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Sixty Saints for Boys

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We have been reading lives of the saints for a long time, but with the 60 Saints books the stories are seared in their brains and they ask for them over and over again. This has never happened with other lives of the saints books. The author writes in a very kid friendly manner. We have read the stories aloud with our Girls Club and have entertained kids from 5 to 14.

These stories are written out of love, and have the ability to inspire anyone to fall in love with virtue. Yes, some of the events are unprovable. But anyone who wants to know what a saint is, will get a clear and beautiful picture, by reading these accounts. The humour is precious, and enjoyable by any age. Ditto for Sixty Saints for Girls.

I owned and loved "Sixty Saints for Girls" as a child, and am planning to read "Sixty Saints for Boys" to my little boy, who is fascinated by the lives of the saints. The style of these books is very British, and make take some getting used to for American readers, but the stories are unforgettable, and told in a light-hearted, joyful way.

The book Sixty Saints for Boys is a horrible book filled with unproveable legends and mistruths. The author says in his preface "Most of the things I have written really did happen to the Saints, but some of the things that I have written are just stories that people tell about them and these are called legends. All the legends could have happened if God wanted them that way and that, I think, is how most of them of them started."

As a Christian we should consider three things regarding this book:

1. Why would we want to introduce fairy tales like these with very dangerous doctrinal untruths to our children when we have God's word the Bible to direct our faith and give us truth?

2. The Bible is very clear what a Saint is. A Saint is anyone who has accepted Christ as his savior. Nothing magical or miraculous. The Roman Church has made an industry out of Saints but these are not the sort shown in the Bible.

3. This book will confuse readers with the true message of the Bible and God's gift of eternal life.

For example if you read the story of Saint Henry you will see that the man was a tyrant who changed to a nice man. At his death the demons thought they would take his soul because his bad outweighed the good. The demons actually used a balance scale and were weighing his deeds. The demons were all gleeful expecting Henry's soul when along came another Saint and placed a gold goblet on the balance side of good. The scale slammed down in favor of good and Henry's soul was saved. This was the very same gold goblet that Henry had given the church.

You are told that with that goblet that Henry had given the Church, his good outweighed his bad. In other words he was responsible for his own salvation. His monetary gift to the Church saved his soul.

There is no mention of Biblical repentence, faith in Christ or the atoning sacrificial blood of Christ. No mention of Christ at all. Why did Christ suffer crucifixion if we can work or give our way to salvation?

The Bible clearly says in Epesians 2:8-10 "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."

This book is clearly anti Biblical in its teaching. Read God's word the Holy Bible and not manmade rubbish such as this.

No surprise not many find the review helpful. Many who look to buy a book like this are accustomed to overlooking the truth of the Bible for the lies of Rome. Buy the book and compare it's message to that of God's Word - they do not line up.