If a Picture Paints a Thousand Words

by Joseph Stephen

Are children's books containing images of cute animals dressed in clothing and given the characteristics of humans harmless? What about pictures of the sun or moon with faces? Or the way many children's books present the Lord Jesus Christ in drawings making Him look effeminate? Can these types of misrepresentative images undermine scriptural foundations? Do they teach false assumptions leading to false conclusions? Can they immunize our children against the truth? What does God say about images as a way to communicate truth?This provocative and scripturally sound book lays a firm foundation for the basis of a young child's learning by considering the dangerous dualism presented in children's books through inaccurate and poorly chosen imagery. If a Picture Paints a Thousand Words clearly demonstrates God's desired pattern for teaching truth and wisdom to our children, and the ruin it can cause if not followed. As King David asked, "If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?"Joseph Stephen works as a software engineer from home where he helps his wife of twelve years educate their six children. His vision is to see his descendents love and serve the Lord until His return through a multigenerational pattern of father passing to children the providences and works of God employing a distinctively Biblical worldview in their approach. His family motto is taken from Joshua 22:5 where Joshua exhorts the children of Israel to "take diligent heed . . . to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."www.faithfulgenerations.com

84 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009