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Month: June 2014

Book Review: The Case for a Creator Student Edition by Lee Strobel

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Special thanks to Zondervan for providing a review copy of this book. The Case for a Creator Book Details: Based on the bestseller The Case for a Creator, Lee Strobel, along with Jane Vogel, gives students the evidence they need to point to a Creator. When Lee Strobel was a high school freshman, science convinced him that God didn’t exist. Since then, however, incredible scientific discoveries have not only helped restore Lee’s faith, but have strengthened it. In this student edition of the bestselling The Case for a Creator, Strobel encourages teens to challenge the “facts” that say there is…

Gluten Free Peach Crisp

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Yes, we have lots of peaches and other stone fruit right now here in CA. We’ve been enjoying delicious peaches from both our local co-op and our CSA. I love that they are a naturally sweet, refreshing treat. Daddy really likes crisps/cobblers, so I thought it would be nice to make him a twist on a traditional peach crisp. As usual, I sort of winged it when it came to ingredients, so the measurements listed below are approximate. I like my peaches a little firm, so I don’t cook my crisp as long. If the topping doesn’t crisp up quite…

Peach Fruit Leather

Posted in Gluten Free, Homemaking, and Homesteading

We had several pounds of local peaches on hand, and they were starting to get a little too ripe for most purposes. Of course, this makes them perfect for making peach fruit leather. I cleaned them up, cut them up, and placed them in the blender to create peach puree. Because these peaches were deliciously sweet, I didn’t add any sweetener. While I need to get a little more consistent with the thickness of the puree on the drying sheets, they turned out well. Even the ones that were a little too crisp made yummy fruit leather sheets. (They wouldn’t…

Book Review: The Case for Christ Student Edition by Lee Strobel

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Special thanks to Zondervan for sending a review copy of this book. The Case for Christ Student Edition Book Description: Based on his award-winning bestseller The Case for Christ, journalist Lee Strobel, along with Jane Vogel, presents his journey from skepticism to faith, written for students. There’s historical proof Jesus walked this earth, but was he really who he claimed to be? Or are all the stories in the Bible just that-stories? In The Case for Christ Student Edition, teens will join former investigative journalist Lee Stobel as he searches for objective answers, including those that brought him from skepticism…

Review: It’s Not Greek to Me with Todd Friel

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Special thanks to New Leaf Publishing Group for providing a review copy. About It’s Not Greek to Me DVD Curriculum: A basic Greek primer to help you study your Bible more deeply and know God better in the process! God chose the perfect time to fulfill His promise of the coming Messiah. This was a time when the Greek language was thriving, and it became the perfect vehicle to spread the gospel. Now you can explore the Biblical text in Koine Greek (or the common Greek of Jesus’ time) with this easy and fun-to-do, 10-lesson study! About Todd Friel: Todd…