A children's classic since 1954, Coals of Fire offers seventeen true stories about returning love for hate, good for evil, taken from various cultures and time periods, that will challenge readers, regardless of their age. (All Ages) 128 pages.

A life of the Genoese weaver's son who sought to prove the world is round, telling how he studied map-making in Portugal, waited long years for financial and material support from Isabella of Spain, and finally made four voyages to the New World.

Vince Lewis was on the ladder to success. As an Air Force pilot, he had achieved all his childhood dreams. He had everything he ever wanted... but trouble was brewing. Committed is a gripping true story of repairing relationships, seeking God's will, and finding a higher purpose.

Whether you speak from the pulpit, podium, or the front of a classroom, you don’t need much more than blank stares and faraway looks to tell you you’re not connecting. Take heart before your audience takes leave! You can convey your message in the powerful, life-changing way it deserves to…

Well organized and readily accessible, The Complete Book of Discipleship pulls together into one convenient, comprehensive volume relevant topics to discipleship such as: spiritual growth, transformation, spiritual discipline, discipleship in the local church and beyond indexed for easy reference.

Critic, author, and debunker extraordinaire, G. K. Chesterton (1874 1936) delighted in probing the ambiguities of Christian theology. A number of his most successful attempts at combining first-rate fiction with acute social observation appear in this compilation of detective stories featuring the priest-sleuth Father Brown. A Chestertonian version of Sherlock Holmes…

Explains how Conestoga wagons were built and driven as well as their historical significance and importance to the early American economy.

The volume brings together early statements of belief from across the Radical Reformation. A representative collection of confessions produced by Anabaptist groups from 1527 to 1660. Included are confessions from the Swiss Brethren, the Marpeck circle, the Rhinelanders, and various Mennonite communities in the north. This collection attends to the earliest…

This book tells the story of Conrad Grebel and Felix Manz, two important men in the beginning of the Anabaptist movement. Learn how these men came to hold the beliefs that motivated them. Living History Threads is a literature-based history curriculum for grades 1-4. This booklet is intended for use as…

A translation, with revisions, of Christliches Gemueths-Gespraech by Gerhard Roosen (1612-1711), a prominent Mennonite bishop in northern Germany.

The story of Corrie ten Boom, a hero of the Holocaust.

This book is a compelling statement of the demands of sacrifice and ethical consistency from a man whose life and thought were exemplary articulations of a new type of leadership inspired by the Gospel, and imbued with the spirit of Christian civic duty. 320 pages.

A preschool activity book that introduces discriminating between different shapes, letters, and words; writing letters and the child's name; and hearing several initial consonant sounds. Some exercises are included to develop thinking skills.

Sarah and her father leave their family to build a home in the wilderness of colonial America. When they finish, he goes away to bring the rest of the family, telling her that "to be afraid and to be brave is the best courage of all." "This story is one…

This session was recorded at Teachers Week 2024, held at Faith Builders on July 30 - August 2, 2024.

Many of us teach the Bible in small groups, Sunday school, or home school classes. We study, prepare, and present material. But is our best good enough? Are we just sharing knowledge, or are we leading students into a growing relationship with God and His Word? In this newly revised edition…

Give your students the gift of expression with Creative Word Studio's Creative Writing: Sparkling Bits Workbook 1. With Free Writing, Reading Response, and Mini Writing Lessons, this workbook-based curriculum gives eager writers in grades 7-9 a chance to polish their skills and provides a kick-start to those who declare that…

Growing up in a Mennonite village in Russia, young Knals Plett became a man of sincerity and conviction - and stubbornness. When hidden bitterness drove him to commit a terrible deed, his stubborn will separated him from God, church, and family until he repented. An older and wiser Knals, now a…

Cry, the Beloved Country is a novel by Alan Paton, published in 1948. American publisher Bennett Cerf remarked at that year's meeting of the American Booksellers Association that there had been "only three novels published since the first of the year that were worth reading."

Danny was big, and strong, and gentle, but he had a problem. Farmer Don and Missus Dora were worried. How could they help Danny? Then some oatmeal cookies gave Missus Dora an idea. Danny learned a valuable lesson, and so can we. A Pleasant Valley Farm book.

Life on the American frontier in the early 1700s was very difficult - continually threatened by disease, attack, and brutally cold winters. The English and Native Americans lived side by side, which often led to conflict. David Brainerd arose as a compassionate and fearless missionary to the various Indian tribes…

Workbook to accompany reader of same title. Teacher's manual available separately.

Through the eyes of a young Mennonite boy, Peter, you see life for Mennonites in the Russian Ukrainian villages just before Lenin came to power, and the great immigrations after he started his rule.