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One of our kids has begun asking some higher-level apologetics/epistemology questions (How do we know there’s not more than one god? How do we know the biblical authors didn’t make things up?).

We’ve found this simple picture book by Dale Tolmasoff to be a helpful resource: This Is No Fairy Tale (Crossway, 2005).

Here is John Piper’s foreword:

The story you are about to read is unlike any other story in the world. It’s a story full of surprises. It’s better than any fairy tale you have ever heard. Jesus broke all the rules for fairy-tale kings who try to look real but really aren’t. He was poor. He worked with His hands. He played with children. He served the needy. His friends deserted Him. And He was killed. But He rose from the dead and is alive today. Nobody ever spoke like Jesus. Nobody ever lived like Jesus. Nobody ever died like Jesus. Not even in fairy tales. And nobody ever rose from the dead like Jesus.

This is a wonderful story. But what makes this story so important is that it is true. It is not a fairy tale. It really happened. You can believe it and build your whole life on it. Come, let’s read it together.

(And just to forestall any objections: Yes, I strongly believe that we do need fairy tales!)

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