Tornadoes are often in the news. These monster stroms can cut a path of destruction when they touch down, and the United States gets an average of about 1,000 tornadoes a year - more than any other country! But how do tornadoes form and where do they occur most often? The answer to these questions and more are right inside this amazing book! Plus, you will learn all of the important vocabulary …
Destructive hurricanes make the news every year. These giant stroms travel across oceans, building in strength, until they hit land. When hurricanes do make landfall - WATCH OUT!- their powerful winds, pounding rain, and massive flooding can destroy homes, towns, even big cities. Hunt for information about hurricanes in this book and build your science Smart Word vocabulary!
"... undertaken to provide earnest students of the New Testament with an exposition that is thorough and abreast of modern scholarship and at the same time loyal to the Scripture as the Infallible Word of God." This statement reflects the underlying purpose of The New International Commentary on The New Testament. Begun in the late 1940s by an international team of New Testament scholars alike…
"~Contrary to several popular works of Christian scholarship, historian Paul Barnett maintains that the first two decades of Christian history are hardly ""lost years."" As he shows in this penetrating book, the period between Jesus and the earliest Christian texts is open to historical investigation, and he richly details the time and setting in which the church was born. Writing in a very acc…
Although she ruled England for less than two weeks and was executed for treason at the age of sixteen, Lady Jane Grey has been admired for generation for her courage and faithfulness to the gospel. In this addition to the Christian Biographies for Young Readers series, Simonetta Carr tells Lady Janes Grey's story of intrique and explains its context: te tumultuous politics of Reformation Englan…
Outside of the people in the Bible, Augustine of Hippo is the most influential person in church history. Yet how many people know his story? In this book, Simonetta Carr Introduces young readers to the life and ministry of Augustine. Readers will come to know Augustine's personal struggles and the high value he came to place on the Bible and truth. Readers will also see the difficult days in wh…
A Complex and Fascinating character, Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, is best remembered as the Father of Orthodoxy, upholding the doctrine of the Trinity against the Arian heresy. In this newest addition to the Christian Biographies for Young Readers series, author Simonetta Carr introduces children to the life and times of this important church father who tirelessly defended the Nicene Creed…
In this attractive volume, Simonetta Carr introduces young readers to the life, thought, and work of John Calvin, one of the most famous Reformers of the Christian Church. Readers will come to know Calvin's personality, his devotion of God and the Church, and the personal challenges he faced. They will understand the struggles of the early reformed church faced at that time, not only surviving …
In 1730, nineteen- year-old Marie Durand was arrested and taken from her home in a village in Southern France for the crime of having a brother who was a Protestant preacher. Imprisoned in the Tower of Constance, Marie would spend the next thrity-eight years there. Simonetta Carr introduces us to the truth - and encouraged others to do so as well. Beautiful illustrations, a simply told story, a…
While he would have preferred the simple, quiet life of the monastery- teaching, reading, thinking, and writing about God - Anselm of Canterbury spent much of his life dealing with powerful kings, consulting with popes, and serving reluctantly as archbishop of Canterbury. Through Anselm's story, Simonetta Carr teacher what life was like in medieval Western Europe. Young readers will learn of th…