to making natural
dyes. She read the instructions, but
preferred to try things herself, and still
does. We learned from her projects as
well.
I think one of the best curricula
for a hands-on learner is to work with
someone. My brother Gabriel learned
an immense amount from working
on construction sites with other men
from the time he was twelve years
old. The conversation and practical
skills he acquired on the job-site
opened the door of knowledge for
him, and showed him how to “teach”
himself. Finding a genre of knowledge
and a “teacher” you trust may
be difficult, but it is definitely worth
a careful look. A girl could work at a
fabric store, flower shop, milk farm,
novelty shop, restaurant, with a midwife,
etc... A boy could work with a
black-smith, carpenter, veterinarian,
businessman, etc... So much is learned
by working at a job: knowledge, discipline,
confidence, social interaction,
and much more.
As an aside, the famous Robert
Kiyosaki, who wrote the book, Rich
Dad, Poor Dad, recommended that
before anyone starts a business, they
should get a job working for a small
company, and “work through” all the
jobs in the company they can in order
to get a well-rounded business education.
I would safely guess that Robert
Kiyosaki is a hands-on learner.
Godspeed, with your hands-on
student!
Ears to Hear
Very few children will turn away
from some project or game that
requires their physical involvement.
However, not all children prefer to
learn by the hands-on method. The
hearing-learner will be impatient with
the process and want you to “just tell
me...” so they can get on with life. I
am this way.
When I was a young student,
games and projects were fun, but
not in conjunction with learning. If I
wanted to learn something, I wanted
to be told how to do it, succinctly
and articulately. Then I wanted my
teacher to get out of my way and let
me at it. Games and projects slowed
me down and bored my mind; reading
instructions was loathsome. I loved
to memorize by listening to tapes or
learning songs.
Mom made a series of cassette
tapes accompanied by charts that
taught phonics, and I can still remember
them clearly. I would have preferred
doing school entirely by audio
tape or with a classroom teacher, and
would have learned twice as much,
twice as fast if that had been my sole
manner of instructional input.
Even today, I have trouble reading
directions. The page just goes blank
when I look at it. I buy patterns (rarely)
only to study the pictures and sew
what “looks like it,” and rarely fail
in this method. “A picture is worth a
thousand words” is a true statement;
seeing a picture is just like hearing
something explained. Words on paper
are not anywhere near the same as
a spoken word. Homeschool videos
were not around when I needed them.
I have no doubt I would have preferred
teaching videos over any other
method of learning.
If you have a hearing-learner,
reading aloud to them is a great way
to start. Mom began to read aloud to
me when I was tiny, and she claims
that I was reading by the time I turned
four. Even now, at thirty years old,
when I think of a word, I can hear
it said in my mind. When I spell a
difficult word, I do so by remembering
it being spelled aloud. I learned to
spell Wednesday by hearing someone
pronounce it “Wed-nes-day” slowly
for me.
I still know my multiplication
tables, because Mom chanted them
aloud to me, and had me chant them
back to her. Chanting the “times
tables” drove my brother crazy, but
for me there was no other way. I enjoy
reading, but I learn better from books
that are written in a conversational
style, rather than those that are written
in instructional form.
If you have
a child who
learns more
easily by videos
and tape curriculum,
audited
classes, songs and
chant repetitions, and
all other things taught by the
hearing method, then it will be obvious
to you what curricula to use for
that student. If he or she is like me,
hearing will open the door of ability
to read for themselves. Once they can
“hear” a word in their head when they
see it, they will soon become “selftaught.”
Eye of the Beholder
This may be the most convenient
type of student for parents to teach.
Thankful are the teachers who have
students who prefer to read the information
for themselves!
My sister Shalom learns best
by sight. In her case, a project was
overwhelming and verbal instructions
were either too fast or too slow. She
had no patience with being told the
teacher’s perceptions. Her mentality
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was, “who cares what you know; give
me the book, and soon I’ll know it.”
Shalom spent hours in her room,
surrounded by stacks of books that
she studied with the patience of a sea
turtle. The rest of us would walk by
her door and peer in occasionally,
simply amazed at her willingness
to stay pinned to her desk. To force
Shalom to study in a manner that was
not comfortable to her was completely
fruitless. She would sit through
instructions and videos and family
games, only to retire to her room to
stay up all night studying and reading
to learn what she needed to know.
If Shalom ran out of books, her life
was without form and void until she
replenished the storehouse. Her walls
and ceiling were lined with charts,
maps, and posters of every sort.
It is important for a sight-learner to
know how to find written information.
My husband is a sight-learner as well.
He could not survive on this planet
without the World Wide Web. Everything
he wants to know is available to
him by typing in a small command.
For the sight-learner, such a tool is
almost miraculous. There is no limit
to what he/she can learn if the ability
to find knowledge is given to them.
