The Barber Who Wanted to Pray E-Book

R. C. Sproul

• Herausgeber: Crossway
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2011

Seitenzahl: 14

Beschreibung

This imaginative tale from R. C. Sproul, based on a true story, begins one evening with Mr. McFarland leading family devotions. When his daughter asks him how she should pray, Mr. McFarland shares a 500-year-old story about a barber and his famous customer. Master Peter is a barber well-known to all in his village. One day, when Martin Luther the Reformer walks into his shop, the barber musters up the courage to ask the outlawed monk how to pray. Luther responds by writing a letter to the barber. The barber's life and many others' are changed as they encounter a model for prayer by using the Lord's Prayer, the Ten Commandments, and the Apostles' Creed. Sproul's beautifully illustrated story will delight children and help them learn to pray according to the Bible. The full text of the Lord's Prayer, the Ten Commandments, and the Apostles' Creed will make this a treasured book to be returned to time after time. 

Leseprobe

The Barber Who Wanted to Pray

Copyright © 2011 text R. C. Sproul and illustrations T. Lively Fluharty

Published by Crossway 1300 Crescent Street Wheaton, Illinois 60187

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher, except as provided by USA copyright law.

Cover Design: Josh Dennis

Cover illustration: T. Lively Fluharty

First printing 2011

Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4335-2703-6

Mobipocket ISBN: 978-1-4335-2705-0

ePub ISBN: 978-1-4335-2706-7

The BARBERWHO WANTED to PRAY

R. C. Sproul

Every night at dinner, Mr. McFarland gathered his family together for devotions. Mr. and Mrs. McFarland had six children, two boys and four girls. The children’s names were Donovan, Reilly, Maili, Erin Claire, Delaney, and Shannon.

It was Mr. McFarland’s practice to read a portion of Scripture every night and give a short explanation of it. Then he would ask each of the children to recite memory verses from the Bible and to answer catechism questions. Finally, Mr. McFarland would lead the family in prayer. Each of the children would participate in the prayers in his or her own way.

One night, just after devotions had ended with the singing of a favorite hymn, the McFarlands’ daughter Delaney spoke up. “Daddy,” she said, “your prayers are beautiful. Sometimes I want to cry for joy when I listen to your prayers. But my