Download or read book Easter Faith written by Gerald O'Collins and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Belief in the resurrection of Jesus is central to the Christian faith. But how sure can we be that this belief is well-founded? In Easter Faith one of the most distinguished Catholic biblical scholars and theologians of our time draws on a lifetime's study and research to review the evidence for the credibility of the resurrection. The result is a lucid and elegant work that brings together biblical scholarship, theology, and lived experience into a unique and compelling portrait of the Easter faith of the Christian community. +

Download or read book Sharing the Easter Faith with Children written by Carolyn C. Brown and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sharing the Easter Faith with Children is theologically sound, biblically focused, educationally on target, and developmentally appropriate. Carolyn Brown writes clearly and helpfully, with conviction and passion for what to share and how to share one's faith with children. It should be required reading for every parent, educator, and pastor who wants to communicate and celebrate the Easter faith with children. Brown packs a lot of practical suggestions, insights, and activities into this very readable resource. I am confident children will mature in their understanding and affirmation of the Easter faith when they have been nurtured in families and congregations that take seriously what Brown offers. --Donald Griggs, author of Teaching Today’s Teachers to Teach It is easy to share the Christmas story and faith with children. The story is beautiful and lends itself well to pageants and other celebratory events for children. It is not so easy to share the Easter story and faith with children because the message and images are complex. Many parents have trouble articulating what Easter means to them personally much less answering their children’s questions. In many congregations children are featured in palm parades on Palm Sunday, but they are not specifically planned for at other Holy Week services. When schools schedule an Easter break, many families go away and thus unintentionally bypass the whole Easter message for years. This book explores what the Easter message can mean to children as they grow up. The author helps congregations and families share the Easter message with their children and include the children meaningfully in Lent, Holy Week and Easter observances. Included are materials for children from birth (in the church nursery) to age 12, and reproducible pages to create a booklet for parents. The first section of the book describes the particular parts of the Easter faith that are important to children at different ages and comments on the biblical Easter texts from a child’s point of view. The second part of the book works through the Lenten season, describing ways congregations can include children and providing program and worship plans, including: Lenten disciplines for children and their families Ash Wednesday Celebrating Palm Sunday or looking ahead on Passion Sunday Maundy Thursday: Recalling the Last Supper Keeping Good Friday The church-sponsored Easter Egg Hunt Easter Sunday Morning Another part of the book offers help to leaders who want to share the content with teachers, parents, or committees. Also included is a comprehensive list of related resources. This carefully researched and well-grounded, practical resource from a highly regarded Christian educator will strengthen your educational ministry with children and support parents as they shape the faith of their children.

Download or read book The Case for Easter written by Lee Strobel and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2004 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the many world religions, only one claims that its founder returned from the grave. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the very cornerstone of Christianity. But a dead man coming back to life? In our sophisticated age, when myth has given way to science, who can take such a claim seriously? Some argue that Jesus never died on the cross. Conflicting accounts make the empty tomb seem suspect.sHow credible is the evidence for the resurrection? Focusing his award-winning skills as a legal journalist on history's most compelling enigma, Lee Strobel retraces the startling findings that led him from atheism to belief. Drawing on expert testimony first shared in his blockbuster book The Case for Christ, Strobel examines: The Medical Evidence -- Was Jesus' death a sham and his resurrection a hoax? The Evidence of the Missing Body -- Was Jesus' body really absent from his tomb? The Evidence of Appearances -- Was Jesus seen alive after his death on the cross? Written in a hard-hitting journalistic style, The Case for Easter probes the core issues of the resurrection. Jesus Christ, risen from the dead: superstitious myth or life-changing reality? The evidence is in. The verdict is up to you. Book jacket.

Download or read book An Easter Egg Hunt for Jesus written by Susan Jones and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-08-29 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect book for young boys and girls to celebreate the Easter holiday, learning the meaning of Easter and the love of Jesus through a story of lovable forest animals A quiet forest wakes up from its winter sleep. Buds blossom and trees stretch their branches—spring is here! All the animals are excited for the season of rebirth, because it means Easter is soon to come! Little Bunny and his friends get ready for the special and important day with an Easter egg hunt. But when Little Bunny makes a mistake that makes him think he’s ruined all the fun, his friends and family come together to help him understand the meaning of Easter—a celebration of Jesus's resurrection and the new life He offers us. An Easter Egg Hunt for Jesus features the same adorable forest creatures met in the heartwarming Christmas storybooks, A Birthday Party for Jesus and Everyone Is Invited to Christmas. Beautifully illustrated by Lee Holland, this picture book will offer young children a fun, relatable story of a little rabbit who makes a mistake and learns how disappointment can transform into hope.

Download or read book Faith written by Lee Strobel and published by HarperCollins Christian Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Previously published as The case for faith visual edition, 2005"--T.p. verso.

Download or read book Easter Faith and History written by Daniel P. Fuller and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Easter Season of Realized Hope written by Catherine Upchurch and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2022-02-26 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easter is the high point of the church year and the very heart of Christian hope, and yet sometimes we are tempted to simply move on once Easter Sunday is over. Easter, Season of Realized Hope invites us to linger a bit. Join the women who visit the tomb of Jesus in the early morning and encounter the risen Lord. Travel with the disciples walking to Emmaus and let your heart burn with recognition. Learn from Paul what a difference it makes that Christ is risen. Let your deepest hopes be realized.

