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The Light and the Glory for Children : Discovering God's Plan for America from Christopher Columbus to George Washington

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Like the adult book of the same title, The Light and the Glory for Children examines evidence for America's Christian roots. The authors reveal a past that is not at all smooth. The challenges of settling this land and building a new nation are shown in their harsh reality. Equally, the faith that strengthened the people for these challenges is presented as inspiration for tomorrow's citizens and leaders. Review questions in the back of the book helped my children explore their own values and beliefs about their country. There could be no better way to raise responsible citizens than to have them investigate our Christian heritage through this book.

This book is a must read for children to get a proper perspective of history. Public school textbooks will not reflect our Christian roots. Parents should read the regular version. My 9 year old granddaughter says this is her favorite book.

Throughout America's history, many people have discerned the hand of God operating in the unfolding of the nation's history. In this wonderful book, the author goes through America's history, from Columbus to George Washington, showing the religious thoughts of the people involved, and how they believed that God was using them to make a difference in the New World that He had given them.

Overall, I found this to be a very interesting book. It is unashamedly Christian, in an era was such is not popular. And, it is unashamedly on the side of freedom, at a time when the nation itself seems to be turning against such.

The original book, The Light and the Glory, was first published in 1977, and it became a classic in the Evangelical community. This children's book came out in 1992, and I would argue that it is needed even more now than it was then. It is a great book that I think should be made available to all Christian children - it is great food for though for young readers...and older ones as well!

This is a great, well written History of America. Children love it, but best of all, it tells history accurately while filling in the gaps that a secular education edits out. Religion was an important part of everyday life for Columbus, Washington, Franklin. Secular education takes an atheistic viewpoint and cannot mention this, leaving huge gaps and partial truths. Now you and your children can learn the whole story. Again, a must for teaching grade school age kids about American History. This is our text book this year, companioned with the activity book.

Great and educational book. My son loved it and he does not care to read. This is a must for all out there.

This is a good book for Christian homeschooling moms. I bought it for my daughter, who is homeschooling her children.

As a devout Christian, I am appalled at how casually the authors "speak for God." The book is rife with examples of where the authors report an historic event or circumstance . . . and then speak authoritatively about why--from God's perspective--the event happened.

The guiding framework behind the authors' interpretation is simplistic and arbitrary. Most of the time it seems they are operating under an extremely simplistic system where Bad Circumstances = God's Judgment. (This is, of course, horrible theology, as some very bad things happened to Jesus and to the Apostle Paul in the course of their ministries--beatings,crucifixion, shipwrecks, etc.) But sometimes they report bad circumstances and claim that the people involved were actually blessed by God, and were merely experiencing a setback. For example, in chapter two, an American-bound ship is beset with storms, and the authors write, "God had been with them." In chapter four, another American-bound ship is beset with storms, but this time the authors state that this trip was attempted "without God's blessing." Same circumstance, different conclusion. I want to know where Marshall and Manuel are getting this very special insight into the mind of God. In the absence of any explanation, are we just supposed to believe that Marshall and Manuel are divinely inspired? (Perhaps so: in the final chapter, they state that the Constitution is divinely inspired.)

Even if the authors get all their historical facts right, I can't stomach the implied theology, which is chaotic and irreverent.

The adult version of this book changed my whole understanding of the Pilgrims and I've loved having the children's version in my homeschool. We really enjoyed using the activity book this year, too. I love these books!

This book is a must for children. Our kids are being fed too much revisionist history. This book reveals the miraculous ways God intervened on behalf of this nation. It portrays the faith our forefathers possessed and the remarkable people they really were.