A local library offers the same type
of resource. But, even in the library,
Toddler Power
By Rebekah Joy Anast
a child needs to know how to look
and where to look in order to find the
books he needs.
Not only do sight-learners need to
read instructional books, they need
demonstrations as well. If your sightlearner
is interested in medical topics,
they will enjoy watching surgeries,
births, and medical procedures in
person, as well as on video. Seeing it
done will give them the confidence
they can do it themselves. The smallest
children need to be lifted up high
to watch mama or daddy perform the
simple functions of life in the household.
“Look, this is how you wash
dishes...” “This is how you count
money...” “This is the way you comb
your hair...” Show-and-tell should be
the teacher’s way of life for a sightlearner.
Math problems, at times, will need
to be solved on the white board step
by step, but do so in a very visual
manner. Spelling words will need to
be on paper as well. Diagrams and
graphs will make sense to a sight
learner, where they might look more
like ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics to
other children.
And remember, if your sightlearner
asks you to “show me,” what
he/she really means is, “I need to see
it done.”
What Now?
I believe that all three of these
methods of learning are likely to be
found in your household. One child
may need two methods to learn at
their highest potential, and you might
be completely different from that
child. Experiment by teaching them
something three different ways, and
see which method seems to “ring a
bell” with your student. Once you
know how they learn, choosing a curriculum
will be much easier and safer.
You might discover that pieces of
two different curricula are what you
need for one child, whereas another
single curriculum might meet your
second child’s needs entirely. If your
best friend recommends what works
for her, find out how her child learns
before you invest a year’s savings in
learning material that works great for
someone else.
And, if you are one of those
teachers or students who has been
badly burned by a curriculum that just
didn’t take, take heart and let your
hope return! You are not necessarily
a poor teacher or a poor learner; you
probably just need a new approach.
Now you are much better equipped to
find it! !
Every morning Ryshoni Joy (19 months) and I pad sleepily into the
kitchen. I place all the dishes, silverware, and glasses on a low stool
where she can reach them. One dish at a time is carried and hoisted
up on the table (just about as high as she can reach) while Joseph Courage (3 ½
years) lays them out in their proper places. When refrigerator items are needed on the
table, I open the door and place the items on the floor right next to the fridge. Again Rysha
transports them, one item at a time. I say the names of each item over my shoulder as I cook;
“that’s the butter... that’s raisins... that’s the juice...”
Occasionally Joe tries to butt in and claim his old job, which causes Rysha to panic. She is desperately
protective of her place as table-setter. So I have to remind Joe that he has “big boy jobs” now, and redirect
him to collecting trash, dirty clothes, and mopping the floor.
Every other day I need to vacuum. I turn on some “happy music” and announce with an excited voice, “It’s time to
vacuum!” Joe and Rysha go into hyper-drive and start putting books and toys away as though it was the most fun they
ever had. This activity involves a lot of noisy squealing and vacuum-dodging games.
They arrange the shoes by the door, make their beds (sort of), stack the magazines and notebooks, pick up crayons
and alphabet letters, and wash windows. Joe is teaching Rysha all the finer details of “doing chores.” Much to Daddy’s
satisfaction, the house stays clean AND kid-friendly.
To be honest, I am a disorganized, space-cadet mother, but (thank God for toddlers!) nobody will ever know.
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The Illustrated Bible Story Book
AFTER YEARS OF DEDICATED WORK, THE PICTURE BIBLE IS TRAVELING AND SPREADING THE GOSPEL
By Michael Pearl
omplete at last! After seven
years, countless days of work,
and over $125,000 in expenditures,
not counting any printing, that
great missionary project is complete!
It is the biggest undertaking we have
ever attempted—certainly bigger than
we imagined when we started. It began
out of our concern to have printed
material available to aid missionaries
in communicating the Bible message.
Our strong belief is that there is
nothing as effective in the evangelism
of third world people as illustrated
gospel messages.
We didn’t want anything second
rate, so we sought out and hired full
time for two years a retired artist for
Marvel Comics, who, after coming to
know the Lord, had given up his art.
We brought him back to the world of
art with an assignment of 312 largeformat
pages of Bible illustrations.
Michael Pearl wrote the script and
did the preliminary
drawings in crude form, and then
Danny Bulanadi did the actual art
work and the inking, followed by the
shading, done on the computer by our
own Clint Cearley. After the artwork
was finished, we had to put in all the
text frames and textbubbles with the
actual text. Wow! What a job! And
then came the proofing and tweaking
and final editing. At last, a finished
product!
It has not yet gone to print, but
it is going out in digital format now
to missionaries for translation. We
are making this tool available free
to all missionaries who are faithful
to the Word of God. It is in a format
from which it can be translated as a
whole book or can be divided into
smaller portions, or single pages, or
to individual pictures which can be
singled out and enlarged for use as
visual aids. It will be printed entirely
in black and white to keep the printing
cost down for missionaries. We
are also adapting it as a children’s
coloring book with no shading and no
text that is being released through the
Calendar feature on our website.