Download or read book A Jesus Easter written by Barbara Reaoch and published by The Good Book Company. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the awesome, life-changing events of Easter with this family devotional. Help your family to appreciate the awesome, life-changing events of Easter with this 30-day devotional. These easy-to-lead devotions start by looking at Genesis and take us through the Old Testament to see how Easter was always part of God’s amazing plan for his people. The remainder look at the Easter story itself, helping families to experience the full joy of our resurrection hope. Each day there is a passage to read together, questions to think about, an explanation, and a prayer. There are also age-appropriate application questions, with some for younger children and some for older children, as well as journalling space so that family members can write or draw their own response to what God has shown them. So why not set aside a little time each day in the run-up to Easter with this inspiring and innovative resource to celebrate what Jesus has done for us?

Download or read book God Gave Us You written by Lisa Tawn Bergren and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2011-07-19 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ECPA BESTSELLER • When a charming polar bear cub climbs into bed one night, she asks her Mama a very important question, one that little “human cubs” often wonder about, too: “Where did I come from?”—part of the bestselling God Gave Us series, with more than 5 million books sold! As Mama bear tucks her youngest cub under the quilts, she gently, tenderly, and reassuringly communicates the message loving parents everywhere (bears and non-bears alike) want their little ones to hear: "We wanted you very, very much, and we are so very glad because—God gave us you." Perfect for bedtime, naptime, storytime or anytime, God Gave Us You provides a valuable opportunity to build children's self-esteem every day and assure each one that he or she truly is a welcomed, precious, and treasured gift from the Lord. Also available in the God Gave Us series: God Gave Us Two God Gave Us Christmas God Gave Us Heaven God Gave Us Love God Gave Us So Much

Download or read book New Patterns for Worship paperback written by Church of England and published by Church House Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This versatile collection provides a wealth of supplementary material to help you customize Common Worship services for any locality, age group, special occasion or festival. It offers: • Advice and guidance on planning, preparing and structuring services. • Over 250 pages of prayers and liturgy, conveniently organised by function, e.g. Gathering and Greeting, Praise and Thanksgiving, Action and Movement. • 22 easy-to-adapt sample services for eucharistic, non-eucharistic, all-age worship and seasonal services.

Download or read book The Berenstain Bears The Very First Easter written by Jan Berenstain and published by Zonderkidz. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate Easter with the Berenstain Bears family as they share the story of Jesus’ final days on Earth and His glorious resurrection. Join Mama, Papa, Brother, Sister, and Honey as they take you down that fond and familiar sunny dirt road, deep in Bear Country to discover the story of the very first Easter. See the very first Easter from the heartwarming Berenstain Bear’s point of view—from Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem to the Last Supper to the risen Lord’s first appearance on Easter Sunday. In this holiday classic, children will experience the signature Berenstain Bears artwork as they enjoy story time with parents and grandparents. A new addition to Living Lights series of books, The Berenstain Bears The Very First Easter: Shares wholesome and heartfelt lessons Berenstain Bears fanshave come to expect Can be read by children ages 4 to 8 Sparks important conversations for early readers about what Easter means for us all Written and illustrated by Mike Berenstain, The Berenstain Bears The Very First Easter is sure to be a holiday favorite and is part of one of the bestselling children’s book series ever created, with more than 250 books published, and impacting over 300 million children and their families. Look for additional inspirational children’s picture books in the Berenstain Bears Living Lights™, A Faith Story series.

Download or read book Reading Revelation at Easter Time written by Francis J. Moloney, SBD and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An exploration of the Book of Revelation as a celebration of the perennial and ongoing effects of Jesus' death and resurrection"--

Download or read book Religious Pamphlets written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dictionary of the Apostolic Church written by James Hastings and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Berenstain Bears and the Easter Story written by Jan Berenstain and published by Zonderkidz. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bear cubs are candy-crazy this Easter! But Missus Ursula and some Sunday school students tell the cubs about Jesus’s resurrection and show them that salvation is much sweeter than candy! Includes a sheet of colorful stickers!

Download or read book An Easter Basket Filled with Love written by Susan Jones and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Little Deer as She Discovers that Jesus's Grace Is at the Heart of Easter in this Latest Delightful Picture Book in the Forest of Faith Series. As it nears Easter, the forest friends eagerly await a special tradition: setting out Easter baskets that will be filled with special treats from the entire village. But Little Deer is having a very rough week—she’s upset a friend, forgot to run an errand for Mama, and left her schoolwork out in the rain. She’s afraid her Easter basket will be left empty this year! An Easter Basket Filled with Jesus’s Love is the follow-up to the heartwarming storybooks A Birthday Party for Jesus, Everyone Is Invited to Christmas, and An Easter Gift from Jesus. Beautifully illustrated by Lee Holland, this picture book will offer young children a fun, relatable story of forest friends who realize that overflowing grace is an important part of love, and that God gave us the ultimate gift of grace through Jesus.

Download or read book Easter Is Coming written by and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mommy and her little ones are settling in for story time, and this time it’s the biblical story of Easter that she’s telling. As the youngsters hear God’s tale unfold with its sometimes somber notes about sin and death, they are softly and continually reminded, “But Easter is coming!” By the end of the book, the anticipation has built and the children can celebrate the ending and the glory of Easter Sunday. In a time when children’s Easter excitement often focuses on only egg hunts and candy, this book offers a different—and true—reason for joy and expectancy. It's designed to be read and reread on the days leading up to Easter, telling the greatest story and building a sense of anticipation and celebration in little hearts. Go to bhkids.com to find this book's Parent Connection, an easy tool to help moms and dads (or anyone else who loves kids) discuss the book's message with their child. We're all about connecting parents and kids to each other and to God's Word.