
Filled with the colors that reflect the situations of the world. I believe now that they may be too young for it. I thought this book might be another good one to read to my kids, but they didn’t particularly like it or understand all of the connections. I am surprised I have never heard of it before. This is a very interesting allegorical story. When presented the opportunity, Scarboy and Little Child take the chance to go and find the king their mother told them about. Scarboy’s mother used to tell him stories of an exiled king. With no father or mother to care for them, they become wards of the evil Enchanter and the Enchanted City. Scarboy and his brother, Little Child, have just lost their mother. This is meant to be a read aloud story in the classroom or by parents who are discipling their children. There are no illustrations as there are in the original books but I wasn't wild about the original artwork anyway. The availability of them in this three-in-one book is a gift to anyone who wants to read them and to homeschoolers who are looking for quality material to use in their classrooms. The original books are quite expensive now and not easily obtainable. This edition is spiral bound and includes questions at the end of each chapter that homeschoolers can use in going through this material with their children, even including suggestions on a couple of chapters for simply retelling them as they are more intense and may frighten younger children. I love the stories and the truths they contain. It centers mainly on the salvation of the two brothers, their life in Christ as baby Christians, their spiritual growth, and eventual spiritual maturity. Written for older children they are an allegory of the Christian life and tell the story of Scarboy (Hero) and his brother Little Child (Hunter) along with other characters they meet along the way. This publication is a three-in-one book: Tales of the Kingdom, Tales of the Resistance, Tales of the Restoration by David & Karen Mains published beginning in 1983 they have long been favorites of mine.

He also established a mentoring ministry for men and women called Hungry Souls.
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He also put up several resources for pastors called Sermon Series and Sermon Coach. Visit David Mains Mainstay Ministries the - Sunday Solutions. His goal in Mainstay Ministries was to help pastors be effective in preaching. He established Team Sundays where every church goer would experience a life changing Sunday. Now, Mains resigned from the broadcast and created Mainstay Ministries which dedicated to help church leaders and its people by several growth tools and training seminars. A pastor once gave him a gratitude for putting his own personal agenda to serve for the good of the local church. Mains has been a Christian communicator and his passion was always for the local church to experience the living presence of Jesus Christ. Several experts again warned him that such a service can’t be done but then he was thrilled when the first Spiritual Adventure he implemented had reach 7,000 participants. He then began to train a team to do on-air voices which includes his wife, Karen Mains. Mains transformed broadcasting as a service to the local church rather than competing them. He then started to use religious media that would boost spirituality on every listener. Jess as Director of a national radio broadcast, The Chapel of the Air. Lay people were invited and brainstorm sermons and he firmly incorporated that each sermon should include practical ideas so it will be integrated with everyday living as Christians.ĭuring the year 1977, Mains replaced his uncle John D. He implement a system to service planning focusing one concept making the entire worship communication into just a single but valuable idea. Mains' system is advanced that he joined together worship with arts and media. Some church-planting specialists proclaimed that it can't be done but then with a few supporters, the church has grown from only 27 until 500 for ten years.

During the year 1967 he built an experimental church in a Teamster’s Union Hall in West Chicago. Mains has been dedicating himself for spiritual growth development programs that disturb ordinary presumptions.