Missionaries can use single
pictures from the Illustrated Bible or
coloring book in producing gospel
tracts. When we were asked why we
didn’t just use some of the available
works of art already in print, our
answer was quick and concise: Too
expensive. Too much restriction. Not
enough “good” art. Not available in
any language. And, not universally
suitable for all people groups and
primitive cultures.
Soon Cambodian, Ukrainian, Mongolian,
Hmong, Papua New Guinean,
Thai, and other people in South East
Asia will all have God’s story in their
hands. It is our hope that missionaries
to the folks we already know in
East Timor and several Arabic people
groups will soon be able to start
translations. This is going to be a
powerful tool in the hands of praying
missionaries. If you are a missionary
material, please have the
missionary contact us,
and we will consider
them for use of this
material.
It is our goal to also
The illustrated life story of Moses from his birth through his escape into the desert where
God meets with him. This is one of the Bible stories from the Illustrated Picture Bible.
work on the next page!
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Translations Now In Progress
THE ENTRANCE OF THY WORDS GIVETH LIGHT; IT GIVETH UNDERSTANDING UNTO THE SIMPLE Ps.119:130
Cambodian People
We came to Cambodia in 1998, and while the
gospel has made progress, the battle has been a
slow, hard fight. We began studying
the Khmer language immediately
and have just recently become
proficient speakers, able to preach
and teach effectively (even preaching
on the radio). Khmer is spoken
by everyone and is the native tongue of over 96% of the
population. Buddhism, heavily mixed with ancestor
and spirit worship, is the national religion with around
98% of the country claiming to adhere. Sadly enough,
many churches here have quite a few people in them who
failed to truly understand the Gospel and are just trading
one tradition for another that seems to be better at the
time. We greatly look forward to translating the Picture
Bible Book and believe it will be a great weapon to use
in attacking a satanic stronghold. Rarely are we able to
spend long, single periods of time with anyone, so teaching
the story of God from creation to redemption sometimes
takes several months, and much continuity can
be lost from one lesson to the next. Even when finished,
the message has only gotten out to a handful of people.
The Picture Bible Book should enable us to rapidly teach
the whole story of the Bible and help the Khmer to see
God in His entirety, not just bits and pieces over a long
period of time. It will also be a book that we can quickly
show the Khmer believers and Church leaders how to
use, thus giving us a possibility of reaching many, many
more people than we could have before.
Steve Schnell
Just in From Mongolia!
I believe that the Picture Bible
is just the tool we need to penetrate
this culture and help transform the
worldview of the Mongolian people.
Often times, we take for granted the Biblical viewpoint
which even the lost of our nation have had the privilege
of inheriting from our faithful forefathers. Those who
have grown up in atheistic Communism or the multi-god
systems of Buddhism and Animism have tremendous difficulty
comprehending the gospel. It is necessary to start
from “In the beginning God” in order to lay a foundation
from which to believe. The Picture Bible does a great job
summarizing the central message of the Scriptures and its
application to our lives. The dynamic narrative and excellent
illustrations will encourage readers of all ages to take
in the Old Old Story for the very first time. We are in the
process of setting up a large-scale print shop in Mongolia.
We are not only targeting the 10 million Mongols residing
in Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan and Russia, but are hoping
to be used of the Lord to see this book and the Bible
distributed throughout the unreached people groups of the
10/40 window. If you want to take part in this effort, you
can pray for, network with, and send funds to:
45697.
Mickey Cofer
▲ This is ice
you see on their potty
(a missionary’s life)
If you would like to be part of the Cambodian ministry,
send support to: Central Missionary Clearinghouse,
P.O. Box 12964, Houston, TX, 77217. Earmark your
check for Steve Schnell.
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Hmong People
In the ’60s, the Hmong
people of the highlands
of North Vietnam fought
alongside the USA in the
Vietnam War. After our
withdrawal, they came
under severe persecution,
many of them
shot on sight. Their plight continues
until this day. Over the years, many
thousands of Hmong were able to flee
to America, but a few have been left
behind in hostile countries.
In September, some missionaries
heard rumors of a large group
of Hmong people living in a remote
mountainous area in north central
Thailand. They went to investigate
and found around 7000 people who
had been forcibly removed from
their country. Their personal papers,
passports and money were taken from
them. They were huddled on the side
of the road without the bare essentials
of life. They had constructed meager
bamboo shacks with thatched roofs
and dirt floors. Now they are a people
without citizenship in any country,
having no food, not allowed to work
and not even allowed land on which
to grow food. To return to their own
country would mean certain death.
One of the missionaries, whom we
know well but cannot name, said of
the Hmong people, “It is amazing that
most of the Hmong people can read
and write, especially amazing since,
for over 40 years, they have been
forbidden to teach their language.
