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About Whistlestop Tales: Around the World in 10 Bible Stories

Publisher: Nav Press

Hardcover: 240 pages

 

Discover exciting Bible stories from around the world to inspire you on your own adventure with God!

The Bible is filled with stories featuring rich, cultural diversity. In the Bible, we meet an Iranian queen, a Syrian spy, an Italian soldier, and a Sudanese senator, to name just a few of the many ethnically diverse people that God has woven into his grand redemption story.

Whistlestop Tales features ten Bible stories that illustrate how God uses people from all over the world to accomplish his purposes. Each story begins with a closer look at the modern-day country where it took place to help anchor the characters in their original context and cultures, providing a new perspective on the lives of these brave men and women. These action-packed stories will encourage children to live out their own unique adventures with God.

About Krish Kandiah

Krish is the Founding Director of Home for Good, a young charity seeking to make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable children. Together with his wife, Miriam he co-authored a catalytic book “Home for Good” which blends the Bible’s teaching on God’s heart for vulnerable children and inspiring practical stories. Krish is in demand as a speaker both nationally and internationally. He regularly speaks at larger conferences, corporate events and is a regular broadcaster on radio and television. Krish is an ambassador for Tearfund. He has a passion for engaging with contemporary culture theologically and is a prolific writer/blogger. Krish has authored 11 books including the award winning publication ‘Paradoxology’, explores why Christianity was never meant to be simple and “God is Stranger.” Krish has been providing theological and strategic consultancy to a wide range of organisations including: World Vision UK, The Baptist Union, Redcliffe College and Bible Society. Krish holds degrees in Chemistry, Missiology and Theology. His PhD is from Kings College London and he currently holds faculty positions at Portland Seminary, Regent College, Vancouver and Regents Park College, Oxford University.

 

My thoughts:

This was such a sweet book, and pretty funny too at times.  In Whistletop Tales, the authors chose a few different Bible stories showing how God sometimes chooses the most unlikely of people, to work through.

 

At times, the heroes are not who you think they would be, and same could be said for the villains in these Bible stories too.  Matter of fact, in real life we often see this happening as well.  

 

This book not only teaches about different countries, but also the people who God used from those specific areas, and how.  I think it's a fantastic way to teach little ones about Geography and the Bible, all at the same time. 

10 different stories, 10 different places, 10 different people, and at the end of each story, the reference to the Bible verse that you can then read along.  It is imperative that when you teach anyone about the Lord and His word, that you back it up with actual Bible verses, so this book does that extremely well.

I am planning on keeping this treasure for a future grandchild.  It's too sweet of a book to pass on.

Thank you to TLC Book Tours and Nav Press, for providing me with a review copy.