Books with author Jim Kraus

"Why can't somebody translate the Bible so a person like me can understand it?" The frustrated words of a twenty-three-year-old man echoed his boyhood thoughts toward the King James Version of the Bible. Ken Taylor, college graduate and even a Bible teacher himself, struggled to discern the true meaning of the scripture. Later, as a father, Ken longed to help his growing family understand the Bible, too-and the seeds of a worldwide ministry were planted. Carefully paraphrasing the King James Version verse by verse, Ken created what became known as The Living Bible-and started a company called Tyndale House Publishers. For a half-century, until his death in 2005, Ken Taylor oversaw the writing, printing, and distribution of millions of pieces of literature that turned his early dreams into reality-helping people understand the Bible.

Inside these pages, Christian kids in Europe can find common ground with Muslim kids in Asia and Jewish kids in America. Kids across the world are all part of the same family and seek the same things: love, justice, companionship, joy and a sense of belonging. With profiles and quotes about the relationship between children and God from different religious perspectives across thousands of years, one message resonates throughout this book: God is good, and so are you.