They are true home-schoolers.” Our
missionary says of his contacts with
them, “For the last 10 years of my
life, I have been in-training as a missionary
(language and translation).
The opportunity to preach and teach
few weeks is worth every day
of the 10 years of preparation
I have made. It is a wonderful
privilege to be able to share
God’s Word with these extraordinary,
intelligent, thoughtful
people, who eagerly listen to
every word, then rush out to
share it with their whole family
group.”
To see a 5-minute clip on
the rice relief effort to the Hmong
people, go to: www.rlingo.org/
HmongRLI.wmv or www.rlingo.org/
Asia.html
“And brought them out, and said,
Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And
they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and
thy house” Acts 16:30, 31.
If you are interested in helping
feed the Hmong people refugees,
please contact:
Relief Logistics International
P.O. Box 136010
Ft. Worth, TX 76136
If you want to help, pray for, or send
funds to the missionaries working
with the Hmong people, send to:
No Greater Joy Ministries
1000 Pearl Road
Pleasantville TN 37033
Designate funds for the Hmong work.
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Bible Doctrine
Audio, Books & Booklets
There is a dearth of Bible
knowledge across this land.
Bible teaching has been replaced
with principle-based, self-improvement
psychology. More than ever,
we want to get these Bible messages
into your hands, so we have priced
them right down to what it costs us
to provide them. In the course of
the ministry, at our discretion, we
give many of them away, the cost of
which is covered by your gifts. All
our CDs have been digitally remastered
and re-edited to produce a
quality higher than the originals.
FREE DOWNLOAD
1 CORINTHIANS
Books of the Bible
MATTHEW
Michael Pearl opens new insights
as he teaches the Gospel of
Matthew, describing it as the last
book in the old covenant. A grasp
of this unique book is essential to
a proper understanding of the New
Testament.
16 Cassettes 6020-40 $45. 00
24 CDs 6020-41 $65. 00
JOHN
Every verse is discussed, every critical
word examined. Here is doctrinal and
practical teaching to enrich your life.
24 Cassettes 4610-40 $59. 00
ROMANS
Verse by verse, word by word, this
is a commentary on the book of
Romans. We continually receive
testimonies of lives changed and
souls saved through listening to this
greatest of all New Testament books.
Until you know the book of Romans
you don’t know the Bible. If you
have never listened to any Bible
teaching by Michael Pearl, this is
the place to start. Michael also has a
printed commentary on Romans 1-8
which is much more extensive than
the audio.
17 Cassettes 8140-40 $48. 00
20 CDs 8140-45 $50. 00
If you enjoyed Romans, you need
to hear Colossians. Learn about
your spiritual circumcision. Rise to
complete victory in knowledge that
you indeed have risen with Christ
and are an overcomer of the world,
the flesh, and the devil.
3 Cassettes 2050-40 $12. 00
5 CDs 2050-41 $18. 00
COLOSSIANS
Go to our website to download
Mike’s entire teaching on the
book of Romans!
ROMANS CHAPTER 1-8
COMMENTARY
This commentary contains a careful
word-for-word examination of
every phrase, and addresses all the
hard theological issues that have
been the foundation of the Christian
faith down through the centuries.
222 pg. Book 8140-10 $8. 00
Here is a book of radical answers
for radical times. Michael covers
every verse in 1 Corinthians in
a straightforward manner. This
is not devotional teaching. It is
practical Bible doctrine on a host of
controversial subjects. Paul answers
questions put to him by the church at
Corinth.
8 Cassettes 2060-40 $26. 00
10 CDs 2060-41 $30. 00
EPHESIANS
Practical and Scriptural Bible
teaching encourage the believer.
Chapter 5 tape includes one tape
on husbands and one on wives.
10 Cassettes 2930-40 $30. 00
All audio versions read by Michael Pearl
SET FREE FROM RELIGION!
GALATIANS
Many professing Christians who
don’t have a personal relationship
with Christ are seeking meaning in
Rabbinical Judaism, keeping feast
days and Sabbaths, and resorting to
using Hebrew words for God and
Jesus. Many are “falling from grace”
in their attempt to give the Law of
Moses a place in their daily lives.
God gave us the book of Galatians to
answer this ancient and now modern
heresy.
6 Cassettes 3410-40 $21. 00
6 CDs 3410-41 $21. 00
HEBREWS
This is a book that will bless you
like no other. As you study the book
of Hebrews, you will not only learn
about faith, you will actually have
faith built into you by the Word of
God.
11 Cassettes 3800-40 $36. 00
12 CDs 3800-45 $36. 00
I just wanted to say thank you for making the Romans download
available at no cost! It is so refreshing to see a ministry that is totally
dedicated to seeing its followers set free and live life more abundantly,
rather than solely making a profi t! I can’t tell you how nice it is just
to understand the work of Jesus a little more, well, actually a lot
more clearly! My religious past is horrifying to me! I am so thankful
now that I have truth...which is Jesus. After listening to Romans in
combination with the Sin No More series, I feel free...free to live, love
my husband and children, and for the fi rst time, I actually care about
people getting saved and knowing “The Truth” as well. In my religion
I never cared. Now I am learning to love.
