Stories You Have Got to Hear - Set of 3

Books Ablaze: and Other Historical Stories You've Got to Hear

Sniff sniff... am I smelling burning? No it's not dinner—there are some bonfires in this book. Books were amongst some of the things set alight during church history. In fact flames were used to persecute Christians throughout church history.

Their possessions and homes were set alight. Christians were even killed and burned for their faith. But there was one fire that didn't happen—on the 5th of November 1605 Guy Fawkes and others decided to set fire to the Houses of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Irene Howat tells the Christian story behind this and other incidents in history. You will see how not even fire or the plans of evil men can separate Christians from the Love of God.

On Fire and Other Bible Stories You Gotta Hear

Watch out - these stories are H...H...Hot!

Each one is about fire—but there's not a matchstick or a marshmallow in sight! They are all from the bible and show how God has used fire throughout scripture in a variety of ways. He used fire to get Moses to pay attention. He used it to help the Israelites find their way through the dark. He used it to keep Adam and Eve out of the garden.

But fire also appears in the New Testament—soldiers with torches arrest Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane. Peter warms himself by some flames while at the same time he denies the Lord Jesus. Jesus himself cooks a fish barbeque on the beach after his resurrection, and the Holy Spirit comes down on the disciples at Pentecost with tongues of flame.

Singing Soldiers and Other Bible Stories You've Got to Hear

You wouldn't send a choir into a battle? Would you set up a sing-song in a stinking old jail? What would you cheer about if your enemy and all his chariots had just gone belly up in the Red Sea? Could you sing a cranky old king out of his bad mood? And what about when you've just lost everything you've ever loved and singing must be the last thing on your mind?

Well, each one of these situations is a real life story in the Bible and in this book. Winston doesn't have to battle with a choir but he does have to deal with his freaky aunt Frieda. Avery hasn't been chucked into prison but she discovers that people in jail do like to sing—and that even she can be a bit 'off-pitch' sometimes. Natalie isn't watching any chariots drown but her little brother teaches her that God is awesome. Mike is the one who is cranky and bored but he finds out that God's got plans! And when Danielle doesn't feel like singing—she finds that there are others worse off and that she can always tell God how wonderful he is.