Pauline Youd: 16 books

Included for a Purpose is the fifth and final book in the "for a purpose" series. Prompted originally by a pastor who said, "Someone ought to write stories about all the people in the Bible who were adopted," Pauline Youd wrote Adopted for a Purpose, the stories of Joseph Moses,...

Gehazi was not a man without opportunities. As a servant of the prophet Elisha, he had the privilege of observing Elisha's life, hearing his message, and witnessing miracles. Gehazi wanted to be just like Elisha except for one thing. He wanted the acclaim for himself, not for God. So Gehazi became...

How do we know that God is real and that He interacts with people and nations?Ezra says we only need to follow the story of the release and return of his people, the Jews, from their seventy years of captivity in Babylon. He begins his journal with the startling proclamation of Cyrus the Great, the...

Captured from Jerusalem as a teenager and taken to a foreign country teeming with wealth and hedonism, whose king thinks he is a god, Daniel has a choice. Will he cling to the values he has been taught? Why not acquiesce to his captors, go with the flow in morality, and toss his strict Hebrew belief...

What is a BIG scary? A bad dream? Loud thunder? Lightning that involves the whole sky? A siren screaming in the night? A big, black dog barking as you ride your bike past his house? Regardless of their potential,BIG scaries cause fear and demand rescue and comfort. The Little Book of BIG Scaries asks...

"Did you know God made light? He knew you wouldn't like to be in the dark all the time. Did you know God put each star in its place and told it to stay right there so you could always find it?"The creation story is not new, but each retelling is. This author's voice is unique as she personally...

All he has to do is roll back the stone, sit on it, and announce, "He is not here! He has risen!" Lest you think that sounds easy, consider that Sebastian is six years old, he hasn't rehearsed this play with the adult actors, his costume is pinned-to-fit, and his wings hang down to his bottom....

Jesus told his disciples he would be crucified, but he also said he would rise again on the third day. Nevertheless, when the soldiers arrested Jesus, the disciples fled. Jesus died and was buried and everyone thought that was the end. It seemed only the enemies of Jesus remembered his words. They...

Bereft of family and country during his crucial teen years, could Joseph be true to his upbringing? Would Moses, living in wealth and opportunity, even remember his family still in slavery? Living in the temple, would little Samuel choose to embrace the vacillating morality around him or to listen...

Remember King Hezekiah? He was one of the last good kings from Judah. He reigned in Jerusalem during the time when Assyria was rapidly becoming a world empire. When Assyria attacked Judah and surrounded Jerusalem, King Hezekiah lay helpless, gravely ill, dying. Isaiah, the prophet, came and told the...

Remember Balaam? He is the main character in the biblical story of the talking donkey. Balaam has the dubious distinction of being known as the Judas of the Old Testament. What did he do to deserve such a reputation? King Balak of the Moabites hires Balaam, a well-known soothsayer to curse the Israelites...

Do you think Mary of Bethany thought of herself as an important person? Her sister Martha, after all, was the "doer" in the family. Abigail and Priscilla were housewives, but Deborah was a military leader. Did that make her more important? Do you feel special in your family or are you just...

"Look carefully, then, how you walk! Live purposefully, worthily, and accurately, not as the unwise and witless, but as wise, sensible, and intelligent people." (Ephesians 5:15) The stories in this book illustrate the relationship between attitudes and actions. Each character is tagged with...

What could be more heart-warming than to hear your child read God's Word for himself? Unless you're a Sunday school teacher, you might not realize that your child can read the Bible and he readily volunteers along with others in his class when the teacher asks who wants to read a few verses of Scripture....