K.G.
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Audio, Books & Booklets
Due to poor recording, the Ecclesiastes messages will be postoned
until rerecorded. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Bible Doctrine
Bible Topics
GENERATIONAL SINS
Michael Pearl addresses the faddish
AM I SAVED?
teaching on generational sins, sins
This three message set: Born Again, of the fathers visited on the children,
Am I Saved? and Repent. Discusses family curses, etc. Let the word of
the nature of repentance and faith as
it pertains to salvation.
God free you from the curse of pop
theology.
2 Cassettes 1310-40 $10. 00 1 Cassette 3730-40 $5. 00
2 CDs 1310-45 $10. 00 1 CD 3730-45 $5. 00
AUTHORITY PRAYING
Michael Pearl preaches on the
believer’s position in Christ and how
prayer is based on the authority that
is ours in Christ.
GOD’S ETERNAL PROGRAM
Most of Michael’s tapes and CDs
are teachings. This one is a sermon
preached at a camp in California. It
is fun and a blessing.
1 Cassette 1330-40 $5. 00 1 Cassette 3610-40 $5. 00
1 CD 3610-45 $5. 00
BALAAM & HIS ASS
GOD HATES SINNERS
Insightful and entertaining story of
It’s time you knew the truth.
Balaam and his ass.
1 Cassette 1405-40 $5. 00 1 CD 3615-45 $5. 00
1 CD 1405-45 $5. 00 REPENTANCE
BODY, SOUL, & SPIRIT
Five messages discussing the nature
of man, temptation and sin, the
sovereignty of God and the free will
of man. Illustrated diagram included.
When the Bible warns a sinner to
repent, what is the nature of that
repentance? Michael Pearl examines
all 112 uses of ‘repent’ in the KJV.
Designed to put hearts at rest in
Christ and correct error.
3 Cassettes 1435-40 $12. 00 44 pg. Book 8120-10 $4. 00
3 CDs 1435-45 $12. 00 8 or more copies $2. 75 ea.
BY DIVINE DESIGN
RIGHTEOUSNESS
If you are philosophically minded, Four messages on salvation: Blood,
this book will appeal to you.
Imputed Righteousness, The
Michael discusses some of the
Man Christ Jesus and Saving
basic presuppositions that lead us to
Righteousness
3 Cassettes 8135-40 $12.
believe in and trust the unseen God.
4 CDs 8135-41 $15.
We are part of a great drama that is
perfectly orchestrated by both the
sovereignty of God and the free will
of man.
SABBATH REST
What does the Bible say about
keeping the Sabbath, be it Saturday,
85 pg. Book 2330-10 $5. 00 Sunday, or Tuesday?
8-99 copies each $3. 00 1 Cassette 8310-40 $5. 00
100+ copies each $2. 50 1 CD 8310-45 $5. 00
3 Cassettes 2330-40 $12. 00
SANCTIFICATION
CHRONOLOGICAL
Three sermons by Michael Pearl
PROPHECIES
contain the good news of complete
The infidel is silenced with this
irrefutable testimony of the Bible’s
accuracy.
and immediate deliverance from
any and all sin by the miracle of the
gospel alone.
1 Cassette 2080-40 $5. 00
$5.
3 Cassettes 8320-40 $12. 00
THE BELIEVER
This is new material concerning the
controversial subject of security of
the believer. You will be surprised at
what you hear. The Church (at large)
has been divided, both sides holding
to a portion of Scripture while
explaining away the other Scripture.
Can one believe all the Scripture on
both sides of the issue? Absolutely.
2 Cassettes 8322-40 $10 . 00
3 CDs 8322-45 $12. 00
SINFUL NATURE
These four messages answer some
of the ridiculous teachings of an
ancient heresy sometimes called
“Calvinism.” For too long, Reformed
theology has robbed the church of
the power of God. The petals fall off
of Calvin’s tulip when it is held up to
the light of Scripture.
3 Cassettes 8330-40 $12. 00
3 CDs 8330-45 $12. 00
SIN NO MORE
The big question is: “So how do I
stop sinning?” You have confessed
your sins, received the baptism of
the Holy Ghost with evidence of
everything but ceasing to sin, yet
you are still a Romans 7 Christian.
I assure you, God not only saves
his children from the penalty of sin
but he saves them from its power as
well. You can stop sinning.
7 Cassettes 8315-40 $24. 00
9 CDs 8315-41 $28. 00
SONS OF GOD AND GIANTS
Little known and forgotten facts of
early human history
1 Cassette 8336-40 $5. 00
1 CD 8336-45 $5. 00
WHEN FORGIVENESS
IS A SIN
There are times when to forgive
someone would a grave sin.
