|
by: William McElwee Miller, Bruce Van Patter
Amazon.com's Price: $9.99 Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 266.00955
EAN: 9780875526157
ISBN: 0875526152
Label: P & R Publishing
Manufacturer: P & R Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 163
Publication Date: 2005-06
Publisher: P & R Publishing
Reading Level: Young Adult
Sales Rank: 413220
Studio: P & R Publishing
Related Items:
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
News from the Middle East finds us wherever we live in today’s world. Children often wonder about this far-removed land, while parents struggle to teach their children about Islam. Tales of Persia is a timely book of missionary tales that will teach readers about Islam and encourage a new generation of Christians. Tales of Persia is especially useful for family devotions and Sunday school classes.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Recommended book
I first read these stories as an adult and enjoyed them thoroughly. The author has a fresh, simple way of writing that is delightful. I am now reading them to my son who is 5 years old. They are a little old for him - very few illustrations and some things have to be explained further - but still keep his attention. In a few years, I'm sure he will enjoy them even more. I would recommend this book to Christian parents who want their children to develop a love for people in other countries and ... Read More
Rating:  - A Missionary's Stories
Mr. Miller spent forty-three years as a missionary of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the Islamic people of Iran. He shares these tales of people he met or heard of in his time there. Some lived many years ago, and some he was privileged to lead to Christ himself. He tells his stories simply, as a grandfather or Sunday School teacher to young children.
Here is a typical paragraph at the end of a chapter. "All this happened because a Christian man [not referring to the author], whose ... Read More
Rating: - Enjoy and learn!
In order to support his family, Gasem worked hard in his little shop in the bazaar in Meshed, Iran. Every day at lunch time, he would close his shop buy some bread and cheese and go home to share it with his family. One day, the grocer wrapped the cheese in the page of a book. After the meal Gasem read the story on the page to his family. It was so interesting that Gasem continued to request the cheese be wrapped in that particular book's pages. The book was a Persian New Testament. And the pages of ... Read More
|
