Child Training Bible

My friends Mindy and Nathan have made this Bible when they had a 4, 3, and a 1 year old kids. Such a wonderful tool to lead kids straight to the Bible and show them what it has to say about anger, lying, obedience, fear, and so much more! It's not just a Child Training Bible, but an adult training Bible as well. Good stuff.

Mindy and Nathan explain more on their website, and have a video of how you can put together your own Training Bible! Click on the Cross Button to go to the website!

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Ira Gershwin was genius.
Period.

The Proverbs 32 Man

This topic can be over stressed a lot, but I wanted to share this you. You may have heard it before, I know I have, but I had never seen it laid out like this. Sunday nights at Kindred's Young Adult Group, Pastor DeCourcey has been speaking on the topic of Singleness/Doubleness for the month of February, and last night was the wrap up session: what woman and men should strive to be, with or without being married.

These sessions have been camped mostly in Proverbs, and this night we looked towards the end of the book. Following the idea of Proverbs 31 and what men should look for in a woman, Pastor DeCourcey made a list of what women should look for in a man. Now, everyone has some kind of list of what attracts them to the opposite sex- smile, height, build, eyes, humor, etc- but this should most definitely be the list of core values that we look for in a life partner. In the following bullet points I added a few other verses that came to mind about certain topics.

So if you can't read my scribbles,
here is the outline of the Proverbs 32 Man.

Puchitos of the Week 2/23

Let me start off my explaining what Puchitos are. My little Abuelita would bring out all the leftovers from the fridge and make it a 'puchito' day- a little bit of this, a little bit of that. So, once a week, I'm am going to try and have some Puchitos for you. Things that have caught my eye, came up in conversation, or are just plain funny. Enjoy the Puchitos!!!

Real Books Never Die- From Cow hide and Papyrus, to soft and hard cover books, to iPad and Kindle, Kevin deYoung explains why he hope real books will never go away.

Why We Should Read the Puritans- Joel Beeke explains what Puritanism is, how they implement the Bible into daily life, how to deal with hardships, and more. I know I have loved reading Valley of Vision, what books I have from John Owen, and now I'm thinking of picking up another Puritan book.

Read Pilgrims Progress Together- Starting March 8th, Tim Challies is going to open up a new chapter in Reading Through the Classics, and this one looks wonderful. Well, they all are wonderful, but this one has more of a sentimental draw for me because I read this book years ago as a child. If you haven't read Pilgrim's Progress before, you should seriously think of starting now. And if you have read Pilgrim's Progress before, you're probably like me and  read it years ago. Read it again! Check out audio, online, or buy the actual book.

Scripture Memorization- find it hard to memorize? Brain just doesn't work? Impossible to find time? Don't know where to start? Here are a few things I found helpful.

• Extended Scripture Memorization
• Memverse
• Impress Kids
• Fighter Verses

Some Jostie Fun :)

Crepes and Grapes

This is a wonderful little Cafe in Uptown Whittier- a must go if you like French food!

Before I had ever been to France, whenever I had a crepe it was for breakfast or dessert- some thin, pancake like thing with powdered sugar, Nutella, and strawberries. Boy was I in for a surprise when I had real crepes!!! Savory, sweet, veggies, meat, fruit, en Flambe, this place has them all and I am in love with it. 

My dinner consisted of Black Tea, French Onion Soup, and a Crepe Poulet avec les Champions. If you are not drooling yet, you should be. And if you want to find more things to drool over, here's their MENU to give you a hint of all the other goodness they offer :)

Something's Missing...

A wonderfully colorful, visual portrayal of people who don't have the Bible in their heart language. Many of the 2,000 people groups who don't have even a verse in their language don't even have an alphabet, but God is on the move and is reaching out to the nations using The Seed Company, Wycliffe, and many other organizations and people like you and me!

See how you can get involved and learn more about Wycliffe and how I'm a part of getting the Gospel to the nations!

$5 Book Sale You Don't Want To Miss!!!

Desiring God is moving from Bookstore and Internet based selling to mostly Internet based products... a good and bad thing for us book lovers. They will still be selling books, but using Amazon instead. The good part is that they have to empty out the Bookstore they have, and therefore are selling all it's items for FIVE DOLLARS OR LESS!!! 

I recommend you check out the catalog quickly before they run out :)

If you would care to see how God is moving in Desiring God's ministry, you can read up on it from the Ministry Update that John Piper has sent out.