1 Cassette 9580-40 $5. 00
1 CD 9580-45 $5. 00
3 CDs 8320-41 $12. 00 SECURITY OF
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Bible Doctrine
Booklets & Posters
Booklets
All booklets are $1 each or
60¢ each for 25 or more of any
one of the below. These are great
resources for teachers to use in
Bible classes.
AND THE BOOK OF JAMES
James clearly teaches that works
justify a man, while Paul teaches
that a man is not justified by works.
Are they contradicting each other?
Which one is correct? This study
resolves the issue once and for all.
26 pg. Booklet 4960-10 $1. 00
JUSTIFICATION
1 JOHN 1:9
THE PROTESTANT
CONFESSIONAL
PORNOGRAPHY
A core belief held by most
- ROAD TO HELL
conservative Christians is that
Christians who have unconfessed
sins in their life are in need of
forgiveness, are out of fellowship
with God, and are walking
in darkness. The underlying
assumption is that God forgives only
sins that are confessed. What does
the Bible teach? Does God withhold
forgiveness until sin is confessed?
Not on your life.
23 pg. Booklet 4650-10 $1. 00
BAPTISM IN JESUS’ NAME
There are those who insist that New
Testament water baptism is not valid
unless the one doing the baptism
vocally utters the words “in Jesus’
name.” It is the conclusion of this
study that the verbal utterance is
never an issue in Scripture. It is
erroneous to insist on any certain
phrase being pronounced over the
baptized.
17 pg. Booklet 1410-10 $1. 00
IN DEFENSE OF BIBLICAL
CHASTISEMENT
Michael brings clear understanding Tracts
back into the confusing and
often-misunderstood subject of
corporal chastisement. After firmly
laying the Biblical foundation for
chastisement, he then answers the
question, “How do I apply corporal
chastisement properly?” Finally, he
shows the effectiveness of Biblical
chastisement demonstrated in those
families that practice it as taught.
29 pg. Booklet 4530-10 $1. 00
While most ministers avoid the
subject, Michael Pearl addresses
the deadly scourge of pornography
head-on. He shows how repentance
toward God and the power of the
gospel of Jesus Christ can break the
bondage of this wicked perversion
through the abundant mercy and
grace of a loving God. There is
hope for the man caught in the snare
of pornography and hope for the
helpless, angry wife who finds it
difficult to honor him.
12 pg. Booklet 7030-10 $1. 00
TO BETROTH
OR NOT TO BETROTH
All Christian parents want their
children to have God’s first and
best in all areas of their lives, and
this includes marriage. In an effort
to avoid the dangers of the modern
dating game, families are giving
attention to the concept of betrothal.
The dangers of the betrothal system
GOD MADE JESUS TO BE SIN
Illustrated Gospel tract. Spread the Good
request, plus $2.00 postage.
DIOS HIZO A JESUS PECADO
`
are exposed with the light of Biblical
truth, bringing objectivity back to an
often-misunderstood subject.
28 pg. Booklet 1420-10 $1. 00
Posters
REVELATION POSTER
AND HANDBOOK
This poster is a print of an
original painting done by Michael
Pearl which shows the events of
Revelation in chronological order.
It is 40"x19" on heavy, glossy paper.
The handbook which accompanies
it is filled with Old Testament
references and commentary to the
events in Revelation.
Poster 8130-10 $12. 00
Other Authors
WHICH VERSION
IS THE BIBLE?
Author Floyd Jones. Answers all
your questions about Bible versions.
Proof that the King James Bible
is the perfect Word of God to the
English-speaking people.
Book 9510-10 $10. 00
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web specials!
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Audio, Books, DVD & Video
Family Resources
THE JOY OF TRAINING NO GREATER JOY - VOL. 1
8-99 copies each $3. 00 book set. This is a perfect gift for
100+ copies each $2. 50
friends or anyone who is seeking
5 CDs 8610-40 $18. 00 help in parenting.
Michael and Debi Pearl tell how
they successfully trained up their
five children with love, humor, the
rod, and a King James Bible. The
Reprints of the first two years of
No Greater Joy articles. Covers the
subjects of sibling rivalry, pouting,
bad attitudes, and much more.
2 DVD set contains the same high Book 6230-10 $5. 00
quality, digitally filmed content 8-99 copies each $3. 00
100+ copies each $2.
as the video set and hundreds of
3 Cassettes 6230-40 $12.
snapshots and video clips of family
and children, illustrating the things NO GREATER JOY - VOL. 2
being taught.
Let your children listen to great
2 DVDs 4910-75 $26. 00 bedtime stories. Covers the subjects
3 VHS 4910-70 $26. 00 of rowdy boys, homeschooling,
grief, and much more.
TO TRAIN UP A CHILD Book 6235-10 $5. 00
From successful parents, learn how 8-99 copies each $3. 00
100+ copies each
to train up your children rather than
$2. 50
3 Cassettes 6235-40 $12.
discipline them up. With humor and
real-life examples, this book shows
you how to train your children
before the need to discipline arises.
