Our Home is like a Little Church

Sojourn’s first children’s book, Our Home is like a Little Church, (formerly titled Pastor Daddy), written by Lindsey Blair and Bobby Gilles with illustrations by Tessa Janes, is now available to from Amazon.com and the Westminster Bookstore (where you can get it at 20% off).  The book has been published by Christian Focus Publications.

From the preface:
“Our Home is like a Little Church was written to teach preschool children the Christian doctrine of the home as a “little church” where the father teaches his family God’s commands and leads them to worship the one true God.”

Commendations:

One of the most  important features of a father’s leadership in his home is his responsibility to train his children in the Scriptures and the Christian faith, and to  nurture them in knowing and loving God.  In this sense, fathers are  pastors (i.e., shepherds) to their  children, and they would do well to embrace this truth as their own.  Our Home is like a Little Church helps both children and fathers see some of the beauty and richness of this relationship.  How good it will be when an increasing number of Christian fathers own their roles as their family’s pastors.  May this little book  be used by God to serve that end–Bruce A. Ware, Professor of  Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY

This is an excellent book and I have sought to get a copy into the hands of every family at our church. It is a story about fathers leading their families at home as the pastor leads the church. The great old concept of “every father  the pastor of the church meeting in his house” is portrayed here in an engaging and compelling way. The left hand pages comment on what the pastor  does at church. The right hand pages then comment on how the dad does a  similar thing in leading his family at home. Reading this then will urge fathers forward and give them some built-in accountability as children will  look to see that the things read about are actually done!  The book is  simply written in a nice rhyme with nice illustrations. This little book has the potential to accomplish much good.  I encourage you to get a copy for  yourself and then get copies for families you could give it to.–Ray Van Neste, Director, R. C. Ryan Center for Biblical Studies, Union University, Jackson, TN Read more!

Our Home is like a Little Church beautifully illustrates the Biblical role that each father is called to play  in the lives of his children.  The apostle Paul states in 1 Thessalonians 2 that he has dealt with the Thessalonian church the same way that a father deals with his children….”encouraging, comforting and urging [them], to live lives worthy of God.”  I pray that every father that reads this powerful  little book will have the courage to lead his family to live life for the  Glory of God and nothing less.  I LOVE the book because it provides a  beautiful picture of what it looks like for a father to be the spiritual leader in the home.  It simplifies this profound truth in a way that can be easily understood by everyone in the family.–Jason Houser, Seeds Family Worship, Nashville, TN

Gretchen Reads 24/7 says: “…written in an appealing rhythmic rhyme, which makes this profound theological concept seem simple and child-appropriate…The pictures are simple and childish without trying to be overly cute. I appreciate the simplicity…” Read more!

Ministry-to-Children.com says: “This book is a great introduction to the practice of family worship and how the church and the home are interrelated…” Read more!

Westminster Bookstore says: “This little gem waters the beginning seeds of a Christian worldview by intertwining ideas that could easily remain separate in the mind of a child–and all too often, our own thinking. Each spread opens to a simple yet profound comparison of events and principles learned at church that extend to the home and back again. Child-like drawings and a rhyming rhythm hold great appeal for young readers and listeners, while reminding adults that worship is not just restricted to the adult realm. Every father should read and reread this book to his children, to encourage him to fulfill his calling as a Pastor-Daddy by the grace of God.”  Read more!

CBMW says: This grand truth [of father as "pastor" of the home] seems so far removed from the common Christian worldview that a book like this is necessary not just to introduce 3-year-olds to the idea, but their dads as well. Read more!

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