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As you know living in Christ before our Father and inviting others to become part of the Body of Christ through the Word, by the power of the Spirit, wakes me up in the morning, keeps me going through the day, and at times even keeps me up through the night.  After a recent InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Mid-Atlantic Graduate & Faculty Area Team Meeting in which we spent a significant amount of time discussing the importance of the Chronological Bible Study approach to outreach among international students,* I checked the shelves of Hearts and Minds Bookstore for Chronological Bible Resources for Children Devotionals.  Below are four excellent choices: 

1. The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd Jones. Thank-you to Dwight for the recommendation! It's more for older elementary than younger kids.  So we'll be passing along a copy to the twins. Lily Joy will be receiving a copy when the pink version of the Tiny Bear's Bible comes out in the spring.

2. I purchased a copy of A Devotional Bible for Kids: My First Message because it crossed the age span of my family.  The material has led to excellent dinner conversation regarding Creation and Fall.  I highly recommend this book for kids 3 - 8 years of age.

3. At a later date, I'm going try Rooftop Kids:  Stories for Life developed by the Christian Reformed Church, which walks through the action portions of the Old Testament with a superb cast of kids. 

Back to ministry with international students, the international student ministry staff member on our team recommended sharing the Chronological Bible Study based upon New Tribe Mission Visual Resources and/or the 80-minute video The HOPE, which presents God's plan of redemption from Creation to the return of Christ. The HOPE can be divided up into 4, 12, or 36 sections. And at least 28 language translations are in progress or completed, see here.

The HOPE video can be viewed online here as streaming video or purchased on DVD (individually or in bulk). The English version can be purchased on DVD here. The Mandarin version is included on the Chinese Treasures 4.0 (2007) CD-ROM.  A big thank-you to Bill for passing along this information regarding The HOPE.  After watching a few excerpts, I was inspired to have our family gathering around the computer to watch The HOPE sometime in the coming weeks and encourage others to share the video this Christmas.