Be done with corrective discipline;
make them allies rather than
adversaries. The stress will be gone
and your obedient children will
NO GREATER JOY - VOL. 3
Children learn wisdom and enjoy
listening to the stories as you
read to them volumes 1, 2, and 3.
Covers the subjects of marriage
relationships and how they affect
children, joy, much more.
praise you.
Book 6240-10 $5. 00
Book 8610-10 $5. 00 8-99 copies each $3. 00
8-99 copies each $3. 00 100+ copies each $2. 50
100+ copies each $2. 50 3 Cassettes 6240-40 $12. 00
3 Cassettes 8610-40 $12. 00 FOUR BOOK SET
Spanish Translation
Get the No Greater Joy Series and
Book 8610-12 $5. 00 To Train Up a Child in this four
4 Book Set 3200-00 $16. 00
A-B-C BIBLE
ALABAMA SEMINAR
VERSE SONGS
Beka and some of the kids in the
church sing the A-B-C Bible verse
songs that her mother taught her
when she was growing up. Your
little ones will want to listen to this
day and night, and by doing so they FROM THE END
will learn 26 Bible verses, with the OF THE EARTH
references. This is the smilingest tape
you will ever hear.
1 Cassette 1010-40 $5. 00
1 CD 1010-45 $5. 00
Two hours of Michael Pearl speaking
on child training. These tapes are
geared toward the father’s role in the
family. Tales of Mike and his sons’
wild adventures. Boys love it!
2 Cassettes 8325-40 $8. 00
Songs by Rebekah Pearl. All alone
in a bamboo hut on the top of a
mountain in New Guinea, the first
white woman ever seen by the
Kumboi village, Rebekah writes
and sings songs about her God. She
accompanies herself on a classical
guitar.
1 CD 3020-41 $8. 00
1 Cassette 3020-40 $5. 00
MY FAVORITE
HOMESCHOOLING IDEAS
Debi Pearl discusses her best
homeschooling ideas. 20-plus years
of accumulated wisdom. This tape
can remove your burden. It is our
best-selling tape!
1 Cassette 6170-40 $5. 00
1 CD 6170-45 $5. 00
REBEKAH’S DIARY
Rebekah Pearl, (now Rebekah Anast)
daughter of Michael and Debi Pearl,
tells the awesome story of God’s
guidance and protection as she, a
22 year old girl, all alone, where no
white person had ever been, adapted
to a primitive culture.
106 pg. Book 7810-10 $5. 00
8-99 copies each $3. 00
100+ copies each $2. 50
STARTING OVER
The basic message, “OK, I know
I’ve messed up in child training, now
what do I do?”
1 Cassette 8338-40 $5. 00
1 CD 8338-45 $5. 00
TESTIMONY OF
DARLENE ROSE
Hear the missionary story of Darlene
Rose. Rebekah Pearl listened to
these tapes when she was young.
She says they helped mold her life
toward missions.
2 Cassettes 8605-40 $8. 00
THE GAMI AKIJ STORY
Your heart will be stirred as Rebekah
Pearl recounts how God prepared
a people for Himself. The story of
her time in the mountains of Papua
New Guinea, translating the Kumboi
language. Young people love it.
1 Cassette 3420-40 $5. 00
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Marriage Resources
CREATED TO BE HIS HELP MEET
What God is doing through this new book is amazing!
We are receiving thousands of letters from people giving
testimony to marriages restored and made new. Pastors,
bookstores, and teachers are ordering and reordering
cases. 296 Pages.
Book 2020-10 $12. 00
Box of 24 books 2020-CS $172.80
FOR WOMEN ONLY
This book is based on surveys. It was a real eye-opener.
Michael says it will help women understand men’s
thoughts and struggles.
Book 3210-10 $8. 50
HOLY SEX
Michael Pearl takes his readers through a refreshing
journey of Biblical texts showing that God designed
marriage to be the context of erotic pleasure. The world
and the devil have attempted to make the subject of sex
their domain. No longer.
82 pg. Book 4125-10 $5. 00
8-99 copies each $3.00
100+ copies each $2.50
MARRIAGE GOD’S WAY
Husbands, learn how to sanctify your wife and cleanse
her of spots, wrinkles, and blemishes. You have the
power to bring your wife into the fullness of all that God
intended her to be. Wives, learn the freedom of honoring
and ministering to your man. You can help him become
all that God intended him to be.
2 DVDs 4140-75 $18. 00
2 VHS 4140-70 $18. 00
ONLY MEN
Michael Pearl speaks directly and frankly to men about their
responsibilities as husbands. Wives should not listen to this
tape. We don’t want you taking advantage of your man.
1 Cassette 6650-40 $5. 00
PANEL OF FIVE (LADIES)
Five wives whose husbands have far-reaching ministries
speak out on what a woman can do to be a helper to her
husband.
1 Cassette 7010-40 $5. 00
YOUNG ADULTS & MARRIAGE
This message, spoken by Michael Pearl in California, was
given to help parents and their young adult children make
wise decisions concerning marriage. It has the story of all
five of our children finding their mates.
1 Cassette 9810-40 $5. 00
1 CD 9810-45 $5. 00
FILLED WITH JOY AND LOVE
I fi nally want to thank you for sharing
your wisdom and experiences with us greenhorns. I
am 52 years old. Just by accident, we found out about
your ministry in how to raise children-- which we
really needed. Then we got your book, “Created to be
His Help Meet.” This book saved me, saved my marriage
and probably many of our friends’ marriages.
This is my second marriage, and I am so glad that I
fi nally got my eyes opened to realize what a real wife
is supposed to be! Since I turned myself around and
followed what I learned, the change in our marriage
has been miraculously wonderful. A big load has
been taken from my shoulders. My husband is a 100%
disabled veteran and is in constant pain. Since my
awakening, I am fi lled with joy and love. All I want to
say is thank you for helping me see God’s simple plan
for a heavenly marriage. I loved the Marriage God’s
Way and The Joy of Training videos. I have made an
awful lot of mistakes but with God’s grace it is never
too late. I am doing it HIS way from now on. - CT
Making Melody
Vickie Jackson, who was inspired by our book,
“Created to Be His Help Meet,” wrote a sweet chorus
“to sing during the day to help me remember to be a
help meet.” Let it bless your day, too! Our own NGJ
secretary, Carolyn Chambers, sings it on our website.
Learn it as you sing along with her.
If you want to read life-changing letters
from women from all over the world
who have read Created to Be His Help
Meet, then go to
www.createdtobehishelpmeet.org
If you want your testimony posted
on this site, send it to us via email at
ngj@nogreaterjoy.org.
If you want your full name included, tell
us. Go read what God is doing!
OVER 180,000
CREATED TO BE HIS HELP MEET IN PRINT
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Children's Ministry
in West Virginia
Dear Gregg and company,
My children had an unforgettable experience. We were children‛s
ministers in a church for over 5 years. Yet, our children experienced the
Word of God at a new level. Your drama approach has impacted them
far more than Bible games, puppets, contemporary “Christian” music and
videos. The greatest thing about their experience was watching young
men and women excited about the word of God and ministering as a
family. My children think that their teachers were the coolest adults in
the world. Gracie, J.J., and Elizabeth were a huge hit. Our kids said
this was the best vacation of their lives!
Tolvos
Ledford family, the staff would like to say, "Thank you, thank you, thank you for the goodies."
I had a lot of fun watching the dramas and making the booklets My
that you spent.
R.G.
P.S. I liked the
We enjoyed singing with you. My brothers are always singing; "and
if the devil doesn't like it he can sit on a tack, sit on a tack..." - E.L.
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Military Update
NGJ has sent out 891 boxes full
of books, tapes, CDs and other
goodies to our military and
their families. Thank you to all
who have participated in this
important ministry! Remember
to send us names and addresses
of men and women serving our
country in foreign lands.
Dear Brother Pearl:
Greetings in the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ! I pray that this
e-mail fi nds you and your family
and ministry prospering and
enjoying the blessings of the Lord!
I wanted to write to you and say a
BIG “thank you” for the package
that you mailed to me here in
Iraq! I received it with great joy
today. I thought that you would
like to know that it arrived safely.
I was eagerly looking forward
to the Hebrews CD’s, but I was
overjoyed to see that you had
sent the Romans CD’s, as well!
Praise the Lord! I eagerly look
forward to listening to these studies
and to sharing them with my
fellow marines and sailors of 5th
Platoon. I will also be distributing
the booklets you sent on
Pornography: Road to Hell. Like
myself, many of the troops here
have dealt or are dealing with this
serious problem. Your book on
Repentance looks like an intriguing
read. This is a controversial
subject these days and I greatly
anticipate reading what you have
to say on the subject.
Brother, God bless you for
your support of the troops in
the fi eld. You don’t realize how
important such support is until
you fi nd yourself in a place like
Iraq! I look forward to sending
a donation to NGJ at my fi rst opportunity
to show my appreciation
for your sacrifi ce for my platoon
and I. Take care and keep standing
for Jesus!
In Christ, Bro. John
I am a military wife (reservist)
whose husband is in Iraq. We have
11 children (9 at home) who are
needing their daddy. No matter the
reason, they miss him so much. I
thank you for your love packages.
It was such a blessing to both of
us. I appreciate your kindness in
thinking of us. The Lord had given
me a word before he got orders—I
knew they were coming. I asked
God to give me joy in this journey,
and He has. Your book helped me
remember that most important
thing.
Thank you, Proud Wife and Mom
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