Butter and Honey

Godly, Uplifting Reading Material

"A frequently overlooked or oft times neglected necessity in the proper training of our children is monitoring what our children read and providing in the home good Christian literature which will guide them to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, encourage them to serve Him and obey His Word, and will teach them honesty, kindness, purity, self-control, faithfulness, etc.  It is also important to inculcate in our children the life-long practice of reading good Christian literature and the knowledge needed to discern that which is not Christian and biblical."

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"However strong and exalted your character, never read a bad book. By the time you get through the first chapter you will see the drift. If you find the marks of the hoofs of the devil in the pictures, or in the style, or in the plot, away with it. You may tear your coat, or break a vase, and repair them again, but the point where the rip or fracture took place will always be evident. It takes less than an hour to do your heart a damage which no time can entirely repair. Look carefully over your child's library; see what book it is that he reads after he has gone to bed, with the gas turned upon the pillow. Do not always take it for granted that a book is good because it is a Sunday school book. As far as possible, know who wrote it, who illustrated it, who published it, who sold it."

T. DeWitt Talmage (1832-1902) 

Now, I have to admit that several of the books listed are ones that have been on my Want to Get list for awhile, I just haven't done it.  Shame on me.  Once we have knowledge we are also responsible for what we do with it and so I am using this new knowledge/instruction/exhortation and will place an order today!

If you have children at home, I hope you will take a few minutes to read Christian Books for Christian Homes and give your young ones the very best not only in reading material but also the best example and testimony for their Christian walk.  I'm also compelled to ask - What do you spend your free time reading?  Serial books?  Magazines?  Do your children see you reading your Bible?  Do they know from watching you that reading the Bible is the most important book they can read?

"Give the Bible the honour due to it every day you live. Whatever you read, read that first. And beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read. I suspect there is more harm done to souls in this way than most people have an idea is possible. Value all books in proportion as they are agreeable to Scripture. Those that are nearest to it are the best, and those that are farthest from it, and most contrary to it, the worst."

J.C. Ryle (1